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THE OLD TESTAMENT

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Genesis

Exodus The Law

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

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Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel

2 Samuel The Books of History

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Esther

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Job

Psalms The Wisdom Books

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

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Isaiah

Jeremiah The Major Prophets

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Daniel

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Hosea

Joel

Amos

Obadiah

Jonah

Micah The Minor Prophets

Nahum

Habakkuk

Zephaniah

Haggai

Zechariah

Malachi

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THE NEW TESTAMENT

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Matthew

Mark New Testament History

LUKE

John

Acts

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Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Philippians

Colossians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

1 Timothy

2 Timothy The Letters

Titus

Philemon

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

2 Peter

1 John

2 John

3 John

Jude

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Revelation Apocalyptic

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The First Book of Moses

Commonly Called

GENESIS

CHAPTER 1

1:1

1:2

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon

the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of

the waters.

Jeremiah 4:23

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the

heavens, and they had no light.

4:24

I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills

moved lightly.

4:25

I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens

were fled.

4:26

I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the

cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and

WHERE DID THE CITIES COME FROM?

by his fierce anger.

4:27

For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate;

yet will I not make a full end.

4:28

For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black;

because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent,

neither will I turn back from it.

1:3

1:4

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light

from the darkness.

1:5

1:6

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.

And the evening and the morning were the first day.

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,

and let it divide the waters from the waters.

1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were

under the firmament from the waters which were above the

firmament: and it was so.

1:8

1:9

1:10

1:11

And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the

morning were the second day.

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered

together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of

the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding

seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in

itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

1:12

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his

kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his

kind: and God saw that it was good.

1:13

And the evening and the morning were the third day.

1:14

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to

divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for

seasons, and for days, and years:

1:15

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give

light upon the earth: and it was so.

1:16

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day,

and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

1:17

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light

upon the earth,

1:18

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light

from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

1:19

And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

1:20

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving

creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the

open firmament of heaven.

1:21

And God created great whales, and every living creature that

moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their

kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it

was good.

1:22

And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill

the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

1:23

And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

1:24

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his

kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his

kind: and it was so.

1:25

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after

their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his

kind: and God saw that it was good.

1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:

and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the

fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over

every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

1:27

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created

he him; male and female created he them.

1:28

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and

multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion

over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every

living thing that moveth upon the earth.

1:29

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,

which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which

is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

1:30

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to

every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I

have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

1:31

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was

very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

CHAPTER 2

2:1

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of

them.

2:2

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made;

and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had

made.

2:3

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in

it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

2:4

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when

they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth

and the heavens,

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every

herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused

it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

2:6

But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole

face of the ground.

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and

breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living

soul.

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there

he put the man whom he had formed.

And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree

that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also

in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and

evil.

2:10

And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence

it was parted, and became into four heads.

2:11

The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the

whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

2:12

And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx

stone.

2:13

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that

compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

2:14

And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth

toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

2:15

And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of

Eden to dress it and to keep it.

2:16

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of

the garden thou mayest freely eat:

2:17

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not

eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely

die.

2:18

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be

alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

2:19

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the

field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see

what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living

creature, that was the name thereof.

2:20

And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and

to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an

help meet for him.

2:21

And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and

he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh

instead thereof;

2:22

And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a

woman, and brought her unto the man.

2:23

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my

flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of

Man.

2:24

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall

cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

2:25

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not

ashamed.

CHAPTER 3

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which

the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath

God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of

the trees of the garden:

But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God

hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes

shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and

that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make

one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also

unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they

were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made

themselves aprons.

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden

in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from

the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where

art thou?

3:10

And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid,

because I was naked; and I hid myself.

3:11

And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten

of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

3:12

And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me,

she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

3:13

And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou

hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I

did eat.

3:14

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done

this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the

field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the

days of thy life:

3:15

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between

thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt

bruise his heel.

3:16

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and

thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy

desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

3:17

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the

voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded

thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy

sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

3:18

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt

eat the herb of the field;

3:19

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto

the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and

unto dust shalt thou return.

3:20

And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother

of all living.

3:21

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of

skins, and clothed them.

3:22

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us,

to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and

take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

3:23

Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden,

to till the ground from whence he was taken.

3:24

So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of

Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to

keep the way of the tree of life.

CHAPTER 4

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain,

and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of

sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the

fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.

And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the

fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his

offering:

But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was

very wroth, and his countenance fell.

And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is

thy countenance fallen?

If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest

not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and

thou shalt rule over him.

And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when

they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother,

and slew him.

And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he

said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?

4:10

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s

blood crieth unto me from the ground.

4:11

And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her

mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;

4:12

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee

her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

4:13

And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I

can bear.

4:14

Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth;

and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a

vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that

findeth me shall slay me.

4:15

And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain,

vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a

mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

4:16

And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in

the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

4:17

And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and

he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of

his son, Enoch.

4:18

And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and

Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

4:19

And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was

Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents,

and of such as have cattle.

4:21 And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as

handle the harp and organ.

4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer

in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

4:23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice;

ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a

man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

4:24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and

sevenfold.

4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his

name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed

instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his

name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

CHAPTER 5

5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God

created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their

name Adam, in the day when they were created.

5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his

own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth:

5:4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight

hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:

5:5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty

years: and he died.

5:6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:

5:7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years,

and begat sons and daughters:

And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and

he died.

And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: Cainan = Kunin the Anunnaki name

5:10

And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen

years, and begat sons and daughters:

5:11

And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he

died.

5:12

And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel: Mahalaleel=Malalu the Anunnaki name

5:13

And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty

years, and begat sons and daughters:

5:14

And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he

died.

5:15

And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: Jared = Irid the Anunnaki name

5:16

And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty

years, and begat sons and daughters:

5:17

And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five

years: and he died.

5:18

And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch = Enkime the Anunnaki name

Enoch:

5:19

And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat

sons and daughters:

5:20

And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years:

and he died.

5:21

And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: Methuselah = Matushal the Anunnaki name

5:22

And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three

hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

5:23

And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

5:24

And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

5:25

And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and Lamach = Lu-Mach The Anunnaki name

begat Lamech.

5:26

And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty

and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

5:27

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine

years: and he died.

5:28

And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a

son:

5:29

And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us Noah = Zisudra the son of Enki

concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground

which the LORD hath cursed.

5:30

And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five

years, and begat sons and daughters:

5:31

And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven

years: and he died.

5:32

And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham,

and Japheth.

CHAPTER 6

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of

the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair;

and they took them wives of all which they chose.

And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man,

for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and man’s life time limited to 120 years

twenty years.

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that,

when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they

bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of

old, men of renown.

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth,

and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only

evil continually.

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and

it grieved him at his heart.

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from

the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing,

and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and

perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

6:10

And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

6:11

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled

with violence.

6:12

And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all

flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

6:13

And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me;

for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will

destroy them with the earth.

6:14

Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the

ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

6:15

And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of

the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits,

and the height of it thirty cubits.

6:16

A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou

finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side

thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

6:17

And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to

destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven;

and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

6:18

But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come

into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives

with thee.

6:19

And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou

bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male

and female.

6:20

Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every

creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall

come unto thee, to keep them alive.

6:21

And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt

gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

6:22

Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did

he.

CHAPTER 7

And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into

the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male

and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male

and his female.

Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep

seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty

days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made

will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.

And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was

upon the earth.

And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives

with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and

of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and

the female, as God had commanded Noah.

7:10

And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood

were upon the earth.

7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the

seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains

of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were

opened.

7:12

And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

7:13

In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and

Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of

his sons with them, into the ark;

7:14

They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their

kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after

his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.

7:15

And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh,

wherein is the breath of life.

7:16

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God

had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

7:17

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters

increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

7:18

And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the

earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

7:19

And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the

high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.

7:20

Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains

were covered.

7:21

And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of

cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon

the earth, and every man:

7:22

All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the

dry land, died.

7:23

And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the

face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things,

and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the

earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him

in the ark.

7:24

And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty

days.

CHAPTER 8

8:1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the

cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass

over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

8:2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were

stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

8:3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after

the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

8:4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of

the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the

tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the

mountains seen.

8:6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the

window of the ark which he had made:

8:7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the

waters were dried up from off the earth.

8:8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were

abated from off the face of the ground;

8:9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she

returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of

the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and

pulled her in unto him into the ark.

8:10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the

dove out of the ark;

8:11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth

was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were

abated from off the earth.

8:12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove;

which returned not again unto him any more.

8:13

And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first

month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from

off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and

looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

8:14

And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the

month, was the earth dried.

8:15

And God spake unto Noah, saying,

8:16

Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy

sons’ wives with thee.

8:17

Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all

flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that

creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the

earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

8:18

And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’

wives with him:

8:19

Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever

creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the

ark.

8:20

And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean

beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the

altar.

8:21

And the LORD smelled a sweet savor; and the LORD said in his

heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake;

for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither

will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

8:22

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat,

and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

CHAPTER 9

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be

fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast

of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth

upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand

are they delivered.

Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the

green herb have I given you all things.

But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye

not eat.

And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of

every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of

every man’s brother will I require the life of man.

Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for

in the image of God made he man.

And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in

the earth, and multiply therein.

And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your

seed after you;

9:10

And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the

cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out

of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

9:11

And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh

be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there

any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

9:12

And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make

between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for

perpetual generations:

9:13

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a

covenant between me and the earth.

9:14

And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that

the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

9:15

And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you

and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more

become a flood to destroy all flesh.

9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I

may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every

living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

9:17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which

I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

9:18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and

Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

9:19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth

overspread.

9:20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered

within his tent.

9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father,

and told his two brethren without.

9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their

shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their

father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their

father’s nakedness.

9:24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son

had done unto him.

9:25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be

unto his brethren.

9:26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall

be his servant.

9:27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem;

and Canaan shall be his servant.

9:28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

9:29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he

died.

CHAPTER 10

10:

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham,

and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

10:

The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan,

and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

10:

And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

10:

And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and

Dodanim.

10:

By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every

one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

10:

And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

10:

And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah,

and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

10:

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

10:

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said,

Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

10:10

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and

Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

10:11

Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the

city Rehoboth, and Calah,

10:12

And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

10:13

And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and

Naphtuhim,

10:14

And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and

Caphtorim.

10:15

And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,

10:16

And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,

10:17

And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

10:18

And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and

afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest

to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah,

and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

10:20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues,

in their countries, and in their nations.

10:21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother

of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

10:22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud,

and Aram.

10:23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

10:24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.

10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for

in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was

Joktan.

10:26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and

Jerah,

10:27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

10:28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

10:29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of

Joktan.

10:30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a

mount of the east.

10:31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues,

in their lands, after their nations.

10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations,

in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth

after the flood.

CHAPTER 11

11:1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

11:

And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they

found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

11:

And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn

them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they

for morter.

11:

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top

may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be

scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

11:

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which

the children of men builded.

11:

And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all

one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be

restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

11:

Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they

may not understand one another’s speech.

11:

So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of

all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

11:

Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did

there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did

the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

11:10

These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old,

and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

11:11

And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and

begat sons and daughters.

11:12

And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:

11:13

And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three

years, and begat sons and daughters.

11:14

And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

11:15

And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years,

and begat sons and daughters.

11:16

And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

11:17

And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years,

and begat sons and daughters.

11:18

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

11:19

And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and

begat sons and daughters.

11:20

And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

11:21

And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years,

and begat sons and daughters.

11:22

And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

11:23

And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat

sons and daughters.

11:24

And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

11:25

And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen

years, and begat sons and daughters.

11:26

And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and

Haran.

11:27

Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram,

Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

11:28

And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity,

in Ur of the Chaldees.

11:29

And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s

wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter

of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

11:30

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

11:31

And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s

son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they

went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land

of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

11:32

And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah

died in Haran.

CHAPTER 12

12:

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy

country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a

land that I will shew thee:

12:

And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and

make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

12:

And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth

thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

12:

So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot

went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he

departed out of Haran.

12:

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all

their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had

gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan;

and into the land of Canaan they came.

12:

And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto

the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

12:

And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed

will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD,

who appeared unto him.

12:

And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of

Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on

the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called

upon the name of the LORD.

12:

And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

12:10

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into

Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

12:11

And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt,

that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a

fair woman to look upon:

12:12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee,

that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they

will save thee alive.

12:13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me

for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

12:14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the

Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

12:15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before

Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

12:16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and

oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she

asses, and camels.

12:17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues

because of Sarai Abram’s wife.

12:18 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hast

done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

12:19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me

to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

12:20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent

him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

CHAPTER 13

13:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he

had, and Lot with him, into the south.

13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

13:3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto

the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel

and Hai;

13:4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the first:

and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

13:5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and

tents.

13:6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell

together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell

together.

13:7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and

the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite

dwelled then in the land.

13:8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee,

between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen;

for we be brethren.

13:9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee,

from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right;

or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that

it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed

Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the

land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

13:11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east:

and they separated themselves the one from the other.

13:12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities

of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD

exceedingly.

13:14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated

from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where

thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

13:15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy

seed for ever.

13:16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man

can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be

numbered.

13:17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of

it; for I will give it unto thee.

13:18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of

Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the

LORD.

CHAPTER 14

14:1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar,

Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king

of nations;

14:2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha

king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of

Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

14:3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the

salt sea.

14:4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year

they rebelled.

14:5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that

were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim,

and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

14:6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the

wilderness.

14:7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and

smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites,

that dwelt in Hazezontamar.

14:8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah,

and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of

Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the

vale of Siddim;

14:9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of

nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar;

four kings with five.

14:10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of

Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained

fled to the mountain.

14:11

And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their

victuals, and went their way.

14:12

And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom,

and his goods, and departed.

14:13

And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew;

for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol,

and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

14:14

And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he

armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred

and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

14:15

And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night,

and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the

left hand of Damascus.

14:16

And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his

brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

14:17

And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from

the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him,

at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale.

14:18

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and

he was the priest of the most high God.

14:19

And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high

God, possessor of heaven and earth:

14:20

And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine

enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

14:21

And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and

take the goods to thyself.

14:22

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand

unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and

earth,

14:23

That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I

will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have

made Abram rich:

14:24

Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of

the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them

take their portion.

CHAPTER 15

15:

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a

vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding

great reward.

15:

And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go

childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of

Damascus?

15:

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo,

one born in my house is mine heir.

15:

And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This

shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine

own bowels shall be thine heir.

15:

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward

heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he

said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

15:

And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for

righteousness.

15:

And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur

of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

15:

And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit

it?

15:

And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a

she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a

turtledove, and a young pigeon.

15:10

And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and

laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.

15:11

And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove

them away.

15:12

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram;

and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

15:13

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a

stranger in a land that is not their’s, and shall serve them; and they

shall afflict them four hundred years;

15:14

And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and

afterward shall they come out with great substance.

15:15

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a

good old age.

15:16

But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the

iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

15:17

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was

dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed

between those pieces.

15:18

In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying,

Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto

the great river, the river Euphrates:

15:19

The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

15:20

And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

15:21

And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the

Jebusites.

CHAPTER 16

16:

Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an

handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

16:

And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath

restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may

be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the

voice of Sarai.

16:

And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after

Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to

her husband Abram to be his wife.

16:4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw

that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

16:5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given

my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had

conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between

me and thee.

16:6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do to

her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she

fled from her face.

16:7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the

wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

16:8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither

wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress

Sarai.

16:9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress,

and submit thyself under her hands.

16:10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed

exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

16:11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with

child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because

the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

16:12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and

every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of

all his brethren.

16:13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou

God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that

seeth me?

16:14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between

Kadesh and Bered.

16:15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name,

which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

16:16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare

Ishmael to Abram.

CHAPTER 17

17:

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD

appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God;

walk before me, and be thou perfect.

17:

And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will

multiply thee exceedingly.

17:

And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

17:

As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a

father of many nations.

17:

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name

shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

17:

And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of

thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

17:

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy

seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to

be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

17:

And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land

wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an

everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

17:

And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant

therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

17:10

This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you

and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be

circumcised.

17:11

And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a

token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

17:12

And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you,

every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or

bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.

17:13

He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy

money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in

your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

17:14

And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not

circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath

broken my covenant.

17:15

And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not

call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

17:16

And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will

bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people

shall be of her.

17:17

Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart,

Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and

shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

17:18

And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before

thee!

17:19

And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and

thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant

with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

17:20

And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him,

and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly;

twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

17:21

But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear

unto thee at this set time in the next year.

17:22

And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

17:23

And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his

house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among

the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their

foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

17:24

And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was

circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

17:25

And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was

circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

17:26

In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his

son.

17:27

And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with

money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

CHAPTER 18

18:

And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he

sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

18:

And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by

him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent

door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

18:

And said, My LORD, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass

not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

18:

Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and

rest yourselves under the tree:

18:

And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts;

after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your

servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

18:

And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make

ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes

upon the hearth.

18:

And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good,

and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

18:

And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed,

and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and

they did eat.

18:

And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said,

Behold, in the tent.

18:10

And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time

of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it

in the tent door, which was behind him.

18:11

Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it

ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

18:12

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed

old shall I have pleasure, my Lord being old also?

18:13

And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh,

saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

18:14

Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will

return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have

a son.

18:15

Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And

he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

18:16

And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and

Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

18:17

And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I

do;

18:18

Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation,

and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

18:19

For I know him, that he will command his children and his

household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to

do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham

that which he hath spoken of him.

18:20

And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is

great, and because their sin is very grievous;

18:21

I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether

according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will

know.

18:22

And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward

Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

18:23

And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the

righteous with the wicked?

18:24

Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also

destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are

therein?

18:25

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous

with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked,

that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

18:26

And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the

city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

18:27

And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon

me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:

18:28

Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou

destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there

forty and five, I will not destroy it.

18:29

And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there

shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s

sake.

18:30

And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will

speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said,

I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

18:31

And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the

LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he

said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.

18:32

And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet

but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I

will not destroy it for ten’s sake.

18:33

And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing

with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

CHAPTER 19

19:

And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the

gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he

bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

19:

And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your

servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye

shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but

we will abide in the street all night.

19:

And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him,

and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake

unleavened bread, and they did eat.

19:

But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of

Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the

people from every quarter:

19:

And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men

which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we

may know them.

19:

And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after

him,

19:

And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

19:

Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let

me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is

good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore

came they under the shadow of my roof.

19:

And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow

came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal

worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the

man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

19:10

But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to

them, and shut to the door.

19:11

And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with

blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to

find the door.

19:12

And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in

law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in

the city, bring them out of this place:

19:13

For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen

great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to

destroy it.

19:14

And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married

his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the

LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked

unto his sons in law.

19:15

And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying,

Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest

thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

19:16

And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon

the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the

LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and

set him without the city.

19:17

And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad,

that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay

thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be

consumed.

19:18

And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD:

19:19

Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou

hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in

saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil

take me, and I die:

19:20

Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh,

let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

19:21

And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this

thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou

hast spoken.

19:22

Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be

come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

19:23

The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

19:24

Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah

brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

19:25

And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the

inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

19:26

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar

of salt.

19:27

And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he

stood before the LORD:

19:28

And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the

land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country

went up as the smoke of a furnace.

19:29

And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain,

that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of

the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot

dwelt.

19:30

And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his

two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he

dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

19:31

And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and

there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner

of all the earth:

19:32

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him,

that we may preserve seed of our father.

19:33

And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn

went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay

down, nor when she arose.

19:34

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the

younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him

drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we

may preserve seed of our father.

19:35

And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the

younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she

lay down, nor when she arose.

19:36

Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

19:37

And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same

is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

19:38

And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name

Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto

this day.

CHAPTER 20

20:

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country,

and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

20:

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and

Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

20:

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him,

Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast

taken; for she is a man’s wife.

20:

But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt

thou slay also a righteous nation?

20:

Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself

said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency

of my hands have I done this.

20:

And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst

this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from

sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

20:

Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he

shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not,

know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

20:

Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his

servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were

sore afraid.

20:

Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast

thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast

brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done

deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

20:10

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou

hast done this thing?

20:11

And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is

not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.

20:12

And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father,

but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

20:13

And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my

father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which

thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come,

say of me, He is my brother.

20:14

And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and

womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him

Sarah his wife.

20:15

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it

pleaseth thee.

20:16

And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a

thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the

eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was

reproved.

20:17

So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his

wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.

20:18

For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of

Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.

CHAPTER 21

21:

And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did

unto Sarah as he had spoken.

21:

For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the

set time of which God had spoken to him.

21:

And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him,

whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

21:

And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as

God had commanded him.

21:

And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was

born unto him.

21:

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear

will laugh with me.

21:

And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah

should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his

old age.

21:

And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great

feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.

21:

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born

unto Abraham, mocking.

21:10

Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and

her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my

son, even with Isaac.

21:11

And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his

son.

21:12

And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight

because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah

hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy

seed be called.

21:13

And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation,

because he is thy seed.

21:14

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a

bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder,

and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered

in the wilderness of Beersheba.

21:15

And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under

one of the shrubs.

21:16

And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off,

as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the

child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

21:17

And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to

Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar?

fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.

21:18

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make

him a great nation.

21:19

And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she

went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

21:20

And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the

wilderness, and became an archer.

21:21

And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a

wife out of the land of Egypt.

21:22

And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the

chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with

thee in all that thou doest:

21:23

Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal

falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but

according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do

unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.

21:24

And Abraham said, I will swear.

21:25

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water,

which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

21:26

And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing; neither

didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.

21:27

And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto

Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

21:28

And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

21:29

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe

lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

21:30

And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my

hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this

well.

21:31

Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they swear

both of them.

21:32

Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up,

and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the

land of the Philistines.

21:33

And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the

name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

21:34

And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.

CHAPTER 22

22:

And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt

Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I

am.

22:

And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou

lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for

a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

22:

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass,

and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and

clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto

the place of which God had told him.

22:

Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the

place afar off.

22:

And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the

ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again

to you.

22:

And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon

Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they

went both of them together.

22:

And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and

he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the

wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

22:

And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a

burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

22:

And they came to the place which God had told him of; and

Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound

Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

22:10

And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay

his son.

22:11

And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and

said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

22:12

And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any

thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou

hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

22:13

And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind

him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and

took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of

his son.

22:14

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is

said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

22:15

And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the

second time,

22:16

And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because

thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine

only son:

22:17

That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply

thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon

the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

22:18

And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

because thou hast obeyed my voice.

22:19

So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and

went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

22:20

And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham,

saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy

brother Nahor;

22:21

Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of

Aram,

22:22

And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

22:23

And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor,

Abraham’s brother.

22:24

And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah,

and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

CHAPTER 23

23:

And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these

were the years of the life of Sarah.

23:

And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of

Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for

her.

23:

And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the

sons of Heth, saying,

23:

I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a

buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

23:

And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

23:

Hear us, my Lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice

of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from

thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

23:

And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the

land, even to the children of Heth.

23:

And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I

should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me

to Ephron the son of Zohar,

23:

That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which

is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall

give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.

23:10

And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the

Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth,

even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

23:11 Nay, my Lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is

therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give

I it thee: bury thy dead.

23:12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.

23:13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the

land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will

give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my

dead there.

23:14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,

23:15 My Lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels

of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy

dead.

23:16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to

Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons

of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the

merchant.

23:17 And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was

before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the

trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about,

were made sure

23:18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of

Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

23:19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the

field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land

of Canaan.

23:20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto

Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.

CHAPTER 24

24:1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had

blessed Abraham in all things.

24:

And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled

over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

24:

And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and

the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son

of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

24:

But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a

wife unto my son Isaac.

24:

And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not

be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son

again unto the land from whence thou camest?

24:

And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my

son thither again.

24:

The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s

house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me,

and that swear unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land;

he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto

my son from thence.

24:

And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou

shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither

again.

24:

And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his

master, and swear to him concerning that matter.

24:10

And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and

departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he

arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

24:11

And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well

of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go

out to draw water.

24:12

And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee,

send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master

Abraham.

24:13

Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the

men of the city come out to draw water:

24:14

And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let

down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say,

Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she

that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I

know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.

24:15

And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold,

Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the

wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her

shoulder.

24:16

And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had

any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her

pitcher, and came up.

24:17

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee,

drink a little water of thy pitcher.

24:18

And she said, Drink, my Lord: and she hasted, and let down her

pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

24:19

And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw

water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

24:20

And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran

again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

24:21

And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the

LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.

24:22

And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man

took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for

her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;

24:23

And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there

room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in?

24:24

And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of

Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.

24:25

She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender

enough, and room to lodge in.

24:26

And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.

24:27

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham,

who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I

being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s

brethren.

24:28

And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these

things.

24:29

And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban

ran out unto the man, unto the well.

24:30

And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon

his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his

sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the

man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

24:31

And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore

standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for

the camels.

24:32

And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and

gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his

feet, and the men’s feet that were with him.

24:33

And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not

eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

24:34

And he said, I am Abraham’s servant.

24:35

And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become

great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold,

and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

24:36

And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she

was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

24:37

And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife

to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I

dwell:

24:38

But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and

take a wife unto my son.

24:39

And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not

follow me.

24:40

And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send

his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a

wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:

24:41

Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to

my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from

my oath.

24:42

And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my

master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:

24:43

Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that

when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give

me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;

24:44

And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy

camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath

appointed out for my master’s son.

24:45

And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah

came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down

unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I

pray thee.

24:46

And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder,

and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank,

and she made the camels drink also.

24:47

And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said,

the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him:

and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her

hands.

24:48

And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and

blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me

in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his

son.

24:49

And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me:

and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

24:50

Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth

from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

24:51

Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy

master’s son’s wife, as the LORD hath spoken.

24:52

And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their

words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.

24:53

And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold,

and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother

and to her mother precious things.

24:54

And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him,

and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said,

Send me away unto my master.

24:55

And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us

a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.

24:56

And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath

prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.

24:57

And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.

24:58

And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this

man? And she said, I will go.

24:59

And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and

Abraham’s servant, and his men.

24:60

And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister,

be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed

possess the gate of those which hate them.

24:61

And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the

camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and

went his way.

24:62

And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in

the south country.

24:63

And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he

lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.

24:64

And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she

lighted off the camel.

24:65

For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in

the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master:

therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.

24:66

And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.

24:67

And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took

Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was

comforted after his mother’s death.

CHAPTER 25

25:

Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

25:

And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian,

and Ishbak, and Shuah.

25:

And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were

Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

25:

And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and

Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

25:

And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

25:

But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had,

Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while

he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

25:

And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he

lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.

25:

Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old

man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

25:

And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of

Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite,

which is before Mamre;

25:10

The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was

Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

25:11

And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed

his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.

25:12

Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom

Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:

25:13

And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names,

according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth;

and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

25:14

And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,

25:15

Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:

25:16

These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their

towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their

nations.

25:17

And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and

thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was

gathered unto his people.

25:18

And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as

thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his

brethren.

25:19

And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham

begat Isaac:

25:20

And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the

daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban

the Syrian.

25:21

And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was

barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife

conceived.

25:22

And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be

so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.

25:23

And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and

two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the

one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder

shall serve the younger.

25:24

And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there

were twins in her womb.

25:25

And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they

called his name Esau.

25:26

And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on

Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was

threescore years old when she bare them.

25:27

And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the

field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

25:28

And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but

Rebekah loved Jacob.

25:29

And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was

faint:

25:30

And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red

pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

25:31

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

25:32

And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit

shall this birthright do to me?

25:33

And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he swear unto him: and

he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

25:34

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat

and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his

birthright.

CHAPTER 26

26:

And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was

in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of

the Philistines unto Gerar.

26:

And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into

Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

26:

Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for

unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I

will perform the oath which I swear unto Abraham thy father;

26:

And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and

will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all

the nations of the earth be blessed;

26:

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my

commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

26:

And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

26:

And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is

my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the

men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair

to look upon.

26:

And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that

Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw,

and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

26:

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is

thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said

unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

26:10

And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of

the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou

shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

26:11

And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth

this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

26:12

Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an

hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.

26:13

And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he

became very great:

26:14

For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great

store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

26:15

For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days

of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled

them with earth.

26:16

And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much

mightier than we.

26:17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of

Gerar, and dwelt there.

26:18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in

the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped

them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after

the names by which his father had called them.

26:19 And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of

springing water.

26:20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying,

The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because

they strove with him.

26:21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he

called the name of it Sitnah.

26:22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that

they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said,

For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful

in the land.

26:23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.

26:24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am

the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and

will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s

sake.

26:25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the

LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged

a well.

26:26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his

friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

26:27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye

hate me, and have sent me away from you?

26:28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee:

and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us

and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

26:29

That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as

we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away

in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.

26:30

And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

26:31

And they rose up betimes in the morning, and swear one to

another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in

peace.

26:32

And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and

told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto

him, We have found water.

26:33

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba

unto this day.

26:34

And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the

daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon

the Hittite:

26:35

Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

CHAPTER 27

27:

And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were

dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said

unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.

27:

And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my

death:

27:

Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy

bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

27:

And make me savory meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I

may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.

27:

And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau

went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

27:

And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard

thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

27:

Bring me venison, and make me savory meat, that I may eat, and

bless thee before the LORD before my death.

27:

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I

command thee.

27:

Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of

the goats; and I will make them savory meat for thy father, such as

he loveth:

27:10

And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he

may bless thee before his death.

27:11

And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is

a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

27:12

My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a

deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.

27:13

And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son:

only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

27:14

And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his

mother made savory meat, such as his father loved.

27:15

And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which

were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger

son:

27:16

And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and

upon the smooth of his neck:

27:17

And she gave the savory meat and the bread, which she had

prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

27:18

And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said,

Here am I; who art thou, my son?

27:19

And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I have

done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of

my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

27:20

And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so

quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God

brought it to me.

27:21

And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel

thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.

27:22

And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and

said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of

Esau.

27:23

And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his

brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.

27:24

And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.

27:25

And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s

venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to

him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank.

27:26

And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me,

my son.

27:27

And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his

raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as

the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:

27:28

Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of

the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

27:29

Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be Lord over

thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed

be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

27:30

And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing

Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of

Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

27:31

And he also had made savory meat, and brought it unto his father,

and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s

venison, that thy soul may bless me.

27:32

And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I

am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.

27:33

And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he

that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all

before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be

blessed.

27:34

And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great

and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even

me also, O my father.

27:35

And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away

thy blessing.

27:36

And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted

me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now

he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not

reserved a blessing for me?

27:37

And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him

thy Lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and

with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now

unto thee, my son?

27:38

And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my

father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his

voice, and wept.

27:39

And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy

dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven

from above;

27:40

And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and

it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou

shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

27:41

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father

blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for

my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

27:42

And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and

she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him,

Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself,

purposing to kill thee.

27:43

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Laban

my brother to Haran;

27:44

And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;

27:45

Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that

which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from

thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?

27:46

And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the

daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth,

such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good

shall my life do me?

CHAPTER 28

28:

And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said

unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

28:

Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s

father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers of Laban

thy mother’s brother.

28:

And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply

thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

28:

And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed

with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a

stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

28:

And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban,

son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and

Esau’s mother.

28:

When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to

Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed

him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the

daughers of Canaan;

28:

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to

Padanaram;

28:

And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his

father;

28:

Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he

had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of

Nebajoth, to be his wife.

28:10

And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

28:11

And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night,

because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place,

and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

28:12

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the

top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending

and descending on it.

28:13

And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD

God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land

whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

28:14

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt

spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to

the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the

earth be blessed.

28:15

And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places

whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I

will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to

thee of.

28:16

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD

is in this place; and I knew it not.

28:17

And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is

none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

28:18

And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he

had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil

upon the top of it.

28:19

And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that

city was called Luz at the first.

28:20

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will

keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and

raiment to put on,

28:21

So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the

LORD be my God:

28:22

And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house:

and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto

thee.

CHAPTER 29

29:

Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the

people of the east.

29:

And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were

three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered

the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth.

29:

And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone

from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone

again upon the well’s mouth in his place.

29:

And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they

said, Of Haran are we.

29:

And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And

they said, We know him.

29:

And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and,

behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.

29:

And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle

should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed

them.

29:

And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together,

and till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water

the sheep.

29:

And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s

sheep; for she kept them.

29:10

And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban

his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother,

that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth,

and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

29:11

And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

29:12

And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he

was Rebekah’s son: and she ran and told her father.

29:13

And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his

sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed

him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these

things.

29:14

And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh.

And he abode with him the space of a month.

29:15

And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother,

shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall

thy wages be?

29:16

And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and

the name of the younger was Rachel.

29:17

Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.

29:18

And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for

Rachel thy younger daughter.

29:19

And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I

should give her to another man: abide with me.

29:20

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto

him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

29:21

And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are

fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.

29:22

And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a

feast.

29:23

And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter,

and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.

29:24

And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an

handmaid.

29:25

And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and

he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I

serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

29:26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the

younger before the firstborn.

29:27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service

which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

29:28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel

his daughter to wife also.

29:29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be

her maid.

29:30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more

than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

29:31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her

womb: but Rachel was barren.

29:32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name

Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my

affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

29:33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the

LORD hath heard I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son

also: and she called his name Simeon.

29:34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time

will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three

sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

29:35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I

praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left

bearing.

CHAPTER 30

30:1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel

envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I

die.

30:2 And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in

God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

30:

And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall

bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.

30:

And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in

unto her.

30:

And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

30:

And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my

voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

30:

And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second

son.

30:

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my

sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

30:

When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid,

and gave her Jacob to wife.

30:10

And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.

30:11

And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.

30:12

And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.

30:13

And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed:

and she called his name Asher.

30:14

And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found

mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah.

Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s

mandrakes.

30:15

And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my

husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also?

And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy

son’s mandrakes.

30:16

And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out

to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I

have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that

night.

30:17

And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob

the fifth son.

30:18

And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given

my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

30:19

And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.

30:20

And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will

my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and

she called his name Zebulun.

30:21

And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

30:22

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and

opened her womb.

30:23

And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away

my reproach:

30:24

And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to

me another son.

30:25

And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said

unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place,

and to my country.

30:26

Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee,

and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.

30:27

And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thine

eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath

blessed me for thy sake.

30:28

And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.

30:29

And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and

how thy cattle was with me.

30:30

For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now

increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since

my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house

also?

30:31

And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt

not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again

feed and keep thy flock.

30:32

I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all

the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the

sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such

shall be my hire.

30:33

So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it

shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not

speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the

sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

30:34

And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy

word.

30:35

And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and

spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and

every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the

sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.

30:36

And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and

Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.

30:37

And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and

chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white

appear which was in the rods.

30:38

And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the

gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that

they should conceive when they came to drink.

30:39

And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle

ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

30:40

And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks

toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and

he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto

Laban’s cattle.

30:41

And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive,

that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters,

that they might conceive among the rods.

30:42

But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler

were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.

30:43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and

maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

CHAPTER 31

31:1 And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken

away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s

hath he gotten all this glory.

31:2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was

not toward him as before.

31:3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy

fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

31:4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his

flock,

31:5 And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not

toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.

31:6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

31:7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten

times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

31:8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle

bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire;

then bare all the cattle ringstraked.

31:9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given

them to me.

31:10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I

lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams

which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and

grisled.

31:11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob:

And I said, Here am I.

31:12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which

leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I

have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

31:13

I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and

where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from

this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.

31:14

And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any

portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

31:15

Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath

quite devoured also our money.

31:16

For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is

ours, and our children’s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto

thee, do.

31:17

Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;

31:18

And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had

gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram,

for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

31:19

And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the

images that were her father’s.

31:20

And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he

told him not that he fled.

31:21

So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the

river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.

31:22

And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.

31:23

And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven

days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.

31:24

And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said

unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or

bad.

31:25

Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the

mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of

Gilead.

31:26

And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast

stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as

captives taken with the sword?

31:27

Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me;

and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth,

and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

31:28

And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou

hast now done foolishly in so doing.

31:29

It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your

father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou

speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

31:30

And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore

longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen

my gods?

31:31

And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I

said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from

me.

31:32

With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before

our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee.

For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

31:33

And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into

the two maidservants’ tents; but he found them not. Then went he

out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.

31:34

Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s

furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but

found them not.

31:35

And she said to her father, Let it not displease my Lord that I

cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me.

And he searched but found not the images.

31:36

And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered

and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou

hast so hotly pursued after me?

31:37

Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of

all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy

brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.

31:38

This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she

goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I

not eaten.

31:39

That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the

loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day,

or stolen by night.

31:40

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by

night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

31:41

Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen

years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou

hast changed my wages ten times.

31:42

Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of

Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now

empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands,

and rebuked thee yesternight.

31:43

And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my

daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are

my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this

day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they

have born?

31:44

Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and

let it be for a witness between me and thee.

31:45

And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

31:46

And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took

stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

31:47

And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

31:48

And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this

day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

31:49

And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee,

when we are absent one from another.

31:50

If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives

beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness

betwixt me and thee.

31:51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar,

which I have cast betwixt me and thee:

31:52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not

pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this

heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.

31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their

father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob swear by the fear of his father

Isaac.

31:54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his

brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in

the mount.

31:55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and

his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned

unto his place.

CHAPTER 32

32:1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

32:2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he

called the name of that place Mahanaim.

32:3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the

land of Seir, the country of Edom.

32:4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my

Lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with

Laban, and stayed there until now:

32:5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and

womenservants: and I have sent to tell my Lord, that I may find

grace in thy sight.

32:6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy

brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred

men with him.

32:

Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the

people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the

camels, into two bands;

32:

And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the

other company which is left shall escape.

32:

And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my

father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy

country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:

32:10

I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth,

which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I

passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

32:11

Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the

hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and

the mother with the children.

32:12

And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as

the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

32:13

And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came

to his hand a present for Esau his brother;

32:14

Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes,

and twenty rams,

32:15

Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls,

twenty she asses, and ten foals.

32:16

And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove

by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me,

and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

32:17

And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother

meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither

goest thou? and whose are these before thee?

32:18

Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present

sent unto my Lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.

32:19

And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that

followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto

Esau, when ye find him.

32:20

And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For

he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me,

and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

32:21

So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night

in the company.

32:22

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two

womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford

Jabbok.

32:23

And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over

that he had.

32:24

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until

the breaking of the day.

32:25

And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the

hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of

joint, as he wrestled with him.

32:26

And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will

not let thee go, except thou bless me.

32:27

And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

32:28

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel:

for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast

prevailed.

32:29

And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.

And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?

And he blessed him there.

32:30

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God

face to face, and my life is preserved.

32:31

And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted

upon his thigh.

32:32

Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank,

which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he

touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.

CHAPTER 33

33:1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came,

and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto

Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.

33:2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah

and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

33:3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground

seven times, until he came near to his brother.

33:4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck,

and kissed him: and they wept.

33:5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children;

and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children

which God hath graciously given thy servant.

33:6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they

bowed themselves.

33:7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves:

and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed

themselves.

33:8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met?

And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my Lord.

33:9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast

unto thyself.

33:10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy

sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen

thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast

pleased with me.

33:11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God

hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he

urged him, and he took it.

33:12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go

before thee.

33:13

And he said unto him, My Lord knoweth that the children are

tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if

men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.

33:14

Let my Lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will

lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the

children be able to endure, until I come unto my Lord unto Seir.

33:15

And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that

are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the

sight of my Lord.

33:16

So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.

33:17

And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made

booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called

Succoth.

33:18

And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land

of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent

before the city.

33:19

And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at

the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an

hundred pieces of money.

33:20

And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.

CHAPTER 34

34:

And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went

out to see the daughters of the land.

34:

And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the

country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

34:

And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved

the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

34:

And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this

damsel to wife.

34:

And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his

sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until

they were come.

34:

And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to

commune with him.

34:

And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it:

and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he

had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter: which

thing ought not to be done.

34:

And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son

Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to

wife.

34:

And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us,

and take our daughters unto you.

34:10

And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell

and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

34:11

And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me

find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.

34:12

Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as

ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

34:13

And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father

deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

34:14

And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our

sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto

us:

34:15

But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that

every male of you be circumcised;

34:16

Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your

daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become

one people.

34:17

But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we

take our daughter, and we will be gone.

34:18

And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.

34:19

And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had

delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honorable than all the

house of his father.

34:20

And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city,

and communed with the men of their city, saying,

34:21

These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the

land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for

them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give

them our daughters.

34:22

Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to

be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are

circumcised.

34:23

Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of their’s

be our’s? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with

us.

34:24

And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went

out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that

went out of the gate of his city.

34:25

And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that

two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took

each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all

the males.

34:26

And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the

sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.

34:27

The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city,

because they had defiled their sister.

34:28

They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that

which was in the city, and that which was in the field,

34:29

And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took

they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.

34:30

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make

me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the

Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they

shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall

be destroyed, I and my house.

34:31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?

CHAPTER 35

35:1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there:

and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when

thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

35:2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him,

Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and

change your garments:

35:3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar

unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was

with me in the way which I went.

35:4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their

hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid

them under the oak which was by Shechem.

35:5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that

were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of

Jacob.

35:6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is,

Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.

35:7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because

there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his

brother.

35:8 But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath

Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

35:9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of

Padanaram, and blessed him.

35:10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be

called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called

his name Israel.

35:11

And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and

multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and

kings shall come out of thy loins;

35:12

And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it,

and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

35:13

And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.

35:14

And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him,

even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and

he poured oil thereon.

35:15

And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him,

Bethel.

35:16

And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to

come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.

35:17

And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife

said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

35:18

And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died)

that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.

35:19

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is

Bethlehem.

35:20

And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s

grave unto this day.

35:21

And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of

Edar.

35:22

And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben

went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it.

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

35:23

The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi,

and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

35:24

The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:

35:25

And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:

35:26

And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these

are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.

35:27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of

Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

35:28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.

35:29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his

people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob

buried him.

CHAPTER 36

36:1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.

36:2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter

of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the

daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;

36:3 And Bashemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth.

36:4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;

36:5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the

sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.

36:6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all

the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all

his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went

into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.

36:7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and

the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because

of their cattle.

36:8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

36:9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in

mount Seir:

36:10 These are the names of Esau’s sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the

wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.

36:11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam,

and Kenaz.

36:12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to

Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.

36:13 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and

Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.

36:14 And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the

daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and

Jaalam, and Korah.

36:15 These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the

firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke

Kenaz,

36:16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes

that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of

Adah.

36:17 And these are the sons of Reuel Esau’s son; duke Nahath, duke

Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came

of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath

Esau’s wife.

36:18 And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau’s wife; duke Jeush,

duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of

Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.

36:19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their

dukes.

36:20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land;

Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,

36:21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the

Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

36:22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s

sister was Timna.

36:23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and

Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

36:24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this

was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the

asses of Zibeon his father.

36:25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the

daughter of Anah.

36:26 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and

Ithran, and Cheran.

36:27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.

36:28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.

36:29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke

Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,

36:30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that

came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.

36:31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before

there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

36:32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city

was Dinhabah.

36:33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his

stead.

36:34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his

stead.

36:35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote

Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of

his city was Avith.

36:36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

36:37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his

stead.

36:38 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his

stead.

36:39 And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his

stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife’s name was

Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

36:40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according

to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah,

duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,

36:41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,

36:42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,

36:43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according

to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the

father of the Edomites.

CHAPTER 37

37:1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in

the land of Canaan.

37:2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years

old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with

the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives:

and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.

37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was

the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors.

37:4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than

all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably

unto him.

37:5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they

hated him yet the more.

37:6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have

dreamed:

37:7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf

arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood

round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

37:8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or

shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet

the more for his dreams, and for his words.

37:9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and

said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun

and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

37:10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father

rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast

dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to

bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

37:11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

37:12 And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

37:13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in

Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to

him, Here am I.

37:14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with

thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So

he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

37:15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the

field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

37:16 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they

feed their flocks.

37:17 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say,

Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and

found them in Dothan.

37:18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto

them, they conspired against him to slay him.

37:19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

37:20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some

pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we

shall see what will become of his dreams.

37:21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and

said, Let us not kill him.

37:22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this

pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he

might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

37:23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren,

that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that

was on him;

37:24

And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty,

there was no water in it.

37:25

And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and

looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead

with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to

carry it down to Egypt.

37:26

And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our

brother, and conceal his blood?

37:27

Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand

be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren

were content.

37:28

Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and

lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites

for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

37:29

And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in

the pit; and he rent his clothes.

37:30

And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I,

whither shall I go?

37:31

And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and

dipped the coat in the blood;

37:32

And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their

father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy

son’s coat or no.

37:33

And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath

devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

37:34

And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and

mourned for his son many days.

37:35

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but

he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the

grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

37:36

And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer

of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.

CHAPTER 38

38:1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his

brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was

Hirah.

38:2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose

name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.

38:3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.

38:4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name

Onan.

38:5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name

Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

38:6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was

Tamar.

38:7 And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD;

and the LORD slew him.

38:8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and

marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

38:9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to

pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on

the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.

38:10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he

slew him also.

38:11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at

thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest

peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and

dwelt in her father’s house.

38:12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died;

and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to

Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

38:13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up

to Timnath to shear his sheep.

38:14

And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her

with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is

by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and

she was not given unto him to wife.

38:15

When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she

had covered her face.

38:16

And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee,

let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his

daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou

mayest come in unto me?

38:17

And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said,

Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?

38:18

And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy

signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he

gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.

38:19

And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and

put on the garments of her widowhood.

38:20

And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to

receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.

38:21

Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot,

that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no

harlot in this place.

38:22

And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the

men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.

38:23

And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I

sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

38:24

And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told

Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot;

and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said,

Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

38:25

When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying,

By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said,

Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and

staff.

38:26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more

righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And

he knew her again no more.

38:27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins

were in her womb.

38:28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his

hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet

thread, saying, This came out first.

38:29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his

brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this

breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.

38:30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread

upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.

CHAPTER 39

39:1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer

of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the

hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.

39:2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man;

and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

39:3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the

LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

39:4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he

made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into

his hand.

39:5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer

in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the

Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the LORD

was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.

39:

And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought

he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly

person, and well favored.

39:

And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast

her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

39:

But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master

wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed

all that he hath to my hand;

39:

There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back

any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then

can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

39:10

And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he

hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

39:11

And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the

house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the

house there within.

39:12

And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he

left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

39:13

And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in

her hand, and was fled forth,

39:14

That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them,

saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he

came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:

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And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and

cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.

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And she laid up his garment by her, until his Lord came home.

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And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The

Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me

to mock me:

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And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left

his garment with me, and fled out.

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And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife,

which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy

servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.

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And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a

place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in

the prison.

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But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave

him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

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And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the

prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there,

he was the doer of it.

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The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under

his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did,

the LORD made it to prosper.

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And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of

Egypt and his baker had offended their Lord the king of Egypt.

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And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the

chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

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And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard,

into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

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And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he

served them: and they continued a season in ward.

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And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in

one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream,

the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in

the prison.

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And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon

them, and, behold, they were sad.

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And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of

his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?

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And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no

interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not

interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

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And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In

my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

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And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it

budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof

brought forth ripe grapes:

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And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and

pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into

Pharaoh’s hand.

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And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The

three branches are three days:

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Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore

thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his

hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

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But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew

kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto

Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

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For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and

here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the

dungeon.

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When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said

unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three

white baskets on my head:

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And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats

for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my

head.

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And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof:

The three baskets are three days:

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Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee,

and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from

off thee.

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And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday,

that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head

of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

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And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he

gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:

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But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

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Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.

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And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh

dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

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And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favored kine

and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.

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And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river,

ill favored and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the

brink of the river.

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And the ill favored and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well

favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.

41:

And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears

of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.

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And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung

up after them.

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And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And

Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.

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And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled;

and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the

wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was

none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.

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Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember

my faults this day:

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Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the

captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:

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And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each

man according to the interpretation of his dream.

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And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to

the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us

our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

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And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he

restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.

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Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily

out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his

raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there

is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou

canst understand a dream to interpret it.

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And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall

give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon

the bank of the river:

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And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed

and well favored; and they fed in a meadow:

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And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very

ill favored and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of

Egypt for badness:

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And the lean and the ill favored kine did eat up the first seven fat

kine:

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And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that

they had eaten them; but they were still ill favored, as at the

beginning. So I awoke.

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And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one

stalk, full and good:

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And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east

wind, sprung up after them:

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And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this

unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.

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And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God

hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.

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The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are

seven years: the dream is one.

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And the seven thin and ill favored kine that came up after them are

seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind

shall be seven years of famine.

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This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is

about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.

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Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the

land of Egypt:

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And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the

plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall

consume the land;

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And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that

famine following; for it shall be very grievous.

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And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is

because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring

it to pass.

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Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and

set him over the land of Egypt.

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Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and

take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous

years.

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And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and

lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in

the cities.

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And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years

of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish

not through the famine.

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And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of

all his servants.

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And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this

is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?

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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed

thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:

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Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all

my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land

of Egypt.

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And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon

Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a

gold chain about his neck;

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And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and

they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all

the land of Egypt.

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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee

shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.

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And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave

him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And

Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

41:46

And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh

king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh,

and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

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And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by

handfuls.

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And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in

the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the

field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.

41:49

And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until

he left numbering; for it was without number.

41:50

And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine

came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare

unto him.

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And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God,

said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.

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And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath

caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

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And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of

Egypt, were ended.

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And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph

had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of

Egypt there was bread.

41:55

And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to

Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go

unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.

41:56

And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph

opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the

famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.

41:57

And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn;

because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

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Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said

unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

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And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get

you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live,

and not die.

42:

And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

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But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren;

for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

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And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came:

for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

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And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold

to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and

bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

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And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself

strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto

them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan

to buy food.

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And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

42:

And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them,

and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land

ye are come.

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And they said unto him, Nay, my Lord, but to buy food are thy

servants come.

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We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no

spies.

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And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land

ye are come.

42:13

And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one

man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day

with our father, and one is not.

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And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you,

saying, Ye are spies:

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Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go

forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

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Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be

kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be

any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

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And he put them all together into ward three days.

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And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I

fear God:

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If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of

your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

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But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be

verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

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And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our

brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought

us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

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And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying,

Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore,

behold, also his blood is required.

42:23

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake

unto them by an interpreter.

42:24

And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to

them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon,

and bound him before their eyes.

42:25

Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to

restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them

provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.

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And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

42:27

And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in

the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack’s

mouth.

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And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is

even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid,

saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?

42:29

And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan,

and told him all that befell unto them; saying,

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The man, who is the Lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and

took us for spies of the country.

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And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

42:32

We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the

youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

42:33

And the man, the Lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I

know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with

me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

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And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that

ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your

brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.

42:35

And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold,

every man’s bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they

and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

42:36

And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my

children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take

Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

42:37

And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I

bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring

him to thee again.

42:38

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is

dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the

which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow

to the grave.

CHAPTER 43

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And the famine was sore in the land.

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And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they

had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again,

buy us a little food.

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And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest

unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be

with you.

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If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy

thee food:

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But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man

said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with

you.

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And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the

man whether ye had yet a brother?

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And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our

kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother?

and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we

certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

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And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we

will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou,

and also our little ones.

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I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I

bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear

the blame for ever:

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For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this

second time.

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And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do

this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry

down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices,

and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

43:12

And take double money in your hand; and the money that was

brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your

hand; peradventure it was an oversight:

43:13

Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:

43:14

And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may

send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of

my children, I am bereaved.

43:15

And the men took that present, and they took double money in

their hand and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt,

and stood before Joseph.

43:16

And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of

his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for

these men shall dine with me at noon.

43:17

And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into

Joseph’s house.

43:18

And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s

house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in

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our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek

occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and

our asses.

43:19

And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they

communed with him at the door of the house,

43:20

And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy

food:

43:21

And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our

sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his

sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our

hand.

43:22

And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food:

we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.

43:23

And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of

your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your

money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.

43:24

And the man brought the men into Joseph’s house, and gave them

water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses

provender.

43:25

And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for

they heard that they should eat bread there.

43:26

And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which

was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to

the earth.

43:27

And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well,

the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?

43:28

And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is

yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.

43:29

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his

mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye

spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.

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43:30

And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother:

and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and

wept there.

43:31

And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and

said, Set on bread.

43:32

And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves,

and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves:

because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for

that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

43:33

And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright,

and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled

one at another.

43:34

And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but

Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of their’s. And

they drank, and were merry with him.

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And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the

men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every

man’s money in his sack’s mouth.

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And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the

youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word

that Joseph had spoken.

44:

As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they

and their asses.

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And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off,

Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when

thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye

rewarded evil for good?

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Is not this it in which my Lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he

divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.

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And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.

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And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my Lord these words?

God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:

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Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we

brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should

we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold?

44:

With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and

we also will be my lord’s bondmen.

44:10

And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with

whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.

44:11

Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground,

and opened every man his sack.

44:12

And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest:

and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

44:13

Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and

returned to the city.

44:14

And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he was

yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.

44:15

And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done?

wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?

44:16

And Judah said, What shall we say unto my Lord? what shall we

speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the

iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord’s servants, both

we, and he also with whom the cup is found.

44:17

And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose

hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get

you up in peace unto your father.

44:18

Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my Lord, let thy

servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not

thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.

44:19

My Lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a

brother?

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44:20

And we said unto my Lord, We have a father, an old man, and a

child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he

alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.

44:21

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I

may set mine eyes upon him.

44:22

And we said unto my Lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if

he should leave his father, his father would die.

44:23

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother

come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

44:24

And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father,

we told him the words of my Lord.

44:25

And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.

44:26

And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with

us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face,

except our youngest brother be with us.

44:27

And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife

bare me two sons:

44:28

And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in

pieces; and I saw him not since:

44:29

And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall

bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

44:30

Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad

be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;

44:31

It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us,

that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of

thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

44:32

For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying,

If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my

father for ever.

44:33

Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad

a bondman to my Lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.

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For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me?

lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

CHAPTER 45

45:

Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood

by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And

there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known

unto his brethren.

45:

And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh

heard.

45:

And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father

yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were

troubled at his presence.

45:

And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you.

And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom

ye sold into Egypt.

45:

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye

sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

45:

For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there

are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

45:

And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the

earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

45:

So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath

made me a father to Pharaoh, and Lord of all his house, and a ruler

throughout all the land of Egypt.

45:

Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith

thy son Joseph, God hath made me Lord of all Egypt: come down

unto me, tarry not:

45:10

And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near

unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and

thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

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45:11

And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine;

lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to

poverty.

45:12

And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin,

that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

45:13

And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that

ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

45:14

And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and

Benjamin wept upon his neck.

45:15

Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after

that his brethren talked with him.

45:16

And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying,

Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his

servants.

45:17

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye;

lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

45:18

And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and

I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the

fat of the land.

45:19

Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the

land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring

your father, and come.

45:20

Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is

your’s.

45:21

And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons,

according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them

provision for the way.

45:22

To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to

Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes

of raiment.

45:23

And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the

good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread

and meat for his father by the way.

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45:24

So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto

them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

45:25

And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan

unto Jacob their father,

45:26

And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over

all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed

them not.

45:27

And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto

them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry

him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:

45:28

And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go

and see him before I die.

CHAPTER 46

46:

And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to

Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.

46:

And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said,

Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

46:

And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down

into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

46:

I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring

thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

46:

And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried

Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the

wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

46:

And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten

in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed

with him:

46:

His sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’

daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

46:

And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into

Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

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46:9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and

Carmi.

46:10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin,

and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.

46:11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

46:12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and

Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of

Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

46:13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

46:14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

46:15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in

Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and

his daughters were thirty and three.

46:16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri,

and Arodi, and Areli.

46:17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah,

and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

46:18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his

daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

46:19 The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.

46:20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and

Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On

bare unto him.

46:21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel,

Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and

Ard.

46:22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the

souls were fourteen.

46:23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.

46:24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and

Shillem.

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46:25

These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his

daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.

46:26

All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of

his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore

and six;

46:27

And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two

souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt,

were threescore and ten.

46:28

And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto

Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

46:29

And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his

father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on

his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

46:30

And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy

face, because thou art yet alive.

46:31

And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I

will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and

my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come

unto me;

46:32

And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle;

and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that

they have.

46:33

And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall

say, What is your occupation?

46:34

That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from

our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye

may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an

abomination unto the Egyptians.

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47:

Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my

brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have,

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are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the

land of Goshen.

47:2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented

them unto Pharaoh.

47:3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation?

And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we,

and also our fathers.

47:4 They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we

come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the

famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee,

let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

47:5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy

brethren are come unto thee:

47:6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy

father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell:

and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make

them rulers over my cattle.

47:7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before

Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

47:8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

47:9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my

pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the

days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the

days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their

pilgrimage.

47:10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

47:11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a

possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land

of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

47:12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his

father’s household, with bread, according to their families.

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47:13

And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very

sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted

by reason of the famine.

47:14

And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land

of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they

bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.

47:15

And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of

Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us

bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money

faileth.

47:16

And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your

cattle, if money fail.

47:17

And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them

bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle

of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all

their cattle for that year.

47:18

When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year,

and said unto him, We will not hide it from my Lord, how that our

money is spent; my Lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not

ought left in the sight of my Lord, but our bodies, and our lands:

47:19

Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land?

buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants

unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that

the land be not desolate.

47:20

And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the

Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed

over them: so the land became Pharaoh’s.

47:21

And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of

the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

47:22

Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a

portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which

Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.

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47:23

Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this

day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye

shall sow the land.

47:24

And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth

part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of

the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and

for food for your little ones.

47:25

And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the

sight of my Lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.

47:26

And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day,

that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of the

priests only, which became not Pharaoh’s.

47:27

And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen;

and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied

exceedingly.

47:28

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole

age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.

47:29

And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son

Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight,

put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and

truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

47:30

But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of

Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as

thou hast said.

47:31

And he said, Swear unto me. And he swear unto him. And Israel

bowed himself upon the bed’s head.

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48:

And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph,

Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons,

Manasseh and Ephraim.

48:

And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto

thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

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48:

And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at

Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

48:

And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply

thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give

this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

48:

And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born

unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt,

are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

48:

And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and

shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

48:

And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the

land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to

come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath;

the same is Bethlehem.

48:

And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?

48:

And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God

hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee,

unto me, and I will bless them.

48:10

Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see.

And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and

embraced them.

48:11

And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and,

lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.

48:12

And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he

bowed himself with his face to the earth.

48:13

And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward

Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s

right hand, and brought them near unto him.

48:14

And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s

head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s

head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

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48:15

And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers

Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long

unto this day,

48:16

The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let

my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham

and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the

earth.

48:17

And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the

head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s

hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.

48:18

And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the

firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

48:19

And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he

also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his

younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become

a multitude of nations.

48:20

And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless,

saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set

Ephraim before Manasseh.

48:21

And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with

you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

48:22

Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren,

which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and

with my bow.

CHAPTER 49

49:

And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves

together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last

days.

49:

Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and

hearken unto Israel your father.

49:

Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my

strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

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49:

Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to

thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

49:

Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their

habitations.

49:

O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly,

mine honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man,

and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.

49:

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was

cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

49:

Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall

be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow

down before thee.

49:

Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up:

he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who

shall rouse him up?

49:10

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from

between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the

gathering of the people be.

49:11

Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice

vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood

of grapes:

49:12

His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

49:13

Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an

haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.

49:14

Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

49:15

And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant;

and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

49:16

Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

49:17

Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth

the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

49:18

I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

49:19

Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.

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49:20

Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal

dainties.

49:21

Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

49:22

Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose

branches run over the wall:

49:23

The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated

him:

49:24

But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were

made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from

thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

49:25

Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the

Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above,

blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and

of the womb:

49:26

The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of

my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they

shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him

that was separate from his brethren.

49:27

Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the

prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

49:28

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their

father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to

his blessing he blessed them.

49:29

And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto

my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field

of Ephron the Hittite,

49:30

In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before

Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the

field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.

49:31

There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried

Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

49:32

The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from

the children of Heth.

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49:33

And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he

gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was

gathered unto his people.

CHAPTER 50

50:

And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and

kissed him.

50:

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his

father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

50:

And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days

of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him

threescore and ten days.

50:

And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto

the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your

eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

50:

My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I

have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me.

Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I

will come again.

50:

And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he

made thee swear.

50:

And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all

the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders

of the land of Egypt,

50:

And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father’s

house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they

left in the land of Goshen.

50:

And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it

was a very great company.

50:10

And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond

Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore

lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

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50:11

And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the

mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous

mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called

Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.

50:12

And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:

50:13

For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in

the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with

the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite,

before Mamre.

50:14

And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that

went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

50:15

And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they

said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us

all the evil which we did unto him.

50:16

And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did

command before he died, saying,

50:17

So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass

of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now,

we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of

thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

50:18

And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they

said, Behold, we be thy servants.

50:19

And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

50:20

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto

good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

50:21

Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones.

And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

50:22

And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph

lived an hundred and ten years.

50:23

And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the

children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up

upon Joseph’s knees.

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50:24

And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit

you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he swear to

Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

50:25

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will

surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

50:26

So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they

embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

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The Second Book of Moses

Commonly Called

EXODUS

CHAPTER 1

Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into

Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy

souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly,

and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled

with them.

Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not

Joseph.

And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of

Israel are more and mightier than we:

1:10

Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it

come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also

unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of

the land.

1:11

Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with

their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom

and Raamses.

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1:12

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and

grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

1:13

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:

1:14

And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and

in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service,

wherein they made them serve, was with rigor.

1:15

And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which

the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:

1:16

And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew

women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall

kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

1:17

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt

commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

1:18

And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them,

Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children

alive?

1:19

And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women

are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are

delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.

1:20

Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people

multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

1:21

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he

made them houses.

1:22

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born

ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

CHAPTER 2

And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a

daughter of Levi.

And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him

that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

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And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of

bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the

child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.

And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the

river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when

she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the

babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one

of the Hebrews’ children.

Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to

thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child

for thee?

And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and

called the child’s mother.

And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and

nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the women

took the child, and nursed it.

2:10

And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter,

and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she

said, Because I drew him out of the water.

2:11

And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that

he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he

spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.

2:12

And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there

was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

2:13

And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the

Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong,

Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

2:14

And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us?

intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And

Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.

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2:15

Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But

Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of

Midian: and he sat down by a well.

2:16

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and

drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

2:17

And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood

up and helped them, and watered their flock.

2:18

And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that

ye are come so soon to day?

2:19

And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the

shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the

flock.

2:20

And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye

have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.

2:21

And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses

Zipporah his daughter.

2:22

And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he

said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

2:23

And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died:

and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they

cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

2:24

And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant

with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

2:25

And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect

unto them.

CHAPTER 3

Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of

Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came

to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

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And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire

out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush

burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight,

why the bush is not burnt.

And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called

unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses.

And he said, Here am I.

And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy

feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of

Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid

his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people

which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their

taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the

Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land

and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the

place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the

Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come

unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the

Egyptians oppress them.

3:10

Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou

mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

3:11

And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto

Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of

Egypt?

3:12

And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token

unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the

people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

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3:13

And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children

of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath

sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name?

what shall I say unto them?

3:14

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus

shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto

you.

3:15

And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the

children of Israel, the LORD God of your fathers, the God of

Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me

unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto

all generations.

3:16

Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The

LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of

Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and

seen that which is done to you in Egypt:

3:17

And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt

unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites,

and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land

flowing with milk and honey.

3:18

And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and

the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto

him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now

let us go, we beseech thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness,

that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.

3:19

And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not

by a mighty hand.

3:20

And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my

wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will

let you go.

3:21

And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians: and

it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty.

3:22

But every woman shall borrow of her neighbor, and of her that

sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and

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raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your

daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.

CHAPTER 4

4:1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe

me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath

not appeared unto thee.

4:2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he

said, A rod.

4:3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground,

and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

4:4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it

by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became

a rod in his hand:

4:5 That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the

God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath

appeared unto thee.

4:6 And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand

into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he

took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.

4:7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his

hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and,

behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.

4:8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither

hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the

voice of the latter sign.

4:9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two

signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the

water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water

which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry

land.

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4:10

And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent,

neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant:

but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

4:11

And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or

who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not

I the LORD?

4:12

Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee

what thou shalt say.

4:13

And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him

whom thou wilt send.

4:14

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he

said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak

well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he

seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

4:15

And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I

will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you

what ye shall do.

4:16

And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be,

even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to

him instead of God.

4:17

And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do

signs.

4:18

And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said

unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren

which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro

said to Moses, Go in peace.

4:19

And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt:

for all the men are dead which sought thy life.

4:20

And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass,

and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of

God in his hand.

4:21

And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into

Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I

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have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not

let the people go.

4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is

my son, even my firstborn:

4:23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if

thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy

firstborn.

4:24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met

him, and sought to kill him.

4:25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her

son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art

thou to me.

4:26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because

of the circumcision.

4:27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet

Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed

him.

4:28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent

him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.

4:29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of

the children of Israel:

4:30 And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto

Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

4:31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had

visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their

affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

CHAPTER 5

5:1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus

saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may

hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

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And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice

to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.

And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us

go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice

unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or

with the sword.

And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses

and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your

burdens.

And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many,

and ye make them rest from their burdens.

And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the

people, and their officers, saying,

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as

heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall

lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be

idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labor

therein; and let them not regard vain words.

5:10

And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and

they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not

give you straw.

5:11

Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your

work shall be diminished.

5:12

So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of

Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

5:13

And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your

daily tasks, as when there was straw.

5:14

And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s

taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded,

Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both

yesterday and to day, as heretofore?

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5:15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto

Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

5:16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us,

Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in

thine own people.

5:17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and

do sacrifice to the LORD.

5:18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you,

yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

5:19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in

evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your

bricks of your daily task.

5:20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they

came forth from Pharaoh:

5:21 And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge;

because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of

Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their

hand to slay us.

5:22 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, LORD, wherefore

hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast

sent me?

5:23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done

evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.

CHAPTER 6

6:1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will

do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with

a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.

6:2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:

6:3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the

name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not

known to them.

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And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them

the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were

strangers.

And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom

the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my

covenant.

Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I

will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I

will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a

stretched out arm, and with great judgments:

And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God:

and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth

you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did

swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give

it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.

And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they

hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel

bondage.

6:10

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

6:11

Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of

Israel go out of his land.

6:12

And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children

of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear

me, who am of uncircumcised lips?

6:13

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them

a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of

Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

6:14

These be the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben

the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these

be the families of Reuben.

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6:15

And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin,

and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the

families of Simeon.

6:16

And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their

generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the

life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.

6:17

The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.

6:18

And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and

Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty

and three years.

6:19

And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families

of Levi according to their generations.

6:20

And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she

bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram

were an hundred and thirty and seven years.

6:21

And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

6:22

And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.

6:23

And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of

Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and

Ithamar.

6:24

And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these

are the families of the Korhites.

6:25

And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel

to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the

fathers of the Levites according to their families.

6:26

These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring

out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their

armies.

6:27

These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out

the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.

6:28

And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto

Moses in the land of Egypt,

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6:29

That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak

thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.

6:30

And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised

lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?

CHAPTER 7

And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a God to

Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother

shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of

his land.

And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my

wonders in the land of Egypt.

But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand

upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the

children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch

forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel

from among them.

And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did

they.

And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and

three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for

you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it

before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.

7:10

And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as

the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before

Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

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7:11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the

magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their

enchantments.

7:12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents:

but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

7:13 And he hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that he hearkened not unto them;

as the LORD had said.

7:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he

refuseth to let the people go.

7:15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the

water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink against he come;

and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine

hand.

7:16 And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews

hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may

serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not

hear.

7:17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the

LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon

the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

7:18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink;

and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.

7:19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod,

and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their

streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their

pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be

blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood,

and in vessels of stone.

7:20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he

lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the

sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters

that were in the river were turned to blood.

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7:21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the

Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was

blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

7:22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and

Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as

the LORD had said.

7:23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his

heart to this also.

7:24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to

drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

7:25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten

the river.

CHAPTER 8

8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto

him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve

me.

8:2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy

borders with frogs:

8:3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up

and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy

bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and

into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:

8:4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people,

and upon all thy servants.

8:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth

thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over

the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.

8:6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and

the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.

8:7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up

frogs upon the land of Egypt.

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Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the

LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my

people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto

the LORD.

And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat

for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the

frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river

only?

8:10

And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word:

that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our

God.

8:11

And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and

from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the

river only.

8:12

And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried

unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against

Pharaoh.

8:13

And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs

died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.

8:14

And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.

8:15

But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his

heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.

8:16

And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy

rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice

throughout all the land of Egypt.

8:17

And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod,

and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in

beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of

Egypt.

8:18

And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth

lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon

beast.

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8:19

Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God:

and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto

them; as the LORD had said.

8:20

And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and

stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say

unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may

serve me.

8:21

Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms

of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people,

and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full

of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.

8:22

And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my

people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou

mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.

8:23

And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to

morrow shall this sign be.

8:24

And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies

into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into

all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the

swarm of flies.

8:25

And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye,

sacrifice to your God in the land.

8:26

And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the

abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we

sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and

will they not stone us?

8:27

We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to

the LORD our God, as he shall command us.

8:28

And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the

LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far

away: intreat for me.

8:29

And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the

LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his

servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal

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deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the

LORD.

8:30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.

8:31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he

removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and

from his people; there remained not one.

8:32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he

let the people go.

CHAPTER 9

9:1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell

him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people

go, that they may serve me.

9:2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,

9:3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the

field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the

oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.

9:4 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the

cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the

children’s of Israel.

9:5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the

LORD shall do this thing in the land.

9:6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of

Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.

9:7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of

the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he

did not let the people go.

9:8 And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you

handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward

the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.

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And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be

a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast,

throughout all the land of Egypt.

9:10

And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and

Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking

forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.

9:11

And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the

boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the

Egyptians.

9:12

And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened

not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.

9:13

And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and

stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD

God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

9:14

For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and

upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know

that there is none like me in all the earth.

9:15

For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy

people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.

9:16

And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew

in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout

all the earth.

9:17

As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not

let them go?

9:18

Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very

grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation

thereof even until now.

9:19

Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in

the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the

field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon

them, and they shall die.

9:20

He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of

Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:

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9:21 And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants

and his cattle in the field.

9:22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward

heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man,

and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the

land of Egypt.

9:23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD

sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and

the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

9:24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous,

such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it

became a nation.

9:25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in

the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the

field, and brake every tree of the field.

9:26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was

there no hail.

9:27 And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto

them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my

people are wicked.

9:28 Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty

thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no

longer.

9:29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I

will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall

cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know

how that the earth is the LORD’s.

9:30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear

the LORD God.

9:31 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the

ear, and the flax was bolled.

9:32 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not

grown up.

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9:33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad

his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and

the rain was not poured upon the earth.

9:34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders

were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his

servants.

9:35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the

children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.

CHAPTER 10

10:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have

hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew

these my signs before him:

10:2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s

son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I

have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the

LORD.

10:3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him,

Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou

refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they

may serve me.

10:4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I

bring the locusts into thy coast:

10:5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able

to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is

escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat

every tree which groweth for you out of the field:

10:6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants,

and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor

thy fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon

the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from

Pharaoh.

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10:

And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be

a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD

their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

10:

And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he

said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they

that shall go?

10:

And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with

our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our

herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD.

10:10

And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let

you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.

10:11

Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye

did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.

10:12

And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the

land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the

land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail

hath left.

10:13

And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the

LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that

night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

10:14

And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all

the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there

were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

10:15

For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was

darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit

of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any

green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the

land of Egypt.

10:16

Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I

have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.

10:17

Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and

intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this

death only.

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10:18

And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.

10:19

And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took

away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained

not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.

10:20

But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let

the children of Israel go.

10:21

And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward

heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even

darkness which may be felt.

10:22

And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was

a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:

10:23

They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for

three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

10:24

And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD;

only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones

also go with you.

10:25

And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt

offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.

10:26

Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left

behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and

we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come

thither.

10:27

But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let

them go.

10:28

And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to

thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face

thou shalt die.

10:29

And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again

no more.

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CHAPTER 11

11:

And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more

upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go

hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out

hence altogether.

11:

Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of

his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver and

jewels of gold.

11:

And the LORD 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:

And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go

out into the midst of Egypt:

11:

And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first

born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the

firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the

firstborn of beasts.

11:

And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt,

such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.

11:

But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his

tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the

LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

11:

And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow

down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people

that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from

Pharaoh in a great anger.

11:

And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto

you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.

11:10

And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and

the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the

children of Israel go out of his land.

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CHAPTER 12

12:

And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt

saying,

12:

This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be

the first month of the year to you.

12:

Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth

day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb,

according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:

12:

And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his

neighbor next unto his house take it according to the number of the

souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for

the lamb.

12:

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye

shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

12:

And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same

month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall

kill it in the evening.

12:

And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side

posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall

eat it.

12:

And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and

unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

12:

Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire;

his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

12:10

And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that

which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.

12:11

And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on

your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste:

it is the LORD’s passover.

12:12

For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite

all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and

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against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the

LORD.

12:13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where

ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the

plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land

of Egypt.

12:14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it

a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it

a feast by an ordinance for ever.

12:15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye

shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth

leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul

shall be cut off from Israel.

12:16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the

seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner

of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat,

that only may be done of you.

12:17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this

selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt:

therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an

ordinance for ever.

12:18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye

shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the

month at even.

12:19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for

whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut

off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or

born in the land.

12:20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat

unleavened bread.

12:21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them,

Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill

the passover.

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12:22

And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is

in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the

blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door

of his house until the morning.

12:23

For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when

he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the

LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to

come in unto your houses to smite you.

12:24

And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy

sons for ever.

12:25

And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the

LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall

keep this service.

12:26

And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you,

What mean ye by this service?

12:27

That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s passover, who

passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he

smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people

bowed the head and worshipped.

12:28

And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had

commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

12:29

And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the

firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that

sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the

dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.

12:30

And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all

the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was

not a house where there was not one dead.

12:31

And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up,

and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children

of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.

12:32

Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone;

and bless me also.

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12:33

And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might

send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead

men.

12:34

And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their

kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their

shoulders.

12:35

And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and

they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of

gold, and raiment:

12:36

And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians,

so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they

spoiled the Egyptians.

12:37

And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth,

about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.

12:38

And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and

herds, even very much cattle.

12:39

And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought

forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were

thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared

for themselves any victual.

12:40

Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt,

was four hundred and thirty years.

12:41

And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty

years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of

the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

12:42

It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them

out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be

observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.

12:43

And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance

of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:

12:44

But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast

circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

12:45

A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.

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12:46

In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of

the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone

thereof.

12:47

All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.

12:48

And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the

passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then

let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in

the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.

12:49

One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger

that sojourneth among you.

12:50

Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded

Moses and Aaron, so did they.

12:51

And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the

children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

CHAPTER 13

13:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

13:

Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb

among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

13:

And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye

came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength

of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no

leavened bread be eaten.

13:

This day came ye out in the month Abib.

13:

And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the

Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites,

and the Jebusites, which he swear unto thy fathers to give thee, a

land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service

in this month.

13:

Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day

shall be a feast to the LORD.

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13:

Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no

leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen

with thee in all thy quarters.

13:

And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done

because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth

out of Egypt.

13:

And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a

memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in thy

mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of

Egypt.

13:10

Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to

year.

13:11

And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the

Canaanites, as he swear unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give

it thee,

13:12

That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the

matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast;

the males shall be the LORD’s.

13:13

And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if

thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the

firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.

13:14

And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying,

What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the

LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:

13:15

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the

LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the

firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to

the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the

firstborn of my children I redeem.

13:16

And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets

between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us

forth out of Egypt.

13:17

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God

led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines,

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although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people

repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

13:18

But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness

of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of

the land of Egypt.

13:19

And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly

sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and

ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

13:20

And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in

Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

13:21

And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to

lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them

light; to go by day and night:

13:22

He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of

fire by night, from before the people.

CHAPTER 14

14:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

14:

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before

Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon:

before it shall ye encamp by the sea.

14:

For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangeld in

the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

14:

And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them;

and I will be honored upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the

Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.

14:

And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the

heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people,

and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go

from serving us?

14:

And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:

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14:

And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of

Egypt, and captains over every one of them.

14:

And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and

he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel

went out with an high hand.

14:

But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots

of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them

encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.

14:10

And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their

eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they

were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the

LORD.

14:11

And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt,

hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast

thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?

14:12

Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us

alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for

us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the

wilderness.

14:13

And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see

the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for

the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again

no more for ever.

14:14

The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

14:15

And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me?

speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:

14:16

But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea,

and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground

through the midst of the sea.

14:17

And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they

shall follow them: and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon

all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

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14:18

And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have

gotten me honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his

horsemen.

14:19

And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel,

removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went

from before their face, and stood behind them:

14:20

And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of

Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by

night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

14:21

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD

caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and

made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

14:22

And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the

dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right

hand, and on their left.

14:23

And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of

the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

14:24

And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked

unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the

cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,

14:25

And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so

that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the

LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.

14:26

And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the

sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon

their chariots, and upon their horsemen.

14:27

And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea

returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the

Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians

in the midst of the sea.

14:28

And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the

horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after

them; there remained not so much as one of them.

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14:29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the

sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and

on their left.

14:30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the

Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.

14:31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the

Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the

LORD, and his servant Moses.

CHAPTER 15

15:1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the

LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath

triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into

the sea.

15:2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my

salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my

father’s God, and I will exalt him.

15:3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.

15:4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his

chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.

15:5 The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a

stone.

15:6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right

hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

15:7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown

them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which

consumed them as stubble.

15:8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered

together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were

congealed in the heart of the sea.

15:9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the

spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword,

my hand shall destroy them.

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15:10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank

as lead in the mighty waters.

15:11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee,

glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

15:12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.

15:13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast

redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy

habitation.

15:14 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the

inhabitants of Palestina.

15:15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of

Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of

Canaan shall melt away.

15:16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm

they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD,

till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

15:17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine

inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee

to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands have

established.

15:18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.

15:19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his

horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of

the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in

the midst of the sea.

15:20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in

her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and

with dances.

15:21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath

triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into

the sea.

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15:22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into

the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness,

and found no water.

15:23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters

of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called

Marah.

15:24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we

drink?

15:25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree,

which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made

sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there

he proved them,

15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD

thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give

ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none

of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the

Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

15:27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and

threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the

waters.

CHAPTER 16

16:1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of

the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is

between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month

after their departing out of the land of Egypt.

16:2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured

against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:

16:3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had

died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat

by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye

have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole

assembly with hunger.

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Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from

heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate

every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my

law, or no.

16:

And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare

that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they

gather daily.

16:

And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even,

then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the

land of Egypt:

16:

And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for

that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are

we, that ye murmur against us?

16:

And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in

the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for

that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against

him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but

against the LORD.

16:

And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the

children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard

your murmurings.

16:10

And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation

of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness,

and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.

16:11

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

16:12

I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto

them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall

be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your

God.

16:13

And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered

the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.

16:14

And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of

the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar

frost on the ground.

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16:15

And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It

is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto

them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

16:16

This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it

every man according to his eating, an omer for every man,

according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for

them which are in his tents.

16:17

And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some

less.

16:18

And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much

had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they

gathered every man according to his eating.

16:19

And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.

16:20

Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of

them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and

Moses was wroth with them.

16:21

And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his

eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

16:22

And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as

much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the

congregation came and told Moses.

16:23

And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To

morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that

which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that

which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

16:24

And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not

stink, neither was there any worm therein.

16:25

And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the

LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.

16:26

Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the

sabbath, in it there shall be none.

16:27

And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the

seventh day for to gather, and they found none.

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16:28

And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my

commandments and my laws?

16:29

See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he

giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every

man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

16:30

So the people rested on the seventh day.

16:31

And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was

like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made

with honey.

16:32

And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth,

Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may

see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I

brought you forth from the land of Egypt.

16:33

And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of

manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your

generations.

16:34

As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the

Testimony, to be kept.

16:35

And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they

came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto

the borders of the land of Canaan.

16:36

Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.

CHAPTER 17

17:

And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from

the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the

commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there

was no water for the people to drink.

17:

Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us

water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide

ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?

17:

And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured

against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought

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us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with

thirst?

17:4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto

this people? they be almost ready to stone me.

17:5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and

take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou

smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.

17:6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and

thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that

the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders

of Israel.

17:7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because

of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted

the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

17:8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

17:9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight

with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the

rod of God in mine hand.

17:10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek:

and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

17:11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel

prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

17:12 But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it

under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his

hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and

his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

17:13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of

the sword.

17:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a

book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out

the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

17:15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:

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17:16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will

have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

CHAPTER 18

18:1 When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of

all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that

the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;

18:2 Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife,

after he had sent her back,

18:3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for

he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:

18:4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father,

said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of

Pharaoh:

18:5 And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife

unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount

of God:

18:6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto

thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

18:7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance,

and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and

they came into the tent.

18:8 And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto

Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail

that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD

delivered them.

18:9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done

to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.

18:10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you

out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh,

who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the

Egyptians.

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18:11

Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing

wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

18:12

And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and

sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to

eat bread with Moses’ father in law before God.

18:13

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the

people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the

evening.

18:14

And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the people,

he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why

sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from

morning unto even?

18:15

And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come

unto me to enquire of God:

18:16

When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between

one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God,

and his laws.

18:17

And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest

is not good.

18:18

Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is

with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to

perform it thyself alone.

18:19

Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall

be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou

mayest bring the causes unto God:

18:20

And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew

them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they

must do.

18:21

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such

as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over

them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of

fifties, and rulers of tens:

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18:22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that

every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small

matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they

shall bear the burden with thee.

18:23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou

shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their

place in peace.

18:24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all

that he had said.

18:25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads

over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of

fifties, and rulers of tens.

18:26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they

brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged

themselves.

18:27 And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into

his own land.

CHAPTER 19

19:1 In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out

of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness

of Sinai.

19:2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the

desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel

camped before the mount.

19:3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out

of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob,

and tell the children of Israel;

19:4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on

eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.

19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my

covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all

people: for all the earth is mine:

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And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.

These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of

Israel.

19:

And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid

before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded

him.

19:

And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD

hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the

people unto the LORD.

19:

And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick

cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and

believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people

unto the LORD.

19:10

And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify

them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,

19:11

And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD

will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

19:12

And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying,

Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or

touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be

surely put to death:

19:13

There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or

shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the

trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

19:14

And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and

sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

19:15

And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come

not at your wives.

19:16

And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there

were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount,

and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people

that was in the camp trembled.

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19:17

And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with

God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

19:18

And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD

descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the

smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

19:19

And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed

louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a

voice.

19:20

And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the

mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount;

and Moses went up.

19:21

And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest

they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them

perish.

19:22

And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify

themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.

19:23

And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to

mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the

mount, and sanctify it.

19:24

And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou

shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests

and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he

break forth upon them.

19:25

So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.

CHAPTER 20

20:

And God spake all these words, saying,

20:

I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land

of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

20:

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

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20:

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of

any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or

that is in the water under the earth.

20:

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I

the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the

fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of

them that hate me;

20:

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and

keep my commandments.

20:

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for

the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

20:

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

20:

Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work:

20:10

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it

thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter,

thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy

stranger that is within thy gates:

20:11

For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all

that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD

blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

20:12

Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon

the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

20:13

Thou shalt not kill.

20:14

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

20:15

Thou shalt not steal.

20:16

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

20:17

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet

thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor

his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor’s.

20:18

And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the

noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the

people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.

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20:19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear:

but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

20:20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to

prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin

not.

20:21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick

darkness where God was.

20:22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the

children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from

heaven.

20:23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make

unto you gods of gold.

20:24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice

thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep,

and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come

unto thee, and I will bless thee.

20:25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it

of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast

polluted it.

20:26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy

nakedness be not discovered thereon.

CHAPTER 21

21:1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

21:2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the

seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

21:3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were

married, then his wife shall go out with him.

21:4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or

daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he

shall go out by himself.

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21:

And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife,

and my children; I will not go out free:

21:

Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring

him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore

his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

21:

And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go

out as the menservants do.

21:

If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself,

then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation

he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

21:

And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her

after the manner of daughters.

21:10

If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of

marriage, shall he not diminish.

21:11

And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free

without money.

21:12

He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

21:13

And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand;

then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

21:14

But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him

with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

21:15

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to

death.

21:16

And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his

hand, he shall surely be put to death.

21:17

And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to

death.

21:18

And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or

with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

21:19

If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that

smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and

shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

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21:20

And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die

under his hand; he shall be surely punished.

21:21

Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be

punished: for he is his money.

21:22

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart

from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished,

according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall

pay as the judges determine.

21:23

And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

21:24

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

21:25

Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

21:26

And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid,

that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.

21:27

And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s

tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.

21:28

If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be

surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the

ox shall be quit.

21:29

But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it

hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but

that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and

his owner also shall be put to death.

21:30

If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the

ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

21:31

Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to

this judgment shall it be done unto him.

21:32

If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give

unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be

stoned.

21:33

And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not

cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;

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21:34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the

owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.

21:35 And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die; then they shall sell

the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they

shall divide.

21:36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and

his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and

the dead shall be his own.

CHAPTER 22

22:1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall

restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

22:2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there

shall no blood be shed for him.

22:3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for

he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be

sold for his theft.

22:4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or

ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

22:5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in

his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his

own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make

restitution.

22:6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or

the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that

kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

22:7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and

it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him

pay double.

22:8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be

brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto

his neighbor’s goods.

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For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep,

for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another

challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before

the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay

double unto his neighbor.

22:10

If a man deliver unto his neighbor an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or

any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man

seeing it:

22:11

Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he

hath not put his hand unto his neighbor’s goods; and the owner of

it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

22:12

And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the

owner thereof.

22:13

If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall

not make good that which was torn.

22:14

And if a man borrow ought of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die,

the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.

22:15

But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it

be an hired thing, it came for his hire.

22:16

And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her,

he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

22:17

If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay

money according to the dowry of virgins.

22:18

Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

22:19

Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

22:20

He that sacrificeth unto any God, save unto the LORD only, he

shall be utterly destroyed.

22:21

Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were

strangers in the land of Egypt.

22:22

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

22:23

If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will

surely hear their cry;

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22:24

And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword;

and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

22:25

If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou

shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him

usury.

22:26

If thou at all take thy neighbor’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt

deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

22:27

For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein

shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me,

that I will hear; for I am gracious.

22:28

Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

22:29

Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy

liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

22:30

Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven

days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it

me.

22:31

And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh

that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.

CHAPTER 23

23:

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the

wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

23:

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou

speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

23:

Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

23:

If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt

surely bring it back to him again.

23:

If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden,

and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

23:

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

23:

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous

slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

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23:

And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and

perverteth the words of the righteous.

23:

Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a

stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

23:10

And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits

thereof:

23:11

But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor

of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field

shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and

with thy oliveyard.

23:12

Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt

rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy

handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

23:13

And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and

make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard

out of thy mouth.

23:14

Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

23:15

Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat

unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time

appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from

Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)

23:16

And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labors, which thou

hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the

end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labors out of the

field.

23:17

Three items in the year all thy males shall appear before the LORD

God.

23:18

Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread;

neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.

23:19

The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the

house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his

mother’s milk.

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23:20

Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and

to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

23:21

Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will

not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.

23:22

But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak;

then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto

thine adversaries.

23:23

For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the

Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites,

the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.

23:24

Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do

after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite

break down their images.

23:25

And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy

bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst

of thee.

23:26

There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the

number of thy days I will fulfil.

23:27

I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to

whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their

backs unto thee.

23:28

And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the

Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

23:29

I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land

become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

23:30

By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou

be increased, and inherit the land.

23:31

And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of

the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver

the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive

them out before thee.

23:32

Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

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23:33

They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against

me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

CHAPTER 24

24:

And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and

Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and

worship ye afar off.

24:

And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not

come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.

24:

And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD,

and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice,

and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.

24:

And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in

the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars,

according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

24:

And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered

burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the

LORD.

24:

And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of

the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

24:

And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of

the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do,

and be obedient.

24:

And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and

said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath

made with you concerning all these words.

24:

Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy

of the elders of Israel:

24:10

And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it

were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of

heaven in his clearness.

24:11

And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand:

also they saw God, and did eat and drink.

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24:12

And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount,

and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and

commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

24:13

And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up

into the mount of God.

24:14

And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come

again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any

man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.

24:15

And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the

mount.

24:16

And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud

covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out

of the midst of the cloud.

24:17

And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on

the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

24:18

And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into

the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty

nights.

CHAPTER 25

25:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

25:

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of

every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my

offering.

25:

And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and

silver, and brass,

25:

And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,

25:

And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,

25:

Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,

25:

Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the

breastplate.

25:

And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

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25:

According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the

tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so

shall ye make it.

25:10

And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half

shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth

thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

25:11

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt

thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round

about.

25:12

And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the

four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and

two rings in the other side of it.

25:13

And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them

with gold.

25:14

And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark,

that the ark may be born with them.

25:15

The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken

from it.

25:16

And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give

thee.

25:17

And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a

half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth

thereof.

25:18

And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt

thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

25:19

And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the

other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on

the two ends thereof.

25:20

And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering

the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to

another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.

25:21

And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the

ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

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25:22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee

from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which

are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give

thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

25:23 Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be

the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a

half the height thereof.

25:24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown

of gold round about.

25:25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round

about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof

round about.

25:26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in

the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.

25:27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to

bear the table.

25:28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them

with gold, that the table may be born with them.

25:29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and

covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold

shalt thou make them.

25:30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.

25:31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work

shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his

bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.

25:32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of

the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the

candlestick out of the other side:

25:33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in

one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch,

with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of

the candlestick.

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25:34 And in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like unto

almonds, with their knops and their flowers.

25:35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a

knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two

branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed

out of the candlestick.

25:36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be

one beaten work of pure gold.

25:37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light

the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.

25:38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure

gold.

25:39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

25:40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was

shewed thee in the mount.

CHAPTER 26

26:1 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine

twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of

cunning work shalt thou make them.

26:2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the

breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains

shall have one measure.

26:3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and

other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

26:4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain

from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in

the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the

second.

26:5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops

shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of

the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.

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26:

And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains

together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.

26:

And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair to be a covering upon

the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.

26:

The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of

one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one

measure.

26:

And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains

by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of

the tabernacle.

26:10

And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that

is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the

curtain which coupleth the second.

26:11

And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into

the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.

26:12

And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half

curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the

tabernacle.

26:13

And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that

which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall

hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side,

to cover it.

26:14

And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed

red, and a covering above of badgers’ skins.

26:15

And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood

standing up.

26:16

Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall

be the breadth of one board.

26:17

Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against

another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

26:18

And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards

on the south side southward.

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26:19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty

boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two

sockets under another board for his two tenons.

26:20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there

shall be twenty boards:

26:21 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and

two sockets under another board.

26:22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six

boards.

26:23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle

in the two sides.

26:24 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be

coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be

for them both; they shall be for the two corners.

26:25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen

sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under

another board.

26:26 And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of

the one side of the tabernacle,

26:27 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and

five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two

sides westward.

26:28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end

to end.

26:29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings

of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with

gold.

26:30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion

thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.

26:31 And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine

twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:

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26:32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid

with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of

silver.

26:33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest

bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail

shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.

26:34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony

in the most holy place.

26:35 And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick

over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the

south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

26:36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue,

and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with

needlework.

26:37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood,

and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and

thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.

CHAPTER 27

27:1 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and

five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height

thereof shall be three cubits.

27:2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof:

his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

27:3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels,

and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels

thereof thou shalt make of brass.

27:4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon

the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners

thereof.

27:5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that

the net may be even to the midst of the altar.

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27:

And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood,

and overlay them with brass.

27:

And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be

upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.

27:

Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in

the mount, so shall they make it.

27:

And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side

southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen

of an hundred cubits long for one side:

27:10

And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of

brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

27:11

And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of

an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty

sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

27:12

And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings

of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

27:13

And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be

fifty cubits.

27:14

The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their

pillars three, and their sockets three.

27:15

And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars

three, and their sockets three.

27:16

And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits,

of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought

with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets

four.

27:17

All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver;

their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.

27:18

The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth

fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen,

and their sockets of brass.

27:19

All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all

the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.

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27:20

And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee

pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn

always.

27:21

In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is

before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from

evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever

unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

CHAPTER 28

28:

And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him,

from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in

the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and

Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

28:

And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for

glory and for beauty.

28:

And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have

filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s

garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the

priest’s office.

28:

And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate,

and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle:

and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his

sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

28:

And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine

linen.

28:

And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of

scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.

28:

It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges

thereof; and so it shall be joined together.

28:

And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of

the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and

purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

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28:9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names

of the children of Israel:

28:10 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest

on the other stone, according to their birth.

28:11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a

signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the

children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.

28:12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the

ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron

shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for

a memorial.

28:13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold;

28:14 And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt

thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.

28:15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning

work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of

blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt

thou make it.

28:16 Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length

thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.

28:17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of

stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle:

this shall be the first row.

28:18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a

diamond.

28:19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

28:20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall

be set in gold in their inclosings.

28:21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel,

twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet;

every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve

tribes.

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28:22

And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of

wreathen work of pure gold.

28:23

And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and

shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

28:24

And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two

rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.

28:25

And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt

fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of

the ephod before it.

28:26

And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them

upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which

is in the side of the ephod inward.

28:27

And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on

the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart

thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious

girdle of the ephod.

28:28

And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the

rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the

curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed

from the ephod.

28:29

And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the

breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the

holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.

28:30

And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the

Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in

before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the

children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.

28:31

And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

28:32

And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it

shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it

were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.

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28:33

And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of

blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof;

and bells of gold between them round about:

28:34

A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate,

upon the hem of the robe round about.

28:35

And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be

heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and

when he cometh out, that he die not.

28:36

And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like

the engravings of a signet,

HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

28:37

And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre;

upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.

28:38

And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may bear the

iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow

in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that

they may be accepted before the LORD.

28:39

And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt

make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of

needlework.

28:40

And for Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make

for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory

and for beauty.

28:41

And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons

with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify

them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

28:42

And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness;

from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:

28:43

And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they

come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come

near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not

iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed

after him.

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CHAPTER 29

29:

And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them,

to minister unto me in the priest’s office: Take one young bullock,

and two rams without blemish,

29:

And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil,

and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt

thou make them.

29:

And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the

basket, with the bullock and the two rams.

29:

And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the

tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.

29:

And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat,

and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and

gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:

29:

And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy

crown upon the mitre.

29:

Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head,

and anoint him.

29:

And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.

29:

And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put

the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a

perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

29:10

And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle

of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands

upon the head of the bullock.

29:11

And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of

the tabernacle of the congregation.

29:12

And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon

the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside

the bottom of the altar.

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29:13

And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the

caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is

upon them, and burn them upon the altar.

29:14

But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou

burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.

29:15

Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put

their hands upon the head of the ram.

29:16

And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and

sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

29:17

And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him,

and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.

29:18

And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt

offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savor, an offering made by

fire unto the LORD.

29:19

And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall

put their hands upon the head of the ram.

29:20

Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon

the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of

his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the

great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar

round about.

29:21

And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the

anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments,

and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him:

and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his

sons’ garments with him.

29:22

Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat

that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two

kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it

is a ram of consecration:

29:23

And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer

out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD:

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29:24

And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of

his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the

LORD.

29:25

And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon

the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savor before the LORD: it

is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

29:26

And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration,

and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be

thy part.

29:27

And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the

shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is

heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for

Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:

29:28

And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute for ever from the

children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave

offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace

offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD.

29:29

And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, to be

anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.

29:30

And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven

days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to

minister in the holy place.

29:31

And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his

flesh in the holy place.

29:32

And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the

bread that is in the basket by the door of the tabernacle of the

congregation.

29:33

And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was

made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not

eat thereof, because they are holy.

29:34

And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread,

remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with

fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

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29:35

And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to

all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou

consecrate them.

29:36

And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for

atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made

an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.

29:37

Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and

sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth

the altar shall be holy.

29:38

Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs

of the first year day by day continually.

29:39

The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb

thou shalt offer at even:

29:40

And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth

part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine

for a drink offering.

29:41

And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto

according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the

drink offering thereof, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire

unto the LORD.

29:42

This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your

generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before

the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.

29:43

And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle

shall be sanctified by my glory.

29:44

And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar:

I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in

the priest’s office.

29:45

And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.

29:46

And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought

them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them:

I am the LORD their God.

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CHAPTER 30

30:

And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim

wood shalt thou make it.

30:

A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof;

foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof:

the horns thereof shall be of the same.

30:

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the

sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt

make unto it a crown of gold round about.

30:

And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it,

by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou

make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.

30:

And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them

with gold.

30:

And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the

testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where

I will meet with thee.

30:

And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when

he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.

30:

And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense

upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your

generations.

30:

Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor

meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.

30:10

And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a

year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the

year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations:

it is most holy unto the LORD.

30:11

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

30:12

When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their

number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto

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the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague

among them, when thou numberest them.

30:13

This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are

numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel

is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.

30:14

Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from

twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.

30:15

The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than

half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make

an atonement for your souls.

30:16

And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel,

and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the

congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel

before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

30:17

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

30:18

Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to

wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the

congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.

30:19

For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet

thereat:

30:20

When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall

wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the

altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:

30:21

So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and

it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed

throughout their generations.

30:22

Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

30:23

Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five

hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two

hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and

fifty shekels,

30:24

And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the

sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:

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30:25

And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment

compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy

anointing oil.

30:26

And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith,

and the ark of the testimony,

30:27

And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his

vessels, and the altar of incense,

30:28

And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver

and his foot.

30:29

And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy:

whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

30:30

And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them,

that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

30:31

And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall

be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.

30:32

Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any

other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be

holy unto you.

30:33

Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of

it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.

30:34

And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices,

stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure

frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:

30:35

And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the

apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:

30:36

And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the

testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet

with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

30:37

And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make

to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto

thee holy for the LORD.

30:38

Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be

cut off from his people.

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CHAPTER 31

31:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

31:

See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur,

of the tribe of Judah:

31:

And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in

understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of

workmanship,

31:

To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in

brass,

31:

And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to

work in all manner of workmanship.

31:

And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of

Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are

wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have

commanded thee;

31:

The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony,

and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the

tabernacle,

31:

And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all

his furniture, and the altar of incense,

31:

And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver

and his foot,

31:10

And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the

priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s

office,

31:11

And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place:

according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.

31:12

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

31:13

Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my

sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you

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throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the

LORD that doth sanctify you.

31:14

Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every

one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever

doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his

people.

31:15

Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of

rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath

day, he shall surely be put to death.

31:16

Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe

the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

31:17

It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six

days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he

rested, and was refreshed.

31:18

And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing

with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of

stone, written with the finger of God.

CHAPTER 32

32:

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out

of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron,

and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for

as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of

Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

32:

And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are

in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and

bring them unto me.

32:

And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their

ears, and brought them unto Aaron.

32:

And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving

tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy

gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

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32:

And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made

proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.

32:

And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings,

and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to

drink, and rose up to play.

32:

And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy

people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have

corrupted themselves:

32:

They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I

commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have

worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be

thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of

Egypt.

32:

And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and,

behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

32:10

Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against

them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great

nation.

32:11

And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why

doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast

brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with

a mighty hand?

32:12

Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did

he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume

them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and

repent of this evil against thy people.

32:13

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou

swearst by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply

your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have

spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for

ever.

32:14

And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto

his people.

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32:15

And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two

tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on

both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they

written.

32:16

And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the

writing of God, graven upon the tables.

32:17

And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted,

he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

32:18

And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery,

neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the

noise of them that sing do I hear.

32:19

And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that

he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and

he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the

mount.

32:20

And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire,

and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made

the children of Israel drink of it.

32:21

And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that

thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?

32:22

And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my Lord wax hot: thou

knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.

32:23

For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for

as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of

Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

32:24

And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it

off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came

out this calf.

32:25

And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had

made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)

32:26

Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the

LORD’s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi

gathered themselves together unto him.

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32:27

And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put

every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to

gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and

every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.

32:28

And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and

there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

32:29

For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD,

even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may

bestow upon you a blessing this day.

32:30

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the

people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the

LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.

32:31

And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people

have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.

32:32

Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray

thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.

32:33

And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against

me, him will I blot out of my book.

32:34

Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have

spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee:

nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.

32:35

And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf,

which Aaron made.

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And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou

and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of

Egypt, unto the land which I swear unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to

Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:

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And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the

Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the

Hivite, and the Jebusite:

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Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in

the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume

thee in the way.

33:

And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and

no man did put on him his ornaments.

33:

For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of

Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of

thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy

ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.

33:

And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments

by the mount Horeb.

33:

And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp,

afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the

congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the

LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which

was without the camp.

33:

And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle,

that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door,

and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.

33:

And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the

cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle,

and the Lord talked with Moses.

33:10

And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle

door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his

tent door.

33:11

And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh

unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant

Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the

tabernacle.

33:12

And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring

up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt

send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou

hast also found grace in my sight.

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33:13

Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew

me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in

thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.

33:14

And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee

rest.

33:15

And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not

up hence.

33:16

For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have

found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so

shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that

are upon the face of the earth.

33:17

And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou

hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know

thee by name.

33:18

And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.

33:19

And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I

will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be

gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom

I will shew mercy.

33:20

And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see

me, and live.

33:21

And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt

stand upon a rock:

33:22

And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will

put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand

while I pass by:

33:23

And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts:

but my face shall not be seen.

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And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone

like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that

were in the first tables, which thou brakest.

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34:2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto

mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the

mount.

34:3 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen

throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed

before that mount.

34:4 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses

rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the

LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of

stone.

34:5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there,

and proclaimed the name of the LORD.

34:6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The

LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and

abundant in goodness and truth,

34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression

and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the

iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s

children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

34:8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and

worshipped.

34:9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O LORD, let

my LORD, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people;

and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine

inheritance.

34:10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will

do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any

nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work

of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.

34:11 Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive

out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and

the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

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34:12

Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the

inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in

the midst of thee:

34:13

But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down

their groves:

34:14

For thou shalt worship no other God: for the LORD, whose name

is Jealous, is a jealous God:

34:15

Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and

they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods,

and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

34:16

And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters

go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after

their gods.

34:17

Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

34:18

The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou

shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the

month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.

34:19

All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy

cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.

34:20

But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if

thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the

firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear

before me empty.

34:21

Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in

earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

34:22

And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of

wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.

34:23

Thrice in the year shall all your menchildren appear before the

LORD God, the God of Israel.

34:24

For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders:

neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to

appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.

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34:25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither

shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the

morning.

34:26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the

house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his

mother’s milk.

34:27 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after

the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and

with Israel.

34:28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he

did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the

tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

34:29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai

with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came

down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his

face shone while he talked with him.

34:30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold,

the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.

34:31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the

congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.

34:32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them

in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount

Sinai.

34:33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his

face.

34:34 But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he

took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake

unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.

34:35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of

Moses’ face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again,

until he went in to speak with him.

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CHAPTER 35

35:

And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel

together, and said unto them, These are the words which the

LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them.

35:

Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be

to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever

doeth work therein shall be put to death.

35:

Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the

sabbath day.

35:

And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of

Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded,

saying,

35:

Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is

of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold,

and silver, and brass,

35:

And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,

35:

And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,

35:

And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet

incense,

35:

And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the

breastplate.

35:10

And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that

the LORD hath commanded;

35:11

The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his

boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,

35:12

The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of

the covering,

35:13

The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread,

35:14

The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps,

with the oil for the light,

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35:15

And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the

sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the

tabernacle,

35:16

The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all

his vessels, the laver and his foot,

35:17

The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the

hanging for the door of the court,

35:18

The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their

cords,

35:19

The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy

garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to

minister in the priest’s office.

35:20

And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the

presence of Moses.

35:21

And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every

one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD’s

offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for

all his service, and for the holy garments.

35:22

And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing

hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets,

all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of

gold unto the LORD.

35:23

And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and

scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and red skins of rams, and

badgers’ skins, brought them.

35:24

Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the

LORD’s offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim

wood for any work of the service, brought it.

35:25

And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their

hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of

purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.

35:26

And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun

goats’ hair.

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35:27

And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the

ephod, and for the breastplate;

35:28

And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for

the sweet incense.

35:29

The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD,

every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for

all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made

by the hand of Moses.

35:30

And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath

called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe

of Judah;

35:31

And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in

understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of

workmanship;

35:32

And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in

brass,

35:33

And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood,

to make any manner of cunning work.

35:34

And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and

Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.

35:35

Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of

work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the

embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and

of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that

devise cunning work.

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Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man,

in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how

to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary,

according to all that the LORD had commanded.

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36:

And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted

man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one

whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:

36:

And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of

Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to

make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every

morning.

36:

And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary,

came every man from his work which they made;

36:

And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more

than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD

commanded to make.

36:

And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be

proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor

woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So

the people were restrained from bringing.

36:

For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it,

and too much.

36:

And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of

the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and

purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.

36:

The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the

breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.

36:10

And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other

five curtains he coupled one unto another.

36:11

And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the

selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of

another curtain, in the coupling of the second.

36:12

Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the

edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the

loops held one curtain to another.

36:13

And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one

unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.

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36:14 And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle:

eleven curtains he made them.

36:15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the

breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.

36:16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by

themselves.

36:17 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in

the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain

which coupleth the second.

36:18 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that

it might be one.

36:19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a

covering of badgers’ skins above that.

36:20 And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing

up.

36:21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board

one cubit and a half.

36:22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus

did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

36:23 And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the

south side southward:

36:24 And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two

sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under

another board for his two tenons.

36:25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north

corner, he made twenty boards,

36:26 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and

two sockets under another board.

36:27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.

36:28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the

two sides.

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36:29

And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head

thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the

corners.

36:30

And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets

of silver, under every board two sockets.

36:31

And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one

side of the tabernacle,

36:32

And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and

five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.

36:33

And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the

one end to the other.

36:34

And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold

to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

36:35

And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined

linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.

36:36

And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid

them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four

sockets of silver.

36:37

And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and

purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;

36:38

And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their

chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of

brass.

CHAPTER 37

37:1 And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half

was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a

cubit and a half the height of it:

37:2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a

crown of gold to it round about.

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37:3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners

of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon

the other side of it.

37:4 And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.

37:5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear

the ark.

37:6 And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half

was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

37:7 And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made

he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;

37:8 One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the

other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the

cherubims on the two ends thereof.

37:9 And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered

with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to

another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the

cherubims.

37:10 And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length

thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the

height thereof:

37:11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of

gold round about.

37:12 Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about;

and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.

37:13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the

four corners that were in the four feet thereof.

37:14 Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to

bear the table.

37:15 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with

gold, to bear the table.

37:16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes,

and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of

pure gold.

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37:17

And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he

the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and

his flowers, were of the same:

37:18

And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of

the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of

the candlestick out of the other side thereof:

37:19

Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a

knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another

branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going

out of the candlestick.

37:20

And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his

knops, and his flowers:

37:21

And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two

branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same,

according to the six branches going out of it.

37:22

Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one

beaten work of pure gold.

37:23

And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his

snuffdishes, of pure gold.

37:24

Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.

37:25

And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was

a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two

cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.

37:26

And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides

thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a

crown of gold round about.

37:27

And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by

the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for

the staves to bear it withal.

37:28

And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with

gold.

37:29

And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet

spices, according to the work of the apothecary.

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CHAPTER 38

38:1 And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits

was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was

foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

38:2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns

thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.

38:3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels,

and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels

thereof made he of brass.

38:4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the

compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.

38:5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be

places for the staves.

38:6 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with

brass.

38:7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to

bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.

38:8 And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the

lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the

door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

38:9 And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings

of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:

38:10 Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the

hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

38:11 And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their

pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks

of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

38:12 And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars

ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets

of silver.

38:13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.

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38:14

The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their

pillars three, and their sockets three.

38:15

And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand,

were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets

three.

38:16

All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.

38:17

And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the

pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their

chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with

silver.

38:18

And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue,

and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits

was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits,

answerable to the hangings of the court.

38:19

And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their

hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their

fillets of silver.

38:20

And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about,

were of brass.

38:21

This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of

testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of

Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son

to Aaron the priest.

38:22

And Bezaleel the son Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,

made all that the LORD commanded Moses.

38:23

And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan,

an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue,

and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.

38:24

All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the

holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine

talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of

the sanctuary.

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38:25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was

an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore

and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

38:26 A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the

sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty

years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand

and five hundred and fifty men.

38:27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the

sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the

hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

38:28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he

made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted

them.

38:29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two

thousand and four hundred shekels.

38:30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of

the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it,

and all the vessels of the altar,

38:31 And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the

court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the

court round about.

CHAPTER 39

39:1 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of

service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments

for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.

39:2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and

fine twined linen.

39:3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to

work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the

fine linen, with cunning work.

39:4 They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two

edges was it coupled together.

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39:

And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the

same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and

scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.

39:

And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven,

as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.

39:

And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should

be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD

commanded Moses.

39:

And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the

ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

39:

It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was

the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.

39:10

And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius,

a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.

39:11

And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

39:12

And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

39:13

And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were

inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.

39:14

And the stones were according to the names of the children of

Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a

signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.

39:15

And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of

wreathen work of pure gold.

39:16

And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the

two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.

39:17

And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on

the ends of the breastplate.

39:18

And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the

two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod,

before it.

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39:19

And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of

the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the

ephod inward.

39:20

And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two

sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over

against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the

ephod.

39:21

And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the

ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle

of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the

ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.

39:22

And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.

39:23

And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an

habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not

rend.

39:24

And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue,

and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.

39:25

And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the

pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the

pomegranates;

39:26

A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about

the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded

Moses.

39:27

And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and

for his sons,

39:28

And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and

linen breeches of fine twined linen,

39:29

And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet,

of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.

39:30

And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote

upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet,

HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

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39:31

And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the

mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.

39:32

Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the

congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all

that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.

39:33

And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his

furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his

sockets,

39:34

And the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of

badgers’ skins, and the vail of the covering,

39:35

The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy

seat,

39:36

The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread,

39:37

The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps

to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,

39:38

And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense,

and the hanging for the tabernacle door,

39:39

The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his

vessels, the laver and his foot,

39:40

The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the

hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the

vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the

congregation,

39:41

The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy

garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons’ garments, to minister

in the priest’s office.

39:42

According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the

children of Israel made all the work.

39:43

And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done

it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and

Moses blessed them.

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CHAPTER 40

40:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

40:

On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle

of the tent of the congregation.

40:

And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the

ark with the vail.

40:

And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that

are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the

candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.

40:

And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of

the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.

40:

And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of

the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

40:

And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation

and the altar, and shalt put water therein.

40:

And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the

hanging at the court gate.

40:

And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and

all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof:

and it shall be holy.

40:10

And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his

vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.

40:11

And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.

40:12

And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the

tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.

40:13

And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him,

and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest’s

office.

40:14

And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:

40:15

And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that

they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: for their anointing

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shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their

generations.

40:16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him,

so did he.

40:17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the

first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.

40:18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and

set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared

up his pillars.

40:19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the

covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded

Moses.

40:20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves

on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

40:21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of

the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD

commanded Moses.

40:22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side

of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.

40:23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the

LORD had commanded Moses.

40:24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over

against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

40:25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD

commanded Moses.

40:26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before

the vail:

40:27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded

Moses.

40:28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.

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40:29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle

of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt

offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.

40:30 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the

altar, and put water there, to wash withal.

40:31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their

feet thereat:

40:32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they

came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded

Moses.

40:33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the

altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished

the work.

40:34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of

the LORD filled the tabernacle.

40:35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation,

because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled

the tabernacle.

40:36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the

children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:

40:37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the

day that it was taken up.

40:38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and

fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel,

throughout all their journeys.

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The Third Book of Moses

Commonly Called

LEVITICUS

CHAPTER 1

1:1 And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the

tabernacle of the congregation, saying,

1:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of

you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering

of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.

1:3 If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male

without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the

door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.

1:4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and

it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

1:5 And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests,

Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round

about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the

congregation.

1:6 And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.

1:7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and

lay the wood in order upon the fire:

1:8 And the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and

the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon

the altar:

1:9 But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest

shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made

by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD.

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1:10 And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the

goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.

1:11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the

LORD: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall sprinkle his blood

round about upon the altar.

1:12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and

the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire

which is upon the altar:

1:13 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the

priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt

sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the

LORD.

1:14 And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls,

then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.

1:15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head,

and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at

the side of the altar:

1:16 And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it

beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:

1:17 And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it

asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood

that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire,

of a sweet savor unto the LORD.

CHAPTER 2

2:1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his

offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put

frankincense thereon:

2:2 And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests: and he shall take

thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof,

with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the

memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a

sweet savor unto the LORD:

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And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his

sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made

by fire.

And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven,

it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or

unleavened wafers anointed with oil.

And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be of

fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.

Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat

offering.

And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it

shall be made of fine flour with oil.

And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things

unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall

bring it unto the altar.

And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof,

and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a

sweet savor unto the LORD.

2:10

And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his

sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made

by fire.

2:11

No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be

made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in

any offering of the LORD made by fire.

2:12

As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the

LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savor.

2:13

And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with

salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to

be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou

shalt offer salt.

2:14

And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD,

thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of

corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.

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2:15

And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a

meat offering.

2:16

And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn

thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense

thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

CHAPTER 3

And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of

the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without

blemish before the LORD.

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it

at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons

the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering

made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards,

and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the

flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he

take away.

And Aaron’s sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt

sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an

offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD.

And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD

be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the

LORD.

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it

before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons shall

sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.

And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering

made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump,

it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth

the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

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3:10

And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by

the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he

take away.

3:11

And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the

offering made by fire unto the LORD.

3:12

And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the

LORD.

3:13

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the

tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle

the blood thereof upon the altar round about.

3:14

And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by

fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the

fat that is upon the inwards,

3:15

And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by

the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he

take away.

3:16

And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the

offering made by fire for a sweet savor: all the fat is the LORD’s.

3:17

It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all

your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.

CHAPTER 4

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through

ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD

concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against

any of them:

If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the

people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a

young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.

And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of

the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the

bullock’s head, and kill the bullock before the LORD.

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And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock’s blood,

and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:

And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the

blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the

sanctuary.

And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the

altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle

of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at

the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of

the tabernacle of the congregation.

And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin

offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is

upon the inwards,

And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by

the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he

take away,

4:10

As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace

offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt

offering.

4:11

And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and

with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,

4:12

Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto

a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the

wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.

4:13

And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and

the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done

somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD

concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;

4:14

When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the

congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him

before the tabernacle of the congregation.

4:15

And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the

head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be

killed before the LORD.

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4:16

And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock’s blood to

the tabernacle of the congregation:

4:17

And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and

sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail.

4:18

And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar

which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the

congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the

altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of

the congregation.

4:19

And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar.

4:20

And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a

sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an

atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.

4:21

And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn

him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the

congregation.

4:22

When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance

against any of the commandments of the LORD his God

concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;

4:23

Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he

shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:

4:24

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in

the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is

a sin offering.

4:25

And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his

finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and

shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering.

4:26

And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the

sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement

for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.

4:27

And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while

he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the

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LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be

guilty;

4:28

Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he

shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish,

for his sin which he hath sinned.

4:29

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and

slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.

4:30

And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and

put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour

out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.

4:31

And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away

from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it

upon the altar for a sweet savor unto the LORD; and the priest

shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.

4:32

And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female

without blemish.

4:33

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and

slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt

offering.

4:34

And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his

finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and

shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar:

4:35

And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is

taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest

shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by

fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his

sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.

CHAPTER 5

And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness,

whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he

shall bear his iniquity.

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Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an

unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of

unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall

be unclean, and guilty.

Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it

be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when

he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.

Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do

good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath,

and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be

guilty in one of these.

And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that

he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:

And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin

which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of

the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement

for him concerning his sin.

And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his

trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young

pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a

burnt offering.

And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which

is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck,

but shall not divide it asunder:

And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side

of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the

bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering.

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And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the

manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin

which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.

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But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young

pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth

part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil

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upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin

offering.

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Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his

handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar,

according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin

offering.

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And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin

that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and

the remnant shall be the priest’s, as a meat offering.

5:14

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy

things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the

LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy

estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary,

for a trespass offering.

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And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the

holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the

priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram

of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.

5:17

And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are

forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though

he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.

5:18

And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy

estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest

shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein

he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.

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It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the

LORD.

CHAPTER 6

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto

his neighbor in that which was delivered him to keep, or in

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fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived

his neighbor;

Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and

sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning

therein:

Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall

restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he

hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or

the lost thing which he found,

Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore

it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and

give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass

offering.

And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram

without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a

trespass offering, unto the priest:

And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD:

and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in

trespassing therein.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt

offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the

altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be

burning in it.

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And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen

breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which

the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he

shall put them beside the altar.

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And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and

carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.

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And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put

out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay

the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat

of the peace offerings.

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The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.

6:14

And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall

offer it before the LORD, before the altar.

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And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering,

and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the

meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savor,

even the memorial of it, unto the LORD.

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And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with

unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of

the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.

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It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their

portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin

offering, and as the trespass offering.

6:18

All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be

a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of

the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be

holy.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer

unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of

an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the

morning, and half thereof at night.

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In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt

bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou

offer for a sweet savor unto the LORD.

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And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it:

it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt.

6:23

For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall

not be eaten.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the

sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the

sin offering be killed before the LORD: it is most holy.

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The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall

it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.

6:27

Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when

there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou

shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.

6:28

But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it

be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in

water.

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All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.

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And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the

tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place,

shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.

CHAPTER 7

Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.

In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the

trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round

about upon the altar.

And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that

covereth the inwards,

And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the

flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall

he take away:

And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made

by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.

Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in

the holy place: it is most holy.

As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law

for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it.

And the priest that offereth any man’s burnt offering, even the

priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he

hath offered.

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7:9 And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is

dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest’s that

offereth it.

7:10 And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the

sons of Aaron have, one as much as another.

7:11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he

shall offer unto the LORD.

7:12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice

of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened

wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour,

fried.

7:13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread

with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.

7:14 And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave

offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest’s that sprinkleth

the blood of the peace offerings.

7:15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving

shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any

of it until the morning.

7:16 But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering,

it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on

the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:

7:17 But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall

be burnt with fire.

7:18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be

eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it

be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination,

and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.

7:19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it

shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall

eat thereof.

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7:20

But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace

offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness

upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

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Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the

uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable

unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace

offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut

off from his people.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of

fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.

7:24

And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that

which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye

shall in no wise eat of it.

7:25

For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an

offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it

shall be cut off from his people.

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Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or

of beast, in any of your dwellings.

7:27

Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that

soul shall be cut off from his people.

7:28

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

7:29

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the

sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his

oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.

7:30

His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire,

the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be

waved for a wave offering before the LORD.

7:31

And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall

be Aaron’s and his sons’.

7:32

And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave

offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.

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7:33

He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace

offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part.

7:34

For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the

children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings,

and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a

statute for ever from among the children of Israel.

7:35

This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing

of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the

day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the

priest’s office;

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Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of

Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever

throughout their generations.

7:37

This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of

the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the

consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;

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Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day

that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations

unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai.

CHAPTER 8

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the

anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a

basket of unleavened bread;

And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the

tabernacle of the congregation.

And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly

was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the

congregation.

And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the

LORD commanded to be done.

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And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with

water.

And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and

clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he

girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto

him therewith.

And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate

the Urim and the Thummim.

And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even

upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as

the LORD commanded Moses.

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And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and

all that was therein, and sanctified them.

8:11

And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed

the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify

them.

8:12

And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron’s head, and

anointed him, to sanctify him.

8:13

And Moses brought Aaron’s sons, and put coats upon them, and

girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the

LORD commanded Moses.

8:14

And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his

sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin

offering.

8:15

And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the

horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the

altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and

sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.

8:16

And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul

above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses

burned it upon the altar.

8:17

But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with

fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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8:18

And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his

sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

8:19

And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar

round about.

8:20

And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the

pieces, and the fat.

8:21

And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt

the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet

savor, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD

commanded Moses.

8:22

And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron

and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

8:23

And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon

the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand,

and upon the great toe of his right foot.

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And he brought Aaron’s sons, and Moses put of the blood upon

the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands,

and upon the great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the

blood upon the altar round about.

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And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon

the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and

their fat, and the right shoulder:

8:26

And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the

LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and

one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:

8:27

And he put all upon Aaron’s hands, and upon his sons’ hands, and

waved them for a wave offering before the LORD.

8:28

And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the

altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet

savor: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

8:29

And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering

before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses’

part; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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8:30

And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was

upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his

garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’ garments with

him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his

sons’ garments with him.

8:31

And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the

door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the

bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded,

saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.

8:32

And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye

burn with fire.

8:33

And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the

congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be

at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.

8:34

As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to

make an atonement for you.

8:35

Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the

congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the

LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.

8:36

So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded

by the hand of Moses.

CHAPTER 9

And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron

and his sons, and the elders of Israel;

And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering,

and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them

before the LORD.

And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a

kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the

first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;

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Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the

LORD; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD

will appear unto you.

And they brought that which Moses commanded before the

tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near

and stood before the LORD.

And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded

that ye should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto

you.

And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin

offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for

thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people,

and make an atonement for them; as the LORD commanded.

Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin

offering, which was for himself.

And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped

his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and

poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar:

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But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin

offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses.

9:11

And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp.

9:12

And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons presented unto

him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar.

9:13

And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces

thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.

9:14

And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon

the burnt offering on the altar.

9:15

And he brought the people’s offering, and took the goat, which

was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for

sin, as the first.

9:16

And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the

manner.

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9:17

And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and

burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.

9:18

He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace

offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron’s sons presented

unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about,

9:19

And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which

covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver:

9:20

And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon

the altar:

9:21

And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave

offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.

9:22

And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them,

and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt

offering, and peace offerings.

9:23

And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the

congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory

of the LORD appeared unto all the people.

9:24

And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed

upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the

people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.

CHAPTER 10

10:

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his

censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered

strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.

10:

And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and

they died before the LORD.

10:

Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake,

saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before

all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

10:

And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the

uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your

brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.

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10:

So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp;

as Moses had said.

10:

And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar,

his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest

ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your

brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the

LORD hath kindled.

10:

And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the

congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon

you. And they did according to the word of Moses.

10:

And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying,

10:

Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee,

when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it

shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

10:10

And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and

between unclean and clean;

10:11

And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which

the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.

10:12

And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar,

his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the

offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven

beside the altar: for it is most holy:

10:13

And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy

sons’ due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am

commanded.

10:14

And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean

place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be

thy due, and thy sons’ due, which are given out of the sacrifices of

peace offerings of the children of Israel.

10:15

The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the

offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering

before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons’ with thee, by

a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded.

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10:16

And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and,

behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar,

the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying,

10:17

Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place,

seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the

iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before

the LORD?

10:18

Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place:

ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.

10:19

And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered

their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and

such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to

day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?

10:20

And when Moses heard that, he was content.

CHAPTER 11

11:

And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto

them,

11:

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts

which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

11:

Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the

cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.

11:

Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of

them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the

cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

11:

And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the

hoof; he is unclean unto you.

11:

And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the

hoof; he is unclean unto you.

11:

And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet

he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.

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Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch;

they are unclean to you.

11:

These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins

and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye

eat.

11:10

And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers,

of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in

the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:

11:11

They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of

their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.

11:12

Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an

abomination unto you.

11:13

And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the

fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle,

and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

11:14

And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;

11:15

Every raven after his kind;

11:16

And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk

after his kind,

11:17

And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

11:18

And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,

11:19

And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the

bat.

11:20

All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination

unto you.

11:21

Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth

upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon

the earth;

11:22

Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the

bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the

grasshopper after his kind.

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11:23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be

an abomination unto you.

11:24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase

of them shall be unclean until the even.

11:25 And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his

clothes, and be unclean until the even.

11:26 The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not

clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every

one that toucheth them shall be unclean.

11:27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts

that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth

their carcase shall be unclean until the even.

11:28 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and

be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.

11:29 These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things

that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the

tortoise after his kind,

11:30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and

the mole.

11:31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth

touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.

11:32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall,

it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or

skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it

must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it

shall be cleansed.

11:33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth,

whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.

11:34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh

shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such

vessel shall be unclean.

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And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall

be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be

broken down: for they are unclean and shall be unclean unto you.

11:36

Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water,

shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be

unclean.

11:37

And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is

to be sown, it shall be clean.

11:38

But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their

carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.

11:39

And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the

carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.

11:40

And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and

be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall

wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

11:41

And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an

abomination; it shall not be eaten.

11:42

Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all

four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that

creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an

abomination.

11:43

Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing

that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them,

that ye should be defiled thereby.

11:44

For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify

yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye

defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth

upon the earth.

11:45

For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt,

to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

11:46

This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living

creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that

creepeth upon the earth:

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11:47 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and

between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be

eaten.

CHAPTER 12

12:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

12:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have

conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean

seven days; according to the days of the separation for her

infirmity shall she be unclean.

12:3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

12:4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and

thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the

sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

12:5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks,

as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her

purifying threescore and six days.

12:6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a

daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt

offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering,

unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:

12:7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for

her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is

the law for her that hath born a male or a female.

12:8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two

turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and

the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement

for her, and she shall be clean.

CHAPTER 13

13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,

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When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or

bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of

leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto

one of his sons the priests:

13:

And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and

when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight

be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and

the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.

13:

If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be

not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white;

then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:

13:

And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if

the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the

skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:

13:

And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and,

behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not

in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab:

and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

13:

But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath

been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the

priest again.

13:

And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin,

then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.

13:

When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought

unto the priest;

13:10

And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in

the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw

flesh in the rising;

13:11

It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall

pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is

unclean.

13:12

And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy

cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to

his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;

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13:13

Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have

covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the

plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.

13:14

But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.

13:15

And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be

unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.

13:16

Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall

come unto the priest;

13:17

And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned

into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the

plague: he is clean.

13:18

The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is

healed,

13:19

And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot,

white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest;

13:20

And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than

the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall

pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the

boil.

13:21

But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs

therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark;

then the priest shall shut him up seven days:

13:22

And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall

pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.

13:23

But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a

burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

13:24

Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning,

and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot,

somewhat reddish, or white;

13:25

Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the

bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin;

it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall

pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.

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13:26

But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in

the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be

somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:

13:27

And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be

spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce

him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.

13:28

And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin,

but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest

shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.

13:29

If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;

13:30

Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight

deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the

priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy

upon the head or beard.

13:31

And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be

not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in

it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall

seven days:

13:32

And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and,

behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and

the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;

13:33

He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest

shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:

13:34

And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and,

behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper

than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he

shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

13:35

But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;

13:36

Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be

spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is

unclean.

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13:37

But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair

grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall

pronounce him clean.

13:38

If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright

spots, even white bright spots;

13:39

Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the

skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that

groweth in the skin; he is clean.

13:40

And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he

clean.

13:41

And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head

toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.

13:42

And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish

sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald

forehead.

13:43

Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the

sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as

the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;

13:44

He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him

utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.

13:45

And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and

his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and

shall cry, Unclean, unclean.

13:46

All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled;

he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his

habitation be.

13:47

The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a

woollen garment, or a linen garment;

13:48

Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen;

whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;

13:49

And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the

skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is

a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:

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13:50

And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath

the plague seven days:

13:51

And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague

be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a

skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting

leprosy; it is unclean.

13:52

He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in

woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for

it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.

13:53

And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread

in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of

skin;

13:54

Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein

the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:

13:55

And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and,

behold, if the plague have not changed his color, and the plague be

not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret

inward, whether it be bare within or without.

13:56

And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark

after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or

out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:

13:57

And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the

woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt

burn that wherein the plague is with fire.

13:58

And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin

it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them,

then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.

13:59

This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or

linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to

pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.

CHAPTER 14

14:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He

shall be brought unto the priest:

14:

And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall

look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;

14:

Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be

cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and

hyssop:

14:

And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an

earthen vessel over running water:

14:

As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the

scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in

the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:

14:

And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the

leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let

the living bird loose into the open field.

14:

And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off

all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and

after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of

his tent seven days.

14:

But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair

off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he

shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his

flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

14:10

And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish,

and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth

deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log

of oil.

14:11

And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is

to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door

of the tabernacle of the congregation:

14:12

And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass

offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering

before the LORD:

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14:13

And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin

offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin

offering is the priest’s, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy:

14:14

And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass

offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of

him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand,

and upon the great toe of his right foot:

14:15

And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the

palm of his own left hand:

14:16

And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left

hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before

the LORD:

14:17

And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put

upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon

the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right

foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering:

14:18

And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall pour

upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall

make an atonement for him before the LORD.

14:19

And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement

for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward

he shall kill the burnt offering:

14:20

And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering

upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and

he shall be clean.

14:21

And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one

lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for

him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat

offering, and a log of oil;

14:22

And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to

get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt

offering.

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14:23 And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the

priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before

the LORD.

14:24 And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the

log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before

the LORD:

14:25 And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest

shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it

upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon

the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right

foot:

14:26 And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left

hand:

14:27 And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil

that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD:

14:28 And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip

of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of

his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the

place of the blood of the trespass offering:

14:29 And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put upon

the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for

him before the LORD.

14:30 And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young

pigeons, such as he can get;

14:31 Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the

other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest

shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the

LORD.

14:32 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose

hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.

14:33 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

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When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a

possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land

of your possession;

14:35

And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest,

saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:

14:36

Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before

the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be

not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the

house:

14:37

And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the

walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which

in sight are lower than the wall;

14:38

Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house,

and shut up the house seven days:

14:39

And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look:

and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;

14:40

Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in

which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place

without the city:

14:41

And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and

they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city

into an unclean place:

14:42

And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of

those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the

house.

14:43

And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that

he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house,

and after it is plaistered;

14:44

Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be

spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house; it is

unclean.

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14:45

And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber

thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them

forth out of the city into an unclean place.

14:46

Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut

up shall be unclean until the even.

14:47

And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that

eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

14:48

And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the

plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered:

then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague

is healed.

14:49

And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood,

and scarlet, and hyssop:

14:50

And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over

running water:

14:51

And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet,

and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and

in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:

14:52

And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with

the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar

wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:

14:53

But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open

fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.

14:54

This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,

14:55

And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,

14:56

And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot:

14:57

To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of

leprosy.

CHAPTER 15

15:

And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

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15:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any

man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is

unclean.

15:3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run

with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his

uncleanness.

15:4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and

every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.

15:5 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe

himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

15:6 And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue

shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean

until the even.

15:7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall

wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until

the even.

15:8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he

shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean

until the even.

15:9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be

unclean.

15:10 And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be

unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall

wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until

the even.

15:11 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not

rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe

himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

15:12 And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue,

shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

15:13 And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he

shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his

clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.

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And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two

young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the

tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest:

15:15

And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the

other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement

for him before the LORD for his issue.

15:16

And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall

wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.

15:17

And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of

copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the

even.

15:18

The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation,

they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the

even.

15:19

And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood,

she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her

shall be unclean until the even.

15:20

And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be

unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.

15:21

And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe

himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

15:22

And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash

his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the

even.

15:23

And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when

he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.

15:24

And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he

shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall

be unclean.

15:25

And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the

time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her

separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as

the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.

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15:26

Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto

her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon

shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.

15:27

And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall

wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until

the even.

15:28

But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself

seven days, and after that she shall be clean.

15:29

And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two

young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the

tabernacle of the congregation.

15:30

And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other

for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her

before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness.

15:31

Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness;

that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my

tabernacle that is among them.

15:32

This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed

goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;

15:33

And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an

issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her

that is unclean.

CHAPTER 16

16:

And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons

of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;

16:

And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother,

that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail

before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I

will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.

16:

Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock

for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

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16:

He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen

breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and

with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments;

therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.

16:

And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two

kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.

16:

And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for

himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.

16:

And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the

LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

16:

And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the

LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.

16:

And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD’s lot fell,

and offer him for a sin offering.

16:10

But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be

presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him,

and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.

16:11

And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for

himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his

house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for

himself:

16:12

And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the

altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten

small, and bring it within the vail:

16:13

And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that

the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the

testimony, that he die not:

16:14

And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with

his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat

shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.

16:15

Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people,

and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did

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with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat,

and before the mercy seat:

16:16

And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the

uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their

transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle

of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of

their uncleanness.

16:17

And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation

when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he

come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his

household, and for all the congregation of Israel.

16:18

And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and

make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock,

and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar

round about.

16:19

And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven

times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the

children of Israel.

16:20

And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and

the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the

live goat:

16:21

And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat,

and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and

all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head

of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into

the wilderness:

16:22

And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not

inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.

16:23

And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and

shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went

into the holy place, and shall leave them there:

16:24

And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put

on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and

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the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for

himself, and for the people.

16:25

And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.

16:26

And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes,

and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.

16:27

And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin

offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the

holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall

burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.

16:28

And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his

flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.

16:29

And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh

month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls,

and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a

stranger that sojourneth among you:

16:30

For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to

cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the

LORD.

16:31

It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your

souls, by a statute for ever.

16:32

And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall

consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead,

shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even

the holy garments:

16:33

And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he

shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and

for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and

for all the people of the congregation.

16:34

And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an

atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year.

And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.

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CHAPTER 17

17:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

17:

Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of

Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the LORD hath

commanded, saying,

17:

What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox,

or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,

17:

And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the

congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the

tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he

hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his

people:

17:

To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices,

which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them

unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the

congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings

unto the LORD.

17:

And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD

at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat

for a sweet savor unto the LORD.

17:

And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after

whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever

unto them throughout their generations.

17:

And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the

house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that

offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,

17:

And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the

congregation, to offer it unto the LORD; even that man shall be cut

off from among his people.

17:10

And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the

strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood;

I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will

cut him off from among his people.

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17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you

upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the

blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

17:12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat

blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat

blood.

17:13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the

strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any

beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood

thereof, and cover it with dust.

17:14 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof:

therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of

no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof:

whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.

17:15 And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which

was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a

stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water,

and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.

17:16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his

iniquity.

CHAPTER 18

18:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

18:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the

LORD your God.

18:3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye

not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring

you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.

18:4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk

therein: I am the LORD your God.

18:5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a

man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.

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18:6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to

uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.

18:7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt

thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her

nakedness.

18:8 The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy

father’s nakedness.

18:9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter

of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even

their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

18:10 The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or of thy daughter’s

daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is

thine own nakedness.

18:11 The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy

father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

18:12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is

thy father’s near kinswoman.

18:13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for

she is thy mother’s near kinswoman.

18:14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother, thou

shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.

18:15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she

is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

18:16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is

thy brother’s nakedness.

18:17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her

daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her

daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her

near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

18:18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover

her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

18:19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her

nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

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18:20

Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor’s wife, to

defile thyself with her.

18:21

And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to

Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the

LORD.

18:22

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is

abomination.

18:23

Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith:

neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it

is confusion.

18:24

Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the

nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

18:25

And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof

upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

18:26

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall

not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own

nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:

18:27

(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which

were before you, and the land is defiled;)

18:28

That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued

out the nations that were before you.

18:29

For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the

souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

18:30

Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any

one of these abominable customs, which were committed before

you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD

your God.

CHAPTER 19

19:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

19:

Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say

unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.

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19:

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my

sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

19:

Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am

the LORD your God.

19:

And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye

shall offer it at your own will.

19:

It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if

ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.

19:

And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall

not be accepted.

19:

Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because

he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul

shall be cut off from among his people.

19:

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly

reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings

of thy harvest.

19:10

And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather

every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and

stranger: I am the LORD your God.

19:11

Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

19:12

And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou

profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

19:13

Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of

him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the

morning.

19:14

Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the

blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.

19:15

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect

the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in

righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

19:16

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people:

neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor; I am the

LORD.

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19:17

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any

wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.

19:18

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of

thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the

LORD.

19:19

Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender

with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed:

neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon

thee.

19:20

And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid,

betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom

given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death,

because she was not free.

19:21

And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the

door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass

offering.

19:22

And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the

trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done:

and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.

19:23

And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all

manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as

uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it

shall not be eaten of.

19:24

But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise

the LORD withal.

19:25

And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may

yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.

19:26

Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use

enchantment, nor observe times.

19:27

Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou

mar the corners of thy beard.

19:28

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print

any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

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19:29

Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the

land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

19:30

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the

LORD.

19:31

Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after

wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

19:32

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the

old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.

19:33

And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex

him.

19:34

But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one

born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were

strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

19:35

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight,

or in measure.

19:36

Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye

have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land

of Egypt.

19:37

Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments,

and do them: I am the LORD.

CHAPTER 20

20:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

20:

Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of

the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that

giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death:

the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

20:

And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from

among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech,

to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.

20:

And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the

man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:

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20:

Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family,

and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit

whoredom with Molech, from among their people.

20:

And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and

after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face

against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

20:

Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD

your God.

20:

And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD

which sanctify you.

20:

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely

put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood

shall be upon him.

20:10

And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife,

even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the

adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

20:11

And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his

father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their

blood shall be upon them.

20:12

And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely

be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be

upon them.

20:13

If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of

them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to

death; their blood shall be upon them.

20:14

And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they

shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no

wickedness among you.

20:15

And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and

ye shall slay the beast.

20:16

And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto,

thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put

to death; their blood shall be upon them.

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20:17

And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his

mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his

nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight

of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall

bear his iniquity.

20:18

And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall

uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she

hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be

cut off from among their people.

20:19

And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister,

nor of thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall

bear their iniquity.

20:20

And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his

uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

20:21

And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing: he

hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.

20:22

Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and

do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue

you not out.

20:23

And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast

out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I

abhorred them.

20:24

But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give

it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey:

I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other

people.

20:25

Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean,

and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your

souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living

thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you

as unclean.

20:26

And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have

severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.

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20:27

A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard,

shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones:

their blood shall be upon them.

CHAPTER 21

21:

And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons

of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the

dead among his people:

21:

But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and

for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his

brother.

21:

And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no

husband; for her may he be defiled.

21:

But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people,

to profane himself.

21:

They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they

shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their

flesh.

21:

They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of

their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the

bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.

21:

They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall

they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto

his God.

21:

Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy

God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify

you, am holy.

21:

And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing

the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

21:10

And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose

head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put

on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;

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21:11

Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his

father, or for his mother;

21:12

Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary

of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon

him: I am the LORD.

21:13

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

21:14

A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these

shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to

wife.

21:15

Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the

LORD do sanctify him.

21:16

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

21:17

Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their

generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer

the bread of his God.

21:18

For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not

approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any

thing superfluous,

21:19

Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,

21:20

Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be

scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

21:21

No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall

come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath

a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.

21:22

He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the

holy.

21:23

Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar,

because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I

the LORD do sanctify them.

21:24

And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the

children of Israel.

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CHAPTER 22

22:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

22:

Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves

from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane

not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am

the LORD.

22:

Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your

generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of

Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him,

that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.

22:

What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running

issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And

whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man

whose seed goeth from him;

22:

Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be

made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness,

whatsoever uncleanness he hath;

22:

The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even,

and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with

water.

22:

And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward

eat of the holy things; because it is his food.

22:

That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to

defile himself therewith; I am the LORD.

22:

They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it,

and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.

22:10

There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the

priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

22:11

But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it,

and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.

22:12

If the priest’s daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may

not eat of an offering of the holy things.

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22:13

But if the priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no

child, and is returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she

shall eat of her father’s meat: but there shall be no stranger eat

thereof.

22:14

And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put

the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with

the holy thing.

22:15

And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel,

which they offer unto the LORD;

22:16

Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their

holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

22:17

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

22:18

Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of

Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel,

or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his

vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto

the LORD for a burnt offering;

22:19

Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the

beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.

22:20

But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall

not be acceptable for you.

22:21

And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the

LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or

sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish

therein.

22:22

Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or

scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an

offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.

22:23

Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or

lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering;

but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

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22:24

Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or

crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering

thereof in your land.

22:25

Neither from a stranger’s hand shall ye offer the bread of your God

of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes

be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.

22:26

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

22:27

When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall

be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and

thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto

the LORD.

22:28

And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young

both in one day.

22:29

And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD,

offer it at your own will.

22:30

On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until

the morrow: I am the LORD.

22:31

Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the

LORD.

22:32

Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed

among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,

22:33

That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am

the LORD.

CHAPTER 23

23:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

23:

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning

the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy

convocations, even these are my feasts.

23:

Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of

rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the

sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

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23:

These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which

ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

23:

In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’s

passover.

23:

And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of

unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat

unleavened bread.

23:

In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no

servile work therein.

23:

But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven

days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no

servile work therein.

23:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

23:10

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be

come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the

harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your

harvest unto the priest:

23:11

And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for

you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

23:12

And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb

without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the

LORD.

23:13

And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour

mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a

sweet savor: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the

fourth part of an hin.

23:14

And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears,

until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your

God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all

your dwellings.

23:15

And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath,

from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven

sabbaths shall be complete:

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23:16

Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number

fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.

23:17

Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two

tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with

leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.

23:18

And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of

the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be

for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and

their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savor

unto the LORD.

23:19

Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and

two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.

23:20

And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for

a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall

be holy to the LORD for the priest.

23:21

And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy

convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall

be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your

generations.

23:22

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make

clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest,

neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt

leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your

God.

23:23

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

23:24

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in

the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of

blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.

23:25

Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering

made by fire unto the LORD.

23:26

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

23:27

Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of

atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall

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afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the

LORD.

23:28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of

atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your

God.

23:29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same

day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

23:30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day,

the same soul will I destroy from among his people.

23:31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever

throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

23:32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your

souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even,

shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

23:33 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

23:34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this

seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto

the LORD.

23:35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile

work therein.

23:36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD:

on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye

shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn

assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.

23:37 These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be

holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the

LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink

offerings, every thing upon his day:

23:38 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and

beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which

ye give unto the LORD.

23:39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have

gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the

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LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the

eighth day shall be a sabbath.

23:40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees,

branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows

of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven

days.

23:41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year.

It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate

it in the seventh month.

23:42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall

dwell in booths:

23:43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel

to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I

am the LORD your God.

23:44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the

LORD.

CHAPTER 24

24:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

24:2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil

olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.

24:3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the

congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the

morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever

in your generations.

24:4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the

LORD continually.

24:5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two

tenth deals shall be in one cake.

24:6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure

table before the LORD.

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24:

And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may

be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto

the LORD.

24:

Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually,

being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.

24:

And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the

holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the

LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.

24:10

And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an

Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the

Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;

24:11

And the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed the name of the Lord,

and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother’s

name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)

24:12

And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be

shewed them.

24:13

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

24:14

Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that

heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the

congregation stone him.

24:15

And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying,

Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.

24:16

And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be

put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as

well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he

blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.

24:17

And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.

24:18

And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

24:19

And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he hath done, so

shall it be done to him;

24:20

Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a

blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

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24:21

And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a

man, he shall be put to death.

24:22

Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one

of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.

24:23

And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring

forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with

stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded

Moses.

CHAPTER 25

25:

And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

25:

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye

come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a

sabbath unto the LORD.

25:

Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune

thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;

25:

But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a

sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune

thy vineyard.

25:

That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt

not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a

year of rest unto the land.

25:

And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for

thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for

thy stranger that sojourneth with thee.

25:

And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all

the increase thereof be meat.

25:

And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven

times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years

shall be unto thee forty and nine years.

25:

Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the

tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye

make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.

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25:10

And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty

throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a

jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession,

and ye shall return every man unto his family.

25:11

A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow,

neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes

in it of thy vine undressed.

25:12

For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the

increase thereof out of the field.

25:13

In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his

possession.

25:14

And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbor, or buyest ought of thy

neighbor’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

25:15

According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of

thy neighbor, and according unto the number of years of the fruits

he shall sell unto thee:

25:16

According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price

thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish

the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits

doth he sell unto thee.

25:17

Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy

God:for I am the LORD your God.

25:18

Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do

them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

25:19

And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and

dwell therein in safety.

25:20

And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold,

we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

25:21

Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and

it shall bring forth fruit for three years.

25:22

And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the

ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.

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25:23

The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for ye are

strangers and sojourners with me.

25:24

And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption

for the land.

25:25

If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his

possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he

redeem that which his brother sold.

25:26

And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to

redeem it;

25:27

Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the

overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto

his possession.

25:28

But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold

shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of

jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his

possession.

25:29

And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may

redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may

he redeem it.

25:30

And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the

house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him

that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the

jubile.

25:31

But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about

them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be

redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.

25:32

Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the

cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.

25:33

And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold,

and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for

the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among

the children of Israel.

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25:34

But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is

their perpetual possession.

25:35

And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee;

then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a

sojourner; that he may live with thee.

25:36

Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy

brother may live with thee.

25:37

Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy

victuals for increase.

25:38

I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land

of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

25:39

And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be

sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a

bondservant:

25:40

But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee,

and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile.

25:41

And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with

him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession

of his fathers shall he return.

25:42

For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of

Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

25:43

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor; but shalt fear thy God.

25:44

Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have,

shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye

buy bondmen and bondmaids.

25:45

Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among

you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you,

which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.

25:46

And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after

you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen

for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not

rule one over another with rigor.

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25:47

And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother

that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger

or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:

25:48

After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren

may redeem him:

25:49

Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any that is

nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able,

he may redeem himself.

25:50

And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that

he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale

shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time

of an hired servant shall it be with him.

25:51

If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall

give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was

bought for.

25:52

And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he

shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him

again the price of his redemption.

25:53

And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other

shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.

25:54

And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in

the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.

25:55

For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my

servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the

LORD your God.

CHAPTER 26

26:

Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a

standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your

land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.

26:

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the

LORD.

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26:

If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do

them;

26:

Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her

increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

26:

And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage

shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the

full, and dwell in your land safely.

26:

And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none

shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land,

neither shall the sword go through your land.

26:

And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by

the sword.

26:

And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you

shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before

you by the sword.

26:

For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and

multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

26:10

And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the

new.

26:11

And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor

you.

26:12

And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be

my people.

26:13

I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land

of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken

the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.

26:14

But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these

commandments;

26:15

And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my

judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that

ye break my covenant:

26:16

I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror,

consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes,

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and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for

your enemies shall eat it.

26:17

And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before

your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall

flee when none pursueth you.

26:18

And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will

punish you seven times more for your sins.

26:19

And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your

heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

26:20

And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not

yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their

fruits.

26:21

And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I

will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your

sins.

26:22

I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of

your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in

number; and your high ways shall be desolate.

26:23

And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will

walk contrary unto me;

26:24

Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet

seven times for your sins.

26:25

And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of

my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities,

I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into

the hand of the enemy.

26:26

And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall

bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread

again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

26:27

And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary

unto me;

26:28

Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will

chastise you seven times for your sins.

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And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your

daughters shall ye eat.

26:30

And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images,

and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my

soul shall abhor you.

26:31

And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto

desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odours.

26:32

And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which

dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

26:33

And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a

sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities

waste.

26:34

Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate,

and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and

enjoy her sabbaths.

26:35

As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in

your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

26:36

And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into

their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken

leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword;

and they shall fall when none pursueth.

26:37

And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword,

when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before

your enemies.

26:38

And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your

enemies shall eat you up.

26:39

And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in

your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall

they pine away with them.

26:40

If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers,

with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also

they have walked contrary unto me;

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26:41

And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought

them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised

hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their

iniquity:

26:42

Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my

covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I

remember; and I will remember the land.

26:43

The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths,

while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the

punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised

my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.

26:44

And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I

will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them

utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD

their God.

26:45

But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors,

whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the

heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.

26:46

These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD

made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the

hand of Moses.

CHAPTER 27

27:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

27:

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man

shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by

thy estimation.

27:

And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old

even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty

shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

27:

And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.

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And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then

thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the

female ten shekels.

27:

And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy

estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the

female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.

27:

And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy

estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

27:

But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present

himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according

to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.

27:

And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD,

all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.

27:10

He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a

good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the

exchange thereof shall be holy.

27:11

And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a

sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the

priest:

27:12

And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou

valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.

27:13

But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof

unto thy estimation.

27:14

And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the

LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad:

as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

27:15

And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add

the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be

his.

27:16

And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of

his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed

thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of

silver.

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27:17

If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy

estimation it shall stand.

27:18

But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall

reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain,

even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy

estimation.

27:19

And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then

he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it,

and it shall be assured to him.

27:20

And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to

another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.

27:21

But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the

LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the

priest’s.

27:22

And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath

bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;

27:23

Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation,

even unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation

in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.

27:24

In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it

was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did

belong.

27:25

And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the

sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.

27:26

Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD’s

firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is

the LORD’s.

27:27

And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to

thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be

not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.

27:28

Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the

LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of

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his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is

most holy unto the LORD.

27:29 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed;

but shall surely be put to death.

27:30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of

the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s: it is holy unto the LORD.

27:31 And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add

thereto the fifth part thereof.

27:32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of

whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the

LORD.

27:33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he

change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change

thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.

27:34 These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded

Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

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The Fourth Book of Moses

Commonly Called

NUMBERS

CHAPTER 1

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the

tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second

month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of

Egypt, saying,

Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel,

after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number

of their names, every male by their polls;

From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to

war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head

of the house of his fathers.

And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of

the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.

Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.

Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.

1:10

Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of

Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

1:11

Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.

1:12

Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

1:13

Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.

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1:14

Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

1:15

Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.

1:16

These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes

of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

1:17

And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by

their names:

1:18

And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day

of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their

families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of

the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

1:19

As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the

wilderness of Sinai.

1:20

And the children of Reuben, Israel’s eldest son, by their

generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male

from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to

war;

1:21

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben,

were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

1:22

Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families,

by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them,

according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male

from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to

war;

1:23

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon,

were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.

1:24

Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by

the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,

from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to

war;

1:25

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were

forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.

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1:26

Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families,

by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the

names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go

forth to war;

1:27

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah,

were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.

1:28

Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their

families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of

the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to

go forth to war;

1:29

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar,

were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.

1:30

Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their

families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of

the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to

go forth to war;

1:31

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun,

were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.

1:32

Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by

their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and

upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

1:33

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim,

were forty thousand and five hundred.

1:34

Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their

families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of

the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to

go forth to war;

1:35

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh,

were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

1:36

Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their

families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of

the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to

go forth to war;

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1:37

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin,

were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

1:38

Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by

the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,

from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to

war;

1:39

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were

threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

1:40

Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families,

by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the

names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go

forth to war;

1:41

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher,

were forty and one thousand and five hundred.

1:42

Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after

their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the

number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that

were able to go forth to war;

1:43

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali,

were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

1:44

These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron

numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one

was for the house of his fathers.

1:45

So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by

the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all

that were able to go forth to war in Israel;

1:46

Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and

three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

1:47

But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered

among them.

1:48

For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,

1:49

Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum

of them among the children of Israel:

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1:50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of

testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that

belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels

thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round

about the tabernacle.

1:51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it

down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall

set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

1:52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his

own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their

hosts.

1:53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of

testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the

children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the

tabernacle of testimony.

1:54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD

commanded Moses, so did they.

CHAPTER 2

2:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

2:2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard,

with the ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle

of the congregation shall they pitch.

2:3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the

standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and

Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of

Judah.

2:4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were

threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.

2:5 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of

Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the

children of Issachar.

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2:6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and

four thousand and four hundred.

2:7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be

captain of the children of Zebulun.

2:8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and

seven thousand and four hundred.

2:9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred

thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four

hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.

2:10 On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben

according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben

shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.

2:11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty

and six thousand and five hundred.

2:12 And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the

captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of

Zurishaddai.

2:13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty

and nine thousand and three hundred.

2:14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be

Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

2:15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty

and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.

2:16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred

thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty,

throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second

rank.

2:17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the

camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so

shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.

2:18 On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim

according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim

shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.

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2:19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty

thousand and five hundred.

2:20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the

children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

2:21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty

and two thousand and two hundred.

2:22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of

Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.

2:23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty

and five thousand and four hundred.

2:24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred

thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their

armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.

2:25 The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their

armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the

son of Ammishaddai.

2:26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were

threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

2:27 And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the

captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.

2:28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty

and one thousand and five hundred.

2:29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of

Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.

2:30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty

and three thousand and four hundred.

2:31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred

thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall

go hindmost with their standards.

2:32 These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by

the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the

camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three

thousand and five hundred and fifty.

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2:33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as

the LORD commanded Moses.

2:34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD

commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so

they set forward, every one after their families, according to the

house of their fathers.

CHAPTER 3

3:1 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that

the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.

3:2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn,

and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

3:3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were

anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.

3:4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered

strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they

had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s

office in the sight of Aaron their father.

3:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

3:6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the

priest, that they may minister unto him.

3:7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole

congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the

service of the tabernacle.

3:8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the

congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the

service of the tabernacle.

3:9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they

are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.

3:10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on

their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put

to death.

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3:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

3:12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of

Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the

children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

3:13 Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all

the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the

firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the

LORD.

3:14 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai,

saying,

3:15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by

their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou

number them.

3:16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD,

as he was commanded.

3:17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and

Kohath, and Merari.

3:18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families;

Libni, and Shimei.

3:19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar,

Hebron, and Uzziel.

3:20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These

are the families of the Levites according to the house of their

fathers.

3:21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the

Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

3:22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all

the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were

numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.

3:23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle

westward.

3:24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be

Eliasaph the son of Lael.

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3:25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the

congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering

thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the

congregation,

3:26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the

court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and

the cords of it for all the service thereof.

3:27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of

the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of

the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

3:28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were

eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the

sanctuary.

3:29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the

tabernacle southward.

3:30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the

Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

3:31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick,

and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they

minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.

3:32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the

chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the

charge of the sanctuary.

3:33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the

Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

3:34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of

all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and

two hundred.

3:35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari

was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the

tabernacle northward.

3:36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be

the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars

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thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all

that serveth thereto,

3:37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and

their pins, and their cords.

3:38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even

before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses,

and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the

charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh

shall be put to death.

3:39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron

numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their

families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty

and two thousand.

3:40 And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the

males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and

take the number of their names.

3:41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of

all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the

Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children

of Israel.

3:42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the

firstborn among the children of Israel.

3:43 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month

old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were

twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.

3:44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

3:45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of

Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the

Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.

3:46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and

threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel,

which are more than the Levites;

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3:47

Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the

shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty

gerahs:)

3:48

And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them

is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.

3:49

And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over

and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:

3:50

Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a

thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the

shekel of the sanctuary:

3:51

And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto

Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the

LORD commanded Moses.

CHAPTER 4

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi,

after their families, by the house of their fathers,

From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all

that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the

congregation.

This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of

the congregation, about the most holy things:

And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his

sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark

of testimony with it:

And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall

spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves

thereof.

And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue,

and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and

covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:

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And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the

same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put in the staves

thereof.

And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the

light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the

oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:

4:10

And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering

of badgers’ skins, and shall put it upon a bar.

4:11

And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and

cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to the

staves thereof:

4:12

And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith

they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and

cover them with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put them on

a bar:

4:13

And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a

purple cloth thereon:

4:14

And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they

minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels,

and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread

upon it a covering of badgers’ skins, and put to the staves of it.

4:15

And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the

sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to

set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it:

but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things

are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the

congregation.

4:16

And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth

the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat

offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the

tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the

vessels thereof.

4:17

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying,

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4:18

Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from

among the Levites:

4:19

But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they

approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go

in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:

4:20

But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered,

lest they die.

4:21

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

4:22

Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses

of their fathers, by their families;

4:23

From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou

number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the

work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

4:24

This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and

for burdens:

4:25

And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the

tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the

badgers’ skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of

the tabernacle of the congregation,

4:26

And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the

gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round

about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and

all that is made for them: so shall they serve.

4:27

At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service

of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their

service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.

4:28

This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the

tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the

hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

4:29

As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their

families, by the house of their fathers;

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4:30

From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt

thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do

the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.

4:31

And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service

in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle,

and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,

4:32

And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and

their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all

their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the

charge of their burden.

4:33

This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according

to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the

hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

4:34

And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered

the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house

of their fathers,

4:35

From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every

one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of

the congregation:

4:36

And those that were numbered of them by their families were two

thousand seven hundred and fifty.

4:37

These were they that were numbered of the families of the

Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the

congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the

commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

4:38

And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout

their families, and by the house of their fathers,

4:39

From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every

one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of

the congregation,

4:40

Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families,

by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred

and thirty.

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4:41 These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of

Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the

congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the

commandment of the LORD.

4:42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of

Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,

4:43 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every

one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of

the congregation,

4:44 Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were

three thousand and two hundred.

4:45 These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of

Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word

of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

4:46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and

Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and

after the house of their fathers,

4:47 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every

one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of

the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation.

4:48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and

five hundred and fourscore,

4:49 According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered

by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and

according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the

LORD commanded Moses.

CHAPTER 5

5:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

5:2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp

every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is

defiled by the dead:

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Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye

put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I

dwell.

And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the

camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of

Israel.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall

commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the

LORD, and that person be guilty;

Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he

shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add

unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he

hath trespassed.

But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto,

let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the

priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement

shall be made for him.

And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel,

which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.

5:10

And every man’s hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man

giveth the priest, it shall be his.

5:11

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

5:12

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s

wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

5:13

And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her

husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no

witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;

5:14

And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his

wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him,

and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:

5:15

Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring

her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he

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shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an

offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to

remembrance.

5:16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:

5:17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the

dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and

put it into the water:

5:18 And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover

the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands,

which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand

the bitter water that causeth the curse:

5:19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the

woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone

aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou

free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:

5:20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and

if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine

husband:

5:21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing,

and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a

curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make

thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;

5:22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to

make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall

say, Amen, amen.

5:23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot

them out with the bitter water:

5:24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that

causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter

into her, and become bitter.

5:25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s

hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it

upon the altar:

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5:26

And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the

memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall

cause the woman to drink the water.

5:27

And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come

to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her

husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her,

and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot:

and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

5:28

And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be

free, and shall conceive seed.

5:29

This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another

instead of her husband, and is defiled;

5:30

Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous

over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the

priest shall execute upon her all this law.

5:31

Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall

bear her iniquity.

CHAPTER 6

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either

man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a

Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD:

He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall

drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he

drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.

All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of

the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.

All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come

upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he

separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let

the locks of the hair of his head grow.

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All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall

come at no dead body.

He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother,

for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the

consecration of his God is upon his head.

All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.

And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the

head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of

his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.

6:10

And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young

pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the

congregation:

6:11

And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other

for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he

sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.

6:12

And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation,

and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but

the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was

defiled.

6:13

And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his

separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the

tabernacle of the congregation:

6:14

And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the

first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of

the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram

without blemish for peace offerings,

6:15

And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with

oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their

meat offering, and their drink offerings.

6:16

And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer

his sin offering, and his burnt offering:

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6:17

And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the

LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer

also his meat offering, and his drink offering.

6:18

And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door

of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the

head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the

sacrifice of the peace offerings.

6:19

And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one

unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and

shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his

separation is shaven:

6:20

And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the

LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave

shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.

6:21

This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering

unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall

get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the

law of his separation.

6:22

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

6:23

Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall

bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,

6:24

The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:

6:25

The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto

thee:

6:26

The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

6:27

And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will

bless them.

CHAPTER 7

And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the

tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the

instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and

had anointed them, and sanctified them;

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That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who

were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were

numbered, offered:

And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered

wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for

each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the

tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the

Levites, to every man according to his service.

And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the

Levites.

Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon,

according to their service:

And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari,

according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of

Aaron the priest.

But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of

the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon

their shoulders.

7:10

And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it

was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the

altar.

7:11

And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering,

each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.

7:12

And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son

of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:

7:13

And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an

hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,

after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine

flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

7:14

One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:

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7:15

One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt

offering:

7:16

One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

7:17

And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he

goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon

the son of Amminadab.

7:18

On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar,

did offer:

7:19

He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof

was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy

shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine

flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

7:20

One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense:

7:21

One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt

offering:

7:22

One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

7:23

And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he

goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of

Nethaneel the son of Zuar.

7:24

On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of

Zebulun, did offer:

7:25

His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an

hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,

after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour

mingled with oil for a meat offering:

7:26

One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

7:27

One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt

offering:

7:28

One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

7:29

And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he

goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab the

son of Helon.

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7:30

On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children

of Reuben, did offer:

7:31

His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and

thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel

of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for

a meat offering:

7:32

One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

7:33

One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt

offering:

7:34

One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

7:35

And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he

goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur

the son of Shedeur.

7:36

On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the

children of Simeon, did offer:

7:37

His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an

hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,

after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour

mingled with oil for a meat offering:

7:38

One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

7:39

One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt

offering:

7:40

One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

7:41

And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he

goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of

Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

7:42

On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children

of Gad, offered:

7:43

His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and

thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of

the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a

meat offering:

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7:44

One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

7:45

One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt

offering:

7:46

One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

7:47

And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he

goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph

the son of Deuel.

7:48

On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the

children of Ephraim, offered:

7:49

His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an

hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,

after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour

mingled with oil for a meat offering:

7:50

One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

7:51

One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt

offering:

7:52

One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

7:53

And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he

goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama

the son of Ammihud.

7:54

On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of

the children of Manasseh:

7:55

His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and

thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel

of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for

a meat offering:

7:56

One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

7:57

One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt

offering:

7:58

One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

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7:59

And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he

goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Gamaliel

the son of Pedahzur.

7:60

On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children

of Benjamin, offered:

7:61

His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an

hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,

after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour

mingled with oil for a meat offering:

7:62

One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

7:63

One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt

offering:

7:64

One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

7:65

And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he

goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan

the son of Gideoni.

7:66

On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the

children of Dan, offered:

7:67

His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an

hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,

after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour

mingled with oil for a meat offering:

7:68

One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

7:69

One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt

offering:

7:70

One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

7:71

And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he

goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer

the son of Ammishaddai.

7:72

On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children

of Asher, offered:

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7:73

His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an

hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,

after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour

mingled with oil for a meat offering:

7:74

One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

7:75

One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt

offering:

7:76

One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

7:77

And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he

goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel

the son of Ocran.

7:78

On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of

Naphtali, offered:

7:79

His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an

hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,

after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour

mingled with oil for a meat offering:

7:80

One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

7:81

One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt

offering:

7:82

One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

7:83

And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he

goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira the

son of Enan.

7:84

This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was

anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve

silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:

7:85

Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each

bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four

hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

7:86

The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten

shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the

spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels.

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7:87

All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams

twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering:

and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.

7:88

And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were

twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the

lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar,

after that it was anointed.

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And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation

to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto

him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony,

from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.

CHAPTER 8

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Speak unto Aaron and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps,

the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.

And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the

candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.

And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft

thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto

the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the

candlestick.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse

them.

And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water

of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let

them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.

Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even

fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou

take for a sin offering.

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And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the

congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the

children of Israel together:

8:10

And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the

children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:

8:11

And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering

of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the

LORD.

8:12

And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the

bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the

other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement

for the Levites.

8:13

And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons,

and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.

8:14

Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of

Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

8:15

And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the

tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and

offer them for an offering.

8:16

For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of

Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the

firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

8:17

For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and

beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt

I sanctified them for myself.

8:18

And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of

Israel.

8:19

And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons

from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children

of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an

atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among

the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto

the sanctuary.

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8:20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of

Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD

commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of

Israel unto them.

8:21 And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and

Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron

made an atonement for them to cleanse them.

8:22 And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the

tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as

the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did

they unto them.

8:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

8:24 This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five

years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of

the tabernacle of the congregation:

8:25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the

service thereof, and shall serve no more:

8:26 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the

congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus

shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.

CHAPTER 9

9:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the

first month of the second year after they were come out of the land

of Egypt, saying,

9:2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed

season.

9:3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his

appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to

all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.

9:4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should

keep the passover.

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And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first

month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the

LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.

And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of

a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they

came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a

man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering

of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?

And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the

LORD will command concerning you.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

9:10

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of

your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a

journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.

9:11

The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it,

and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

9:12

They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of

it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.

9:13

But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to

keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among

his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his

appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.

9:14

And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the

passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the

passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye

shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that

was born in the land.

9:15

And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered

the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there

was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the

morning.

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9:16

So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance

of fire by night.

9:17

And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after

that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the

cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.

9:18

At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel

journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as

long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their

tents.

9:19

And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days,

then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and

journeyed not.

9:20

And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle;

according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their

tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they

journeyed.

9:21

And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning,

and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they

journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was

taken up, they journeyed.

9:22

Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud

tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel

abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up,

they journeyed.

9:23

At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at

the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the

charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the

hand of Moses.

CHAPTER 10

10:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou

make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the

assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.

10:

And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall

assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the

congregation.

10:

And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which

are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto

thee.

10:

When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts

shall go forward.

10:

When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on

the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for

their journeys.

10:

But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall

blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.

10:

And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets;

and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your

generations.

10:

And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth

you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be

remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved

from your enemies.

10:10

Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in

the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets

over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace

offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God:

I am the LORD your God.

10:11

And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in

the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the

tabernacle of the testimony.

10:12

And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness

of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.

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10:13 And they first took their journey according to the commandment

of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

10:14 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of

Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the

son of Amminadab.

10:15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was

Nethaneel the son of Zuar.

10:16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab

the son of Helon.

10:17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and

the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.

10:18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to

their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.

10:19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was

Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

10:20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph

the son of Deuel.

10:21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the

other did set up the tabernacle against they came.

10:22 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set

forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama

the son of Ammihud.

10:23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was

Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

10:24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was

Abidan the son of Gideoni.

10:25 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward,

which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts:

and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

10:26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel

the son of Ocran.

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10:27

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was

Ahira the son of Enan.

10:28

Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to

their armies, when they set forward.

10:29

And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite,

Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which

the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will

do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.

10:30

And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own

land, and to my kindred.

10:31

And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest

how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us

instead of eyes.

10:32

And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what

goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto

thee.

10:33

And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days’

journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before

them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for

them.

10:34

And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they

went out of the camp.

10:35

And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said,

Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them

that hate thee flee before thee.

10:36

And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many

thousands of Israel.

CHAPTER 11

11:

And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the

LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the

LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the

uttermost parts of the camp.

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11:

And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto

the LORD, the fire was quenched.

11:

And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the

LORD burnt among them.

11:

And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the

children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh

to eat?

11:

We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the

cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the

garlick:

11:

But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this

manna, before our eyes.

11:

And the manna was as coriander seed, and the color thereof as the

color of bdellium.

11:

And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills,

or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it:

and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.

11:

And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell

upon it.

11:10

Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families,

every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was

kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.

11:11

And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted

thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favor in thy sight,

that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

11:12

Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou

shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing

father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swearst

unto their fathers?

11:13

Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they

weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

11:14

I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy

for me.

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11:15

And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I

have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

11:16

And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of

the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the

people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle

of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.

11:17

And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of

the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they

shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not

thyself alone.

11:18

And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to

morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the

LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with

us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall

eat.

11:19

Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten

days, nor twenty days;

11:20

But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it

be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD

which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came

we forth out of Egypt?

11:21

And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred

thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that

they may eat a whole month.

11:22

Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or

shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice

them?

11:23

And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’s hand waxed

short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass

unto thee or not.

11:24

And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD,

and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set

them round about the tabernacle.

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11:25

And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and

took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy

elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them,

they prophesied, and did not cease.

11:26

But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the

one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit

rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but

went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.

11:27

And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and

Medad do prophesy in the camp.

11:28

And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his

young men, answered and said, My Lord Moses, forbid them.

11:29

And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God

that all the LORD’s people were prophets, and that the LORD

would put his spirit upon them!

11:30

And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

11:31

And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails

from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day’s

journey on this side, and as it were a day’s journey on the other

side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon

the face of the earth.

11:32

And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the

next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least

gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for

themselves round about the camp.

11:33

And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was

chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people,

and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.

11:34

And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because

there they buried the people that lusted.

11:35

And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth;

and abode at Hazeroth.

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CHAPTER 12

12:

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the

Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an

Ethiopian woman.

12:

And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses?

hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.

12:

(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which

were upon the face of the earth.)

12:

And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and

unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the

congregation. And they three came out.

12:

And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in

the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they

both came forth.

12:

And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among

you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision,

and will speak unto him in a dream.

12:

My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.

12:

With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in

dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold:

wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant

Moses?

12:

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he

departed.

12:10

And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold,

Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon

Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.

12:11

And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my Lord, I beseech thee, lay

not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein

we have sinned.

12:12

Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed

when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.

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12:13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I

beseech thee.

12:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her

face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out

from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in

again.

12:15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the

people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.

12:16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in

the wilderness of Paran.

CHAPTER 13

13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

13:2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I

give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall

ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.

13:3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from

the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of

Israel.

13:4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the

son of Zaccur.

13:5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.

13:6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

13:7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.

13:8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.

13:9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.

13:10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.

13:11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi

the son of Susi.

13:12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.

13:13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.

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13:14

Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.

13:15

Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.

13:16

These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the

land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.

13:17

And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto

them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the

mountain:

13:18

And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleth therein,

whether they be strong or weak, few or many;

13:19

And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad;

and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in

strong holds;

13:20

And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be

wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the

fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.

13:21

So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin

unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

13:22

And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where

Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now

Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

13:23

And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from

thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it

between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates,

and of the figs.

13:24

The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of

grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.

13:25

And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.

13:26

And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the

congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran,

to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the

congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.

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13:27

And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou

sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is

the fruit of it.

13:28

Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the

cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children

of Anak there.

13:29

The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and

the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the

Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.

13:30

And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up

at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

13:31

But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up

against the people; for they are stronger than we.

13:32

And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had

searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through

which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the

inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of

a great stature.

13:33

And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the

giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we

were in their sight.

CHAPTER 14

14:

And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the

people wept that night.

14:

And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against

Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God

that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died

in this wilderness!

14:

And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by

the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were

it not better for us to return into Egypt?

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14:

And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us

return into Egypt.

14:

Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly

of the congregation of the children of Israel.

14:

And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,

which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:

14:

And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel,

saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an

exceeding good land.

14:

If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and

give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.

14:

Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of

the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from

them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.

14:10

But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the

glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation

before all the children of Israel.

14:11

And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people

provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the

signs which I have shewed among them?

14:12

I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will

make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

14:13

And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it,

(for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among

them;)

14:14

And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have

heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art

seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that

thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a

pillar of fire by night.

14:15

Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations

which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

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14:16

Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land

which he swear unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the

wilderness.

14:17

And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great,

according as thou hast spoken, saying,

14:18

The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity

and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the

iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth

generation.

14:19

Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto

the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people,

from Egypt even until now.

14:20

And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

14:21

But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of

the LORD.

14:22

Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles,

which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me

now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

14:23

Surely they shall not see the land which I swear unto their fathers,

neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:

14:24

But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and

hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he

went; and his seed shall possess it.

14:25

(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.)

Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way

of the Red sea.

14:26

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

14:27

How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur

against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel,

which they murmur against me.

14:28

Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have

spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

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Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were

numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty

years old and upward which have murmured against me.

14:30

Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I

swear to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh,

and Joshua the son of Nun.

14:31

But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I

bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.

14:32

But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.

14:33

And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and

bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the

wilderness.

14:34

After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even

forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even

forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.

14:35

I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil

congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this

wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

14:36

And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned,

and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing

up a slander upon the land,

14:37

Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land,

died by the plague before the LORD.

14:38

But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which

were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.

14:39

And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and

the people mourned greatly.

14:40

And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the

top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto

the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.

14:41

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the

commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

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Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten

before your enemies.

14:43

For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye

shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the

LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.

14:44

But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark

of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the

camp.

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Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt

in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto

Hormah.

CHAPTER 15

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

15:

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be

come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,

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And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering,

or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in

your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savor unto the LORD, of the

herd or of the flock:

15:

Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a

meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part

of an hin of oil.

15:

And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou

prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.

15:

Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals

of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.

15:

And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of

wine, for a sweet savor unto the LORD.

15:

And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a

sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD:

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Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth

deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.

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And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an

offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD.

15:11

Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb,

or a kid.

15:12

According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to

every one according to their number.

15:13

All that are born of the country shall do these things after this

manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto

the LORD.

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And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in

your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet

savor unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.

15:15

One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also

for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in

your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the

LORD.

15:16

One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that

sojourneth with you.

15:17

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

15:18

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye

come into the land whither I bring you,

15:19

Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall

offer up an heave offering unto the LORD.

15:20

Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave

offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall

ye heave it.

15:21

Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave

offering in your generations.

15:22

And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments,

which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,

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Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of

Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and

henceforward among your generations;

15:24

Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the

knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer

one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savor unto the

LORD, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to

the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.

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And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of

the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is

ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by

fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for

their ignorance:

15:26

And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of

Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the

people were in ignorance.

15:27

And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat

of the first year for a sin offering.

15:28

And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth

ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to

make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.

15:29

Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both

for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the

stranger that sojourneth among them.

15:30

But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born

in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that

soul shall be cut off from among his people.

15:31

Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken

his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity

shall be upon him.

15:32

And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found

a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.

15:33

And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses

and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.

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And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what

should be done to him.

15:35

And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to

death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the

camp.

15:36

And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned

him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.

15:37

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

15:38

Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make

them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their

generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a

ribband of blue:

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And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and

remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and

that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after

which ye use to go a whoring:

15:40

That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy

unto your God.

15:41

I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of

Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.

CHAPTER 16

16:

Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi,

and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of

Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:

16:

And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of

Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in

the congregation, men of renown:

16:

And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against

Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all

the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is

among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the

congregation of the LORD?

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And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:

16:

And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even

to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and

will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath

chosen will he cause to come near unto him.

16:

This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;

16:

And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to

morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth

choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of

Levi.

16:

And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:

16:

Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath

separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to

himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to

stand before the congregation to minister unto them?

16:10

And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons

of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?

16:11

For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered

together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur

against him?

16:12

And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab:

which said, We will not come up:

16:13

Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that

floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except

thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?

16:14

Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with

milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards:

wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

16:15

And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect

not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither

have I hurt one of them.

16:16

And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before

the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:

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16:17

And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring

ye before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty

censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer.

16:18

And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid

incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the

congregation with Moses and Aaron.

16:19

And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door

of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD

appeared unto all the congregation.

16:20

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

16:21

Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may

consume them in a moment.

16:22

And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the

spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with

all the congregation?

16:23

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

16:24

Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the

tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.

16:25

And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the

elders of Israel followed him.

16:26

And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you,

from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of their’s,

lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

16:27

So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram,

on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the

door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little

children.

16:28

And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent

me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own

mind.

16:29

If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited

after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me.

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16:30

But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth,

and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they

go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men

have provoked the LORD.

16:31

And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these

words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:

16:32

And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and

their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all

their goods.

16:33

They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the

pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among

the congregation.

16:34

And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them:

for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

16:35

And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two

hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

16:36

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

16:37

Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the

censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for

they are hallowed.

16:38

The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make

them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them

before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a

sign unto the children of Israel.

16:39

And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they

that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a

covering of the altar:

16:40

To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger,

which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense

before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as

the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.

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16:41

But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel

murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed

the people of the LORD.

16:42

And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against

Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle

of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory

of the LORD appeared.

16:43

And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the

congregation.

16:44

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

16:45

Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume

them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.

16:46

And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein

from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the

congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath

gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.

16:47

And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of

the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the

people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the

people.

16:48

And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was

stayed.

16:49

Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and

seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.

16:50

And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of

the congregation: and the plague was stayed.

CHAPTER 17

17:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

17:

Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a

rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes

according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou

every man’s name upon his rod.

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17:

And thou shalt write Aaron’s name upon the rod of Levi: for one

rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.

17:

And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation

before the testimony, where I will meet with you.

17:

And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose,

shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of

the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.

17:

And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of

their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according

to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron

was among their rods.

17:

And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of

witness.

17:

And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the

tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house

of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed

blossoms, and yielded almonds.

17:

And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto

all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his

rod.

17:10

And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before

the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou

shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.

17:11

And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.

17:12

And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we

die, we perish, we all perish.

17:13

Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the

LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?

CHAPTER 18

18:

And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy

father’s house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary:

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and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your

priesthood.

18:

And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father,

bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and

minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister

before the tabernacle of witness.

18:

And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle:

only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the

altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.

18:

And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the

tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle:

and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

18:

And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of

the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of

Israel.

18:

And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among

the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD,

to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

18:

Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s

office for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall

serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift:

and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

18:

And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee

the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the

children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the

anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.

18:

This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire:

every oblation of their’s, every meat offering of their’s, and every

sin offering of their’s, and every trespass offering of their’s which

they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy

sons.

18:10

In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it

shall be holy unto thee.

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18:11

And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave

offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and

to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever:

every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.

18:12

All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the

wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the

LORD, them have I given thee.

18:13

And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring

unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine

house shall eat of it.

18:14

Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.

18:15

Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring

unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine:

nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the

firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

18:16

And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou

redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five

shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

18:17

But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling

of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle

their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering

made by fire, for a sweet savor unto the LORD.

18:18

And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the

right shoulder are thine.

18:19

All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of

Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and

thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of

salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.

18:20

And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance

in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am

thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

18:21

And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel

for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the

service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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18:22

Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the

tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

18:23

But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the

congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute

for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of

Israel they have no inheritance.

18:24

But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave

offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit:

therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they

shall have no inheritance.

18:25

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

18:26

Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of

the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them

for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it

for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.

18:27

And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though

it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the

winepress.

18:28

Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all

your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall

give thereof the LORD’s heave offering to Aaron the priest.

18:29

Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the

LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out

of it.

18:30

Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best

thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the

increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.

18:31

And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is

your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.

18:32

And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from

it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the

children of Israel, lest ye die.

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CHAPTER 19

19:

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

19:

This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath

commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they

bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and

upon which never came yoke:

19:

And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her

forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:

19:

And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and

sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the

congregation seven times:

19:

And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh,

and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:

19:

And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and

cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

19:

Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh

in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest

shall be unclean until the even.

19:

And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe

his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.

19:

And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and

lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept

for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of

separation: it is a purification for sin.

19:10

And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes,

and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of

Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a

statute for ever.

19:11

He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven

days.

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19:12

He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh

day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day,

then the seventh day he shall not be clean.

19:13

Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and

purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that

soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation

was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is

yet upon him.

19:14

This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the

tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

19:15

And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is

unclean.

19:16

And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open

fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be

unclean seven days.

19:17

And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt

heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto

in a vessel:

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And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and

sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the

persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one

slain, or one dead, or a grave:

19:19

And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third

day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall

purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water,

and shall be clean at even.

19:20

But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that

soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath

defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath

not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

19:21

And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that

sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he

that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.

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And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and

the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.

CHAPTER 20

20:

Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into

the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in

Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

20:

And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered

themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

20:

And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God

that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

20:

And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into

this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?

20:

And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring

us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of

vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.

20:

And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly

unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell

upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.

20:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

20:

Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and

Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes;

and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them

water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their

beasts drink.

20:

And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded

him.

20:10

And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before

the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we

fetch you water out of this rock?

20:11

And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock

twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation

drank, and their beasts also.

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20:12

And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed

me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel,

therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I

have given them.

20:13

This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove

with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

20:14

And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom,

Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that

hath befallen us:

20:15

How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in

Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

20:16

And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent

an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we

are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:

20:17

Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass

through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink

of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s high way, we

will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed

thy borders.

20:18

And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come

out against thee with the sword.

20:19

And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high

way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for

it: I will only, without doing anything else, go through on my feet.

20:20

And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out

against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

20:21

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border:

wherefore Israel turned away from him.

20:22

And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed

from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.

20:23

And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by

the coast of the land of Edom, saying,

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Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into

the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye

rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.

20:25

Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount

Hor:

20:26

And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his

son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die

there.

20:27

And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into

mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

20:28

And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon

Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and

Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.

20:29

And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they

mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

CHAPTER 21

21:

And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south,

heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought

against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.

21:

And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt

indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy

their cities.

21:

And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up

the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities:

and he called the name of the place Hormah.

21:

And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea,

to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much

discouraged because of the way.

21:

And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore

have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for

there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth

this light bread.

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21:

And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit

the people; and much people of Israel died.

21:

Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for

we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the

LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses

prayed for the people.

21:

And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and

set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is

bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.

21:

And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it

came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld

the serpent of brass, he lived.

21:10

And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.

21:11

And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the

wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.

21:12

From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.

21:13

From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of

Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of

the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and

the Amorites.

21:14

Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he

did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,

21:15

And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of

Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.

21:16

And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the

LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will

give them water.

21:17

Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:

21:18

The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by

the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the

wilderness they went to Mattanah:

21:19

And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:

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21:20

And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to

the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.

21:21

And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites,

saying,

21:22

Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or

into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but

we will go along by the king’s high way, until we be past thy

borders.

21:23

And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but

Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel

into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

21:24

And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed

his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of

Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

21:25

And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of

the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.

21:26

For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who

had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land

out of his hand, even unto Arnon.

21:27

Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon,

let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:

21:28

For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of

Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high

places of Arnon.

21:29

Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he

hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity

unto Sihon king of the Amorites.

21:30

We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and

we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto

Medeba.

21:31

Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

21:32

And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages

thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.

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21:33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the

king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the

battle at Edrei.

21:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered

him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt

do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which

dwelt at Heshbon.

21:35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was

none left him alive: and they possessed his land.

CHAPTER 22

22:1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of

Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.

22:2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the

Amorites.

22:3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many:

and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

22:4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this

company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up

the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the

Moabites at that time.

22:5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to

Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his

people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out

from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they

abide over against me:

22:6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they

are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may

smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot

that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest

is cursed.

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22:

And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the

rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam,

and spake unto him the words of Balak.

22:

And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you

word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of

Moab abode with Balaam.

22:

And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with

thee?

22:10

And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of

Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,

22:11

Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the

face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be

able to overcome them, and drive them out.

22:12

And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou

shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.

22:13

And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of

Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me

leave to go with you.

22:14

And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and

said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

22:15

And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than

they.

22:16

And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the

son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming

unto me:

22:17

For I will promote thee unto very great honor, and I will do

whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse

me this people.

22:18

And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak

would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond

the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.

22:19

Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may

know what the LORD will say unto me more.

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22:20

And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men

come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word

which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.

22:21

And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went

with the princes of Moab.

22:22

And God’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the

LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was

riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.

22:23

And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and

his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the

way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her

into the way.

22:24

But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall

being on this side, and a wall on that side.

22:25

And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself

unto the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: and he

smote her again.

22:26

And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow

place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the

left.

22:27

And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under

Balaam: and Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with

a staff.

22:28

And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto

Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me

these three times?

22:29

And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I

would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.

22:30

And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which

thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever

wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.

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22:31

Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel

of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his

hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.

22:32

And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou

smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to

withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:

22:33

And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless

she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved

her alive.

22:34

And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I

knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore,

if it displease thee, I will get me back again.

22:35

And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men:

but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt

speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

22:36

And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet

him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is

in the utmost coast.

22:37

And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to

call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed

to promote thee to honor?

22:38

And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now

any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in

my mouth, that shall I speak.

22:39

And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth.

22:40

And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the

princes that were with him.

22:41

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and

brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might

see the utmost part of the people.

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CHAPTER 23

23:

And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and

prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

23:

And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam

offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

23:

And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I

will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and

whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high

place.

23:

And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven

altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.

23:

And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return

unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

23:

And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice,

he, and all the princes of Moab.

23:

And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath

brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying,

Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

23:

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy,

whom the LORD hath not defied?

23:

For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold

him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned

among the nations.

23:10

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth

part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last

end be like his!

23:11

And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took

thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them

altogether.

23:12

And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that

which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

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23:13

And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another

place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the

utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them

from thence.

23:14

And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah,

and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every

altar.

23:15

And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I

meet the LORD yonder.

23:16

And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and

said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

23:17

And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering,

and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What

hath the LORD spoken?

23:18

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear;

hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

23:19

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he

should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he

spoken, and shall he not make it good?

23:20

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath

blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

23:21

He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen

perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the

shout of a king is among them.

23:22

God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of

an unicorn.

23:23

Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any

divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of

Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

23:24

Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself

as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and

drink the blood of the slain.

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23:25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless

them at all.

23:26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying,

All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?

23:27 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee

unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou

mayest curse me them from thence.

23:28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh

toward Jeshimon.

23:29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and

prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

23:30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram

on every altar.

CHAPTER 24

24:1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he

went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set

his face toward the wilderness.

24:2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his

tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon

him.

24:3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath

said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

24:4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision

of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

24:5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

24:6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side,

as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as

cedar trees beside the waters.

24:7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in

many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his

kingdom shall be exalted.

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God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the

strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and

shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

24:

He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall

stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that

curseth thee.

24:10

And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his

hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse

mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these

three times.

24:11

Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee

unto great honor; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from

honor.

24:12

And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers

which thou sentest unto me, saying,

24:13

If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go

beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad

of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?

24:14

And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will

advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter

days.

24:15

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath

said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

24:16

He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the

knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the

Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

24:17

I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there

shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel,

and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of

Sheth.

24:18

And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for

his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.

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24:19

Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall

destroy him that remaineth of the city.

24:20

And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said,

Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that

he perish for ever.

24:21

And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said,

Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

24:22

Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry

thee away captive.

24:23

And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when

God doeth this!

24:24

And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict

Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.

24:25

And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak

also went his way.

CHAPTER 25

25:

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit

whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

25:

And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and

the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

25:

And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the

LORD was kindled against Israel.

25:

And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people,

and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce

anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.

25:

And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his

men that were joined unto Baalpeor.

25:

And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto

his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the

sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were

weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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25:

And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the

priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a

javelin in his hand;

25:

And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both

of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her

belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

25:

And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

25:10

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

25:11

Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath

turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was

zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children

of Israel in my jealousy.

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Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:

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And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of

an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and

made an atonement for the children of Israel.

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Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain

with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince

of a chief house among the Simeonites.

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And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi,

the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief

house in Midian.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

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For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled

you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter

of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the

plague for Peor’s sake.

CHAPTER 26

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And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto

Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

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Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from

twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers’ house, all

that are able to go to war in Israel.

26:

And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of

Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

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Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as

the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which

went forth out of the land of Egypt.

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Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of

whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of

the Palluites:

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Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of

the Carmites.

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These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were

numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven

hundred and thirty.

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And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.

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And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is

that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation,

who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of

Korah, when they strove against the LORD:

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And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together

with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured

two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.

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Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.

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The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of

the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the

family of the Jachinites:

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Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the

Shaulites.

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These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand

and two hundred.

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26:15 The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of

the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the

family of the Shunites:

26:16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:

26:17 Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the

Arelites.

26:18 These are the families of the children of Gad according to those

that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.

26:19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the

land of Canaan.

26:20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the

family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of

Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.

26:21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the

Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

26:22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were

numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five

hundred.

26:23 Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of

the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:

26:24 Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of

the Shimronites.

26:25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that were

numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three

hundred.

26:26 Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of

the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the

family of the Jahleelites.

26:27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that

were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.

26:28 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and

Ephraim.

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Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites:

and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the

Gileadites.

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These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the

Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:

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And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the

family of the Shechemites:

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And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the

family of the Hepherites.

26:33

And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters:

and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and

Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

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These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered

of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.

26:35

These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the

family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites:

of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

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And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the

Eranites.

26:37

These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those

that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five

hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.

26:38

The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the

Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the

family of the Ahiramites:

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Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the

family of the Huphamites.

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And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of

the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

26:41

These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that

were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six

hundred.

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26:42 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the

family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their

families.

26:43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were

numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four

hundred.

26:44 Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of

the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the

family of the Beriites.

26:45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of

Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.

26:46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.

26:47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that

were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and

four hundred.

26:48 Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family

of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:

26:49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the

Shillemites.

26:50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and

they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and

four hundred.

26:51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred

thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

26:52 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

26:53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to

the number of names.

26:54 To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou

shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be

given according to those that were numbered of him.

26:55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the

names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

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26:56

According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided

between many and few.

26:57

And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their

families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the

family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

26:58

These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the

family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of

the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat

Amram.

26:59

And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of

Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto

Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

26:60

And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

26:61

And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before

the LORD.

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And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three

thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were

not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no

inheritance given them among the children of Israel.

26:63

These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the

priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab

by Jordan near Jericho.

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But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and

Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of

Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.

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For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the

wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the

son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

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Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the

son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the

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families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of

his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

27:

And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and

before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the

tabernacle of the congregation, saying,

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Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company

of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the

company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.

27:

Why should the name of our father be done away from among his

family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a

possession among the brethren of our father.

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And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.

27:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give

them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren;

and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto

them.

27:

And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man

die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass

unto his daughter.

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And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto

his brethren.

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And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto

his father’s brethren.

27:11

And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance

unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall

possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of

judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.

27:12

And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount

Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of

Israel.

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And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy

people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.

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For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in

the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before

their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness

of Zin.

27:15

And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,

27:16

Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over

the congregation,

27:17

Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them,

and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that

the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no

shepherd.

27:18

And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of

Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;

27:19

And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the

congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.

27:20

And thou shalt put some of thine honor upon him, that all the

congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.

27:21

And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel

for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word

shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and

all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

27:22

And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took

Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the

congregation:

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And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the

LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering,

and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savor

unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.

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And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire

which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year

without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering.

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The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb

shalt thou offer at even;

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And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled

with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil.

28:

It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai

for a sweet savor, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.

28:

And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for

the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to

be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering.

28:

And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of

the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a

sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD.

28:

And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot,

and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil,

and the drink offering thereof:

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This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual

burnt offering, and his drink offering.

28:11

And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt

offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven

lambs of the first year without spot;

28:12

And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil,

for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering,

mingled with oil, for one ram;

28:13

And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat

offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savor, a

sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.

28:14

And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a

bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part

of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month

throughout the months of the year.

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28:15

And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be

offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.

28:16

And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the

LORD.

28:17

And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall

unleavened bread be eaten.

28:18

In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner

of servile work therein:

28:19

But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto

the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of

the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish:

28:20

And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three

tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a

ram;

28:21

A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the

seven lambs:

28:22

And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you.

28:23

Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which

is for a continual burnt offering.

28:24

After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days,

the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the

LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and

his drink offering.

28:25

And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall

do no servile work.

28:26

Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat

offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an

holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:

28:27

But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savor unto the

LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year;

28:28

And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals

unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram,

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28:29

A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs;

28:30

And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.

28:31

Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his

meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their

drink offerings.

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And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall

have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of

blowing the trumpets unto you.

29:

And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor unto the

LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first

year without blemish:

29:

And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three

tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram,

29:

And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:

29:

And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement

for you:

29:

Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and

the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink

offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savor, a sacrifice

made by fire unto the LORD.

29:

And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy

convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any

work therein:

29:

But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a sweet

savor; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first

year; they shall be unto you without blemish:

29:

And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three

tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram,

29:10

A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:

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29:11

One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of

atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering

of it, and their drink offerings.

29:12

And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an

holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a

feast unto the LORD seven days:

29:13

And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a

sweet savor unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams,

and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish:

29:14

And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three

tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth

deals to each ram of the two rams,

29:15

And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:

29:16

And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual

burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

29:17

And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two

rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:

29:18

And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,

for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number,

after the manner:

29:19

And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual

burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink

offerings.

29:20

And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of

the first year without blemish;

29:21

And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,

for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number,

after the manner:

29:22

And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering,

and his meat offering, and his drink offering.

29:23

And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs

of the first year without blemish:

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29:24

Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for

the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number,

after the manner:

29:25

And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual

burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

29:26

And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs

of the first year without spot:

29:27

And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,

for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number,

after the manner:

29:28

And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering,

and his meat offering, and his drink offering.

29:29

And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs

of the first year without blemish:

29:30

And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,

for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number,

after the manner:

29:31

And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering,

his meat offering, and his drink offering.

29:32

And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen

lambs of the first year without blemish:

29:33

And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,

for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number,

after the manner:

29:34

And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering,

his meat offering, and his drink offering.

29:35

On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no

servile work therein:

29:36

But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a

sweet savor unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of

the first year without blemish:

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29:37 Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the

ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the

manner:

29:38 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering,

and his meat offering, and his drink offering.

29:39 These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside

your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings,

and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for

your peace offerings.

29:40 And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the

LORD commanded Moses.

CHAPTER 30

30:1 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the

children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath

commanded.

30:2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his

soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according

to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

30:3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a

bond, being in her father’s house in her youth;

30:4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath

bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her; then all

her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound

her soul shall stand.

30:5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of

her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall

stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father

disallowed her.

30:6 And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought

out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;

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30:

And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that

he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith

she bound her soul shall stand.

30:

But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then

he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she

uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect:

and the LORD shall forgive her.

30:

But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith

they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

30:10

And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a

bond with an oath;

30:11

And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed

her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith

she bound her soul shall stand.

30:12

But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he

heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning

her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her

husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.

30:13

Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband

may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

30:14

But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to

day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are

upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in

the day that he heard them.

30:15

But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard

them; then he shall bear her iniquity.

30:16

These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses,

between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter,

being yet in her youth in her father’s house.

CHAPTER 31

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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31:

Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt

thou be gathered unto thy people.

31:

And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of

yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites,

and avenge the LORD of Midian.

31:

Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall

ye send to the war.

31:

So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand

of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

31:

And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them

and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the

holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

31:

And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded

Moses; and they slew all the males.

31:

And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that

were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba,

five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with

the sword.

31:

And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives,

and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all

their flocks, and all their goods.

31:10

And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their

goodly castles, with fire.

31:11

And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of

beasts.

31:12

And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto

Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the

children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are

by Jordan near Jericho.

31:13

And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the

congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.

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31:14

And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the

captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came

from the battle.

31:15

And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

31:16

Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of

Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of

Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

31:17

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every

woman that hath known man by lying with him.

31:18

But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying

with him, keep alive for yourselves.

31:19

And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath

killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify

both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the

seventh day.

31:20

And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all

work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.

31:21

And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the

battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD

commanded Moses;

31:22

Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the

lead,

31:23

Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the

fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the

water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make

go through the water.

31:24

And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be

clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.

31:25

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

31:26

Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast,

thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the

congregation:

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31:27

And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the

war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the

congregation:

31:28

And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went

out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of

the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:

31:29

Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an

heave offering of the LORD.

31:30

And of the children of Israel’s half, thou shalt take one portion of

fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks,

of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep

the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.

31:31

And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded

Moses.

31:32

And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war

had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and

five thousand sheep,

31:33

And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,

31:34

And threescore and one thousand asses,

31:35

And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not

known man by lying with him.

31:36

And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war,

was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty

thousand and five hundred sheep:

31:37

And the LORD’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and

threescore and fifteen.

31:38

And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the

LORD’s tribute was threescore and twelve.

31:39

And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the

LORD’s tribute was threescore and one.

31:40

And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD’s

tribute was thirty and two persons.

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31:41

And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD’s heave

offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.

31:42

And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the

men that warred,

31:43

(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three

hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five

hundred sheep,

31:44

And thirty and six thousand beeves,

31:45

And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,

31:46

And sixteen thousand persons;)

31:47

Even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one portion of

fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites,

which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the

LORD commanded Moses.

31:48

And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the

captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto

Moses:

31:49

And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of

the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not

one man of us.

31:50

We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every

man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings,

earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the

LORD.

31:51

And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all

wrought jewels.

31:52

And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD,

of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was

sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

31:53

(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)

31:54

And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of

thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of

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the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the

LORD.

CHAPTER 32

32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very

great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and

the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

32:2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake

unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the

congregation, saying,

32:3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and

Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

32:4 Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation

of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:

32:5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this

land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not

over Jordan.

32:6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of

Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

32:7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel

from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?

32:8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see

the land.

32:9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the

land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they

should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.

32:10 And the LORD’s anger was kindled the same time, and he swear,

saying,

32:11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty

years old and upward, shall see the land which I swear unto

Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not

wholly followed me:

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32:12

Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son

of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.

32:13

And the LORD’s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made

them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation,

that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.

32:14

And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of

sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward

Israel.

32:15

For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in

the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.

32:16

And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds

here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

32:17

But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel,

until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones

shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the

land.

32:18

We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have

inherited every man his inheritance.

32:19

For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or

forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan

eastward.

32:20

And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go

armed before the LORD to war,

32:21

And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until

he hath driven out his enemies from before him,

32:22

And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall

return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and

this land shall be your possession before the LORD.

32:23

But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD:

and be sure your sin will find you out.

32:24

Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and

do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.

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32:25

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto

Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my Lord commandeth.

32:26

Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be

there in the cities of Gilead:

32:27

But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before

the Lord to battle, as my Lord saith.

32:28

So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and

Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the

children of Israel:

32:29

And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children

of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to

battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you;

then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:

32:30

But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have

possessions among you in the land of Canaan.

32:31

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered,

saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

32:32

We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan,

that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be

our’s.

32:33

And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the

children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of

Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the

kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in

the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.

32:34

And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

32:35

And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,

32:36

And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.

32:37

And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and

Kirjathaim,

32:38

And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and

Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.

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32:39

And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead,

and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.

32:40

And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he

dwelt therein.

32:41

And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns

thereof, and called them Havothjair.

32:42

And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and

called it Nobah, after his own name.

CHAPTER 33

33:

These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth

out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses

and Aaron.

33:

And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by

the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys

according to their goings out.

33:

And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the

fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover

the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all

the Egyptians.

33:

For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had

smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed

judgments.

33:

And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in

Succoth.

33:

And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is

in the edge of the wilderness.

33:

And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth,

which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.

33:

And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the

midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey

in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.

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33:

And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim

were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees;

and they pitched there.

33:10

And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.

33:11

And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the

wilderness of Sin.

33:12

And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and

encamped in Dophkah.

33:13

And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.

33:14

And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where

was no water for the people to drink.

33:15

And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness

of Sinai.

33:16

And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at

Kibrothhattaavah.

33:17

And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at

Hazeroth.

33:18

And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.

33:19

And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez.

33:20

And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah.

33:21

And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.

33:22

And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.

33:23

And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.

33:24

And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in

Haradah.

33:25

And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.

33:26

And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.

33:27

And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.

33:28

And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.

33:29

And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah.

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33:30

And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.

33:31

And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Benejaakan.

33:32

And they removed from Benejaakan, and encamped at

Horhagidgad.

33:33

And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.

33:34

And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.

33:35

And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber.

33:36

And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness

of Zin, which is Kadesh.

33:37

And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the

edge of the land of Edom.

33:38

And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the

commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year

after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in

the first day of the fifth month.

33:39

And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when

he died in mount Hor.

33:40

And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land

of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.

33:41

And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.

33:42

And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.

33:43

And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.

33:44

And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the

border of Moab.

33:45

And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad.

33:46

And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in

Almondiblathaim.

33:47

And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the

mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.

33:48

And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in

the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

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33:49

And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto

Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.

33:50

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by

Jordan near Jericho, saying,

33:51

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are

passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

33:52

Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before

you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten

images, and quite pluck down all their high places:

33:53

And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell

therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.

33:54

And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your

families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to

the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance

shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of

your fathers ye shall inherit.

33:55

But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before

you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of

them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and

shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

33:56

Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I

thought to do unto them.

CHAPTER 34

34:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

34:

Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come

into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for

an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)

34:

Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along

by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost

coast of the salt sea eastward:

34:

And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of

Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be

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from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar,

and pass on to Azmon:

34:5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river

of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

34:6 And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for

a border: this shall be your west border.

34:7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall

point out for you mount Hor:

34:8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance

of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:

34:9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it

shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border.

34:10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to

Shepham:

34:11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east

side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the

side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:

34:12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it

shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts

thereof round about.

34:13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the

land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to

give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:

34:14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of

their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the

house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the

tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:

34:15 The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on

this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.

34:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

34:17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto

you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.

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34:18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by

inheritance.

34:19 And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb

the son of Jephunneh.

34:20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of

Ammihud.

34:21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.

34:22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of

Jogli.

34:23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of

Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

34:24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the

son of Shiphtan.

34:25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan

the son of Parnach.

34:26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the

son of Azzan.

34:27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the

son of Shelomi.

34:28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the

son of Ammihud.

34:29 These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the

inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

CHAPTER 35

35:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by

Jordan near Jericho, saying,

35:2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of

the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall

give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

35:3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them

shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

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35:

And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites,

shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits

round about.

35:

And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two

thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on

the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two

thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to

them the suburbs of the cities.

35:

And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there

shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the

manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty

and two cities.

35:

So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and

eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.

35:

And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the

children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many;

but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give

of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he

inheriteth.

35:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

35:10

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be

come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

35:11

Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that

the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.

35:12

And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that

the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in

judgment.

35:13

And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for

refuge.

35:14

Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall

ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.

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35:15

These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and

for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one

that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.

35:16

And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is

a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

35:17

And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die,

and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to

death.

35:18

Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he

may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be

put to death.

35:19

The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he

meeteth him, he shall slay him.

35:20

But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that

he die;

35:21

Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote

him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger

of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.

35:22

But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon

him any thing without laying of wait,

35:23

Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and

cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither

sought his harm:

35:24

Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the

revenger of blood according to these judgments:

35:25

And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the

revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city

of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the

death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

35:26

But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the

city of his refuge, whither he was fled;

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35:27

And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city

of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not

be guilty of blood:

35:28

Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the

death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the

slayer shall return into the land of his possession.

35:29

So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you

throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

35:30

Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by

the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against

any person to cause him to die.

35:31

Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer,

which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.

35:32

And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of

his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the

death of the priest.

35:33

So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth

the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed

therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

35:34

Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I

dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.

CHAPTER 36

36:

And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the

son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of

Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the

princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:

36:

And they said, The LORD commanded my Lord to give the land

for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my Lord was

commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad

our brother unto his daughters.

36:

And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the

children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the

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inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the

tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot

of our inheritance.

36:4 And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall

their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto

they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the

inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.

36:5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the

word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath

said well.

36:6 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the

daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they

think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they

marry.

36:7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from

tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep

himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

36:8 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of

the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the

tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man

the inheritance of his fathers.

36:9 Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe;

but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep

himself to his own inheritance.

36:10 Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of

Zelophehad:

36:11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the

daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father’s

brothers’ sons:

36:12 And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh

the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the

family of their father.

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These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD

commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the

plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

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The Fifth Book of Moses

Commonly Called

DEUTERONOMY

CHAPTER 1

1:1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side

Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea,

between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and

Dizahab.

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1:3

(There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount

Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)

And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on

the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of

Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in

commandment unto them;

1:4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in

Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in

Edrei:

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On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare

this law, saying,

The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have

dwelt long enough in this mount:

1:7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the

Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the

hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the

land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the

river Euphrates.

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Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land

which the LORD swear unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and

Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.

And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear

you myself alone:

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The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this

day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

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(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so

many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)

1:12

How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden,

and your strife?

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Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your

tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

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And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken

is good for us to do.

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So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made

them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over

hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and

officers among your tribes.

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And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes

between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man

and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

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Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the

small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man;

for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you,

bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

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And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should

do.

1:19

And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great

and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain

of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we

came to Kadeshbarnea.

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And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the

Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.

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Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up

and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto

thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.

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And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will

send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring

us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities

we shall come.

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And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one

of a tribe:

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And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto

the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.

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And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it

down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good

land which the LORD our God doth give us.

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Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the

commandment of the LORD your God:

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And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD

hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to

deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

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Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart,

saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great

and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of

the Anakims there.

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Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.

1:30

The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for

you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

1:31

And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD

thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that

ye went, until ye came into this place.

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Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,

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Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to

pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye

should go, and in a cloud by day.

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And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and

swear, saying,

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Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see

that good land, which I swear to give unto your fathers.

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Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I

give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children,

because he hath wholly followed the LORD.

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Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou

also shalt not go in thither.

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But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go

in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

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Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and

your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good

and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and

they shall possess it.

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But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the

wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

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Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the

LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our

God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his

weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.

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And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them. Go not up, neither

fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your

enemies.

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So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against

the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up

into the hill.

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And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against

you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even

unto Hormah.

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And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would

not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.

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So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye

abode there.

CHAPTER 2

Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the

way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we

compassed mount Seir many days.

And the LORD spake unto me, saying,

Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you

northward.

And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the

coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir;

and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves

therefore:

Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not

so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto

Esau for a possession.

Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall

also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.

For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy

hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these

forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast

lacked nothing.

And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau,

which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and

from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the

wilderness of Moab.

And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither

contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for

a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a

possession.

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The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many,

and tall, as the Anakims;

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Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the

Moabites called them Emims.

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The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau

succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them,

and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his

possession, which the LORD gave unto them.

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Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we

went over the brook Zered.

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And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we

were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until

all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among

the host, as the LORD swear unto them.

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For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy

them from among the host, until they were consumed.

2:16

So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and

dead from among the people,

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That the LORD spake unto me, saying,

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Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:

2:19

And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon,

distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of

the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have

given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.

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(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in

old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;

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A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD

destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt

in their stead:

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As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he

destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them,

and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:

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And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the

Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them,

and dwelt in their stead.)

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Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon:

behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of

Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in

battle.

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This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee

upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear

report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.

2:26

And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto

Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

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Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I

will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.

2:28

Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me

water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my

feet;

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(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites

which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into

the land which the LORD our God giveth us.

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But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the

LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate,

that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.

2:31

And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon

and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit

his land.

2:32

Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at

Jahaz.

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And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote

him, and his sons, and all his people.

2:34

And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the

men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none

to remain:

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Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of

the cities which we took.

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From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from

the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one

city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:

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Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor

unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the

mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.

CHAPTER 3

Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king

of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at

Edrei.

And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him,

and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do

unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which

dwelt at Heshbon.

So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of

Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to

him remaining.

And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which

we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob,

the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside

unwalled towns a great many.

And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of

Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of

every city.

But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to

ourselves.

And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the

Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of

Arnon unto mount Hermon;

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(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it

Shenir;)

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All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto

Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

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For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants;

behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of

the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and

four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.

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And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which

is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof,

gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.

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And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og,

gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with

all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.

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Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the

coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own

name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.

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And I gave Gilead unto Machir.

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And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead

even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto

the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

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The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth

even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under

Ashdothpisgah eastward.

3:18

And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God

hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed

before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the

war.

3:19

But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know

that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have

given you;

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Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as

unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD

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your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return

every man unto his possession, which I have given you.

3:21

And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have

seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings:

so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.

3:22

Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for

you.

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And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,

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O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness,

and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth,

that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

3:25

I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond

Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.

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But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not

hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no

more unto me of this matter.

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Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes

westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and

behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

3:28

But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he

shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit

the land which thou shalt see.

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So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.

CHAPTER 4

Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the

judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and

go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers

giveth you.

Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall

ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of

the LORD your God which I command you.

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Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for

all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath

destroyed them from among you.

But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every

one of you this day.

Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the

LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land

whither ye go to possess it.

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your

understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these

statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and

understanding people.

For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them,

as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments

so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou

forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart

from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons,

and thy sons’ sons;

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Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in

Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people

together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn

to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that

they may teach their children.

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And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain

burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds,

and thick darkness.

4:12

And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye

heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard

a voice.

4:13

And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you

to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two

tables of stone.

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And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes

and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go

over to possess it.

4:15

Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no

manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in

Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

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Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the

similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

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The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any

winged fowl that flieth in the air,

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The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness

of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:

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And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest

the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven,

shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the

LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole

heaven.

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But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the

iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of

inheritance, as ye are this day.

4:21

Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and

swear that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in

unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an

inheritance:

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But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall

go over, and possess that good land.

4:23

Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the

LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven

image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath

forbidden thee.

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For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

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When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye

shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves,

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and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do

evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:

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I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye

shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over

Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but

shall utterly be destroyed.

4:27

And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall

be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall

lead you.

4:28

And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and

stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

4:29

But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt

find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

4:30

When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon

thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God,

and shalt be obedient unto his voice;

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(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake

thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers

which he swear unto them.

4:32

For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee,

since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from

the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any

such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

4:33

Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of

the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

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Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of

another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by

war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by

great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you

in Egypt before your eyes?

4:35

Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD

he is God; there is none else beside him.

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Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct

thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou

heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.

4:37

And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed

after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power

out of Egypt;

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To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than

thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance,

as it is this day.

4:39

Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the

LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath:

there is none else.

4:40

Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments,

which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and

with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy

days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for

ever.

4:41

Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the

sunrising;

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That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbor

unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto

one of these cities he might live:

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Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the

Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in

Bashan, of the Manassites.

4:44

And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

4:45

These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments,

which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came

forth out of Egypt.

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On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land

of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom

Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth

out of Egypt:

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And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan,

two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward

the sunrising;

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From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto

mount Sion, which is Hermon,

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And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of

the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

CHAPTER 5

And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the

statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye

may learn them, and keep, and do them.

The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us,

even us, who are all of us here alive this day.

The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the

midst of the fire,

(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the

word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and

went not up into the mount;) saying,

I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of

Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any

thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that

is in the waters beneath the earth:

Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I

the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the

fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of

them that hate me,

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And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep

my commandments.

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Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for

the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

5:12

Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath

commanded thee.

5:13

Six days thou shalt labor, and do all thy work:

5:14

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it

thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter,

nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine

ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates;

that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

5:15

And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and

that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty

hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God

commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

5:16

Honor thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath

commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may

go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth

thee.

5:17

Thou shalt not kill.

5:18

Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

5:19

Neither shalt thou steal.

5:20

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.

5:21

Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor’s wife, neither shalt thou

covet thy neighbor’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his

maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbor’s.

5:22

These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the

mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick

darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote

them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

5:23

And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of

the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came

near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

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5:24

And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory

and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of

the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he

liveth.

5:25

Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume

us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we

shall die.

5:26

For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living

God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

5:27

Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and

speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto

thee; and we will hear it, and do it.

5:28

And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake

unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the

words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they

have well said all that they have spoken.

5:29

O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me,

and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with

them, and with their children for ever!

5:30

Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.

5:31

But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee

all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which

thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I

give them to possess it.

5:32

Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath

commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the

left.

5:33

Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath

commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with

you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall

possess.

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CHAPTER 6

Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments,

which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye

might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:

That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his

statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and

thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy

days may be prolonged.

Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well

with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of

thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk

and honey.

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:

And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and

with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine

heart:

And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt

talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou

walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou

risest up.

And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they

shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on

thy gates.

6:10

And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee

into the land which he swear unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to

Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou

buildedst not,

6:11

And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and

wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees,

which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;

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6:12

Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth

out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

6:13

Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear

by his name.

6:14

Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which

are round about you;

6:15

(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the

anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy

thee from off the face of the earth.

6:16

Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in

Massah.

6:17

Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your

God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath

commanded thee.

6:18

And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the

LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in

and possess the good land which the LORD swear unto thy

fathers.

6:19

To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath

spoken.

6:20

And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean

the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the

LORD our God hath commanded you?

6:21

Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in

Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty

hand:

6:22

And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon

Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:

6:23

And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to

give us the land which he swear unto our fathers.

6:24

And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the

LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us

alive, as it is at this day.

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6:25

And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these

commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded

us.

CHAPTER 7

When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither

thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before

thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the

Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites,

seven nations greater and mightier than thou;

And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou

shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no

covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou

shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto

thy son.

For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may

serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against

you, and destroy thee suddenly.

But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and

break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their

graven images with fire.

For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD

thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself,

above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because

ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest

of all people:

But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the

oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD

brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the

house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful

God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him

and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

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And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he

will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his

face.

7:11

Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes,

and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.

7:12

Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments,

and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto

thee the covenant and the mercy which he swear unto thy fathers:

7:13

And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will

also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy

corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the

flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he swear unto thy fathers to

give thee.

7:14

Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or

female barren among you, or among your cattle.

7:15

And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put

none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee;

but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.

7:16

And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God

shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither

shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

7:17

If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how

can I dispossess them?

7:18

Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the

LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;

7:19

The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the

wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby

the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God

do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.

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7:20

Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them,

until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be

destroyed.

7:21

Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is

among you, a mighty God and terrible.

7:22

And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by

little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the

beasts of the field increase upon thee.

7:23

But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall

destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.

7:24

And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt

destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able

to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.

7:25

The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt

not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee,

lest thou be snared therin: for it is an abomination to the LORD

thy God.

7:26

Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou

be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou

shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

CHAPTER 8

All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye

observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and

possess the land which the LORD swear unto your fathers.

And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God

led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to

prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou

wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee

with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers

know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by

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bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of

the LORD doth man live.

Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell,

these forty years.

Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth

his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy

God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of

brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys

and hills;

A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and

pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;

A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt

not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of

whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

8:10

When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD

thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

8:11

Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his

commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I

command thee this day:

8:12

Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly

houses, and dwelt therein;

8:13

And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and

thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

8:14

Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God,

which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house

of bondage;

8:15

Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein

were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was

no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

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8:16

Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers

knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee,

to do thee good at thy latter end;

8:17

And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine

hand hath gotten me this wealth.

8:18

But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that

giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant

which he swear unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

8:19

And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and

walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify

against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

8:20

As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so

shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of

the LORD your God.

CHAPTER 9

Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to

possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and

fenced up to heaven,

A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou

knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before

the children of Anak!

Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he

which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy

them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou

drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said

unto thee.

Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath

cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the

LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the

wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from

before thee.

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Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart,

dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these

nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee,

and that he may perform the word which the LORD swear unto

thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this

good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a

stiffnecked people.

Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy

God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst

depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye

have been rebellious against the LORD.

Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD

was angry with you to have destroyed you.

When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone,

even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you,

then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did

eat bread nor drink water:

9:10

And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with

the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the

words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the

midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.

9:11

And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that

the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the

covenant.

9:12

And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from

hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt

have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the

way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten

image.

9:13

Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this

people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

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9:14

Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name

from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and

greater than they.

9:15

So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned

with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two

hands.

9:16

And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your

God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly

out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.

9:17

And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and

brake them before your eyes.

9:18

And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and

forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all

your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the

LORD, to provoke him to anger.

9:19

For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the

LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD

hearkened unto me at that time also.

9:20

And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him:

and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

9:21

And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with

fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as

small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that

descended out of the mount.

9:22

And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye

provoked the LORD to wrath.

9:23

Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying,

Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye

rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye

believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

9:24

Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I

knew you.

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9:25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as

I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would

destroy you.

9:26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD,

destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast

redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out

of Egypt with a mighty hand.

9:27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto

the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to

their sin:

9:28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the

LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised

them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay

them in the wilderness.

9:29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou

broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.

CHAPTER 10

10:1 At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of

stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and

make thee an ark of wood.

10:2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first

tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.

10:3 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone

like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two

tables in mine hand.

10:4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten

commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount

out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the

LORD gave them unto me.

10:5 And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the

tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD

commanded me.

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10:

And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the

children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was

buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his

stead.

10:

From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah

to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.

10:

At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark

of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to

minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

10:

Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the

LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God

promised him.

10:10

And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days

and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time

also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.

10:11

And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the

people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I swear

unto their fathers to give unto them.

10:12

And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee,

but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love

him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with

all thy soul,

10:13

To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which

I command thee this day for thy good?

10:14

Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’s thy

God, the earth also, with all that therein is.

10:15

Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he

chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this

day.

10:16

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more

stiffnecked.

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10:17

For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great

God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor

taketh reward:

10:18

He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and

loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

10:19

Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of

Egypt.

10:20

Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to

him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.

10:21

He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these

great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.

10:22

Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten

persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars

of heaven for multitude.

CHAPTER 11

11:

Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge,

and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.

11:

And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which

have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the

LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched

out arm,

11:

And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt

unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;

11:

And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to

their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow

them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath

destroyed them unto this day;

11:

And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into

this place;

11:

And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the

son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed

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them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the

substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:

11:

But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he

did.

11:

Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command

you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the

land, whither ye go to possess it;

11:

And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD

swear unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land

that floweth with milk and honey.

11:10

For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land

of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed,

and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:

11:11

But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and

valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:

11:12

A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the

LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year

even unto the end of the year.

11:13

And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my

commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD

your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your

soul,

11:14

That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the

first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn,

and thy wine, and thine oil.

11:15

And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest

eat and be full.

11:16

Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye

turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

11:17

And then the LORD’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut

up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her

fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the

LORD giveth you.

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11:18

Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in

your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may

be as frontlets between your eyes.

11:19

And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when

thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way,

when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

11:20

And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and

upon thy gates:

11:21

That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children,

in the land which the LORD swear unto your fathers to give them,

as the days of heaven upon the earth.

11:22

For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I

command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in

all his ways, and to cleave unto him;

11:23

Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you,

and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.

11:24

Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be

yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river

Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.

11:25

There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD

your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all

the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.

11:26

Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;

11:27

A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God,

which I command you this day:

11:28

And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD

your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you

this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

11:29

And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought

thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou

shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon

mount Ebal.

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Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun

goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the

champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

11:31

For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which

the LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell

therein.

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And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I

set before you this day.

CHAPTER 12

12:

These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do

in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to

possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.

12:

Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which

ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and

upon the hills, and under every green tree:

12:

And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and

burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven

images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that

place.

12:

Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

12:

But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of

all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall

ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

12:

And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices,

and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows,

and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of

your flocks:

12:

And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall

rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households,

wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.

12:

Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every

man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

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For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which

the LORD your God giveth you.

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But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the

LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you

rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;

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Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall

choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all

that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices,

your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your

choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:

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And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your

sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your

maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch

as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.

12:13

Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in

every place that thou seest:

12:14

But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes,

there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do

all that I command thee.

12:15

Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates,

whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the

LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean

may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

12:16

Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as

water.

12:17

Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of

thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy

flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill

offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:

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But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place

which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy

daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite

that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD

thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.

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Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as

thou livest upon the earth.

12:20

When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath

promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul

longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul

lusteth after.

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If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name

there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of

thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded

thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth

after.

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Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them:

the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.

12:23

Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life;

and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

12:24

Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

12:25

Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy

children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the

sight of the LORD.

12:26

Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt

take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:

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And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood,

upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy

sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God,

and thou shalt eat the flesh.

12:28

Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it

may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever,

when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the

LORD thy God.

12:29

When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before

thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest

them, and dwellest in their land;

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Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them,

after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou

enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve

their gods? even so will I do likewise.

12:31

Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every

abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto

their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt

in the fire to their gods.

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What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not

add thereto, nor diminish from it.

CHAPTER 13

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If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and

giveth thee a sign or a wonder,

13:

And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto

thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not

known, and let us serve them;

13:

Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that

dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know

whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with

all your soul.

13:

Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep

his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and

cleave unto him.

13:

And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death;

because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your

God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed

you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way

which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt

thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

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If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter,

or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul,

entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which

thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

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Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh

unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even

unto the other end of the earth;

13:

Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither

shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou

conceal him:

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But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to

put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

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And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath

sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which

brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

13:11

And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such

wickedness as this is among you.

13:12

If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy

God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

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Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you,

and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go

and serve other gods, which ye have not known;

13:14

Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and,

behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is

wrought among you;

13:15

Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge

of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the

cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.

13:16

And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street

thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof

every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for

ever; it shall not be built again.

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And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand:

that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew

thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as

he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

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When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to

keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do

that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.

CHAPTER 14

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Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut

yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the

dead.

14:

For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the

LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself,

above all the nations that are upon the earth.

14:

Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

14:

These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the

goat,

14:

The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat,

and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.

14:

And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into

two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

14:

Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of

them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and

the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore

they are unclean unto you.

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And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the

cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch

their dead carcase.

14:

These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and

scales shall ye eat:

14:10

And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is

unclean unto you.

14:11

Of all clean birds ye shall eat.

14:12

But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the

ossifrage, and the ospray,

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And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,

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And every raven after his kind,

14:15

And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk

after his kind,

14:16

The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

14:17

And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,

14:18

And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and

the bat.

14:19

And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall

not be eaten.

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But of all clean fowls ye may eat.

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Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it

unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou

mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the

LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

14:22

Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field

bringeth forth year by year.

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And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which

he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of

thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy

flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.

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And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to

carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy

God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God

hath blessed thee:

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Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine

hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall

choose:

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And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth

after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for

whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the

LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

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And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him;

for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.

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At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine

increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:

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And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with

thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which

are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that

the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand

which thou doest.

CHAPTER 15

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At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

15:

And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth

ought unto his neighbor shall release it; he shall not exact it of his

neighbor, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD’s release.

15:

Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine

with thy brother thine hand shall release;

15:

Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall

greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee

for an inheritance to possess it:

15:

Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy

God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command

thee this day.

15:

For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and

thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and

thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over

thee.

15:

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within

any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee,

thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy

poor brother:

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But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely

lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

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Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying,

The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be

evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he

cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

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Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved

when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD

thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou

puttest thine hand unto.

15:11

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command

thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to

thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

15:12

And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold

unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou

shalt let him go free from thee.

15:13

And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let

him go away empty:

15:14

Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy

floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy

God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

15:15

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of

Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I

command thee this thing to day.

15:16

And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee;

because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with

thee;

15:17

Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the

door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy

maidservant thou shalt do likewise.

15:18

It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free

from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in

serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in

all that thou doest.

15:19

All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou

shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work

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with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy

sheep.

15:20

Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the

place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.

15:21

And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or

have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy

God.

15:22

Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person

shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.

15:23

Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon

the ground as water.

CHAPTER 16

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Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the

LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God

brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

16:

Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy

God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall

choose to place his name there.

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Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat

unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou

camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest

remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt

all the days of thy life.

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And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast

seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou

sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.

16:

Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates,

which the LORD thy God giveth thee:

16:

But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place

his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the

going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of

Egypt.

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And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy

God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto

thy tents.

16:

Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day

shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do

no work therein.

16:

Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the

seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to

the corn.

16:10

And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God

with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt

give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God

hath blessed thee:

16:11

And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy

son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant,

and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the

fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which

the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.

16:12

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and

thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

16:13

Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that

thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:

16:14

And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy

daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite,

the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy

gates.

16:15

Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy

God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD

thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of

thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.

16:16

Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD

thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of

unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of

tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:

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Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the

LORD thy God which he hath given thee.

16:18

Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the

LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall

judge the people with just judgment.

16:19

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons,

neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and

pervert the words of the righteous.

16:20

That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest

live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

16:21

Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of

the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

16:22

Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy

God hateth.

CHAPTER 17

17:

Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or

sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavoredness: for that is an

abomination unto the LORD thy God.

17:

If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the

LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought

wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his

covenant,

17:

And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either

the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not

commanded;

17:

And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired

diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such

abomination is wrought in Israel:

17:

Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have

committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that

woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.

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At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is

worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness

he shall not be put to death.

17:

The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to

death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put

the evil away from among you.

17:

If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood

and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke,

being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou

arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God

shall choose;

17:

And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the

judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew

thee the sentence of judgment:

17:10

And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that

place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt

observe to do according to all that they inform thee:

17:11

According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee,

and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt

do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew

thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

17:12

And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken

unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD

thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt

put away the evil from Israel.

17:13

And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more

presumptuously.

17:14

When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God

giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt

say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about

me;

17:15

Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD

thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set

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king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is

not thy brother.

17:16

But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people

to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses:

forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth

return no more that way.

17:17

Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not

away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

17:18

And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom,

that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that

which is before the priests the Levites:

17:19

And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of

his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all

the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:

17:20

That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn

not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left:

to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his

children, in the midst of Israel.

CHAPTER 18

18:

The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part

nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the

LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.

18:

Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the

LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.

18:

And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from them that

offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto

the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

18:

The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the

first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

18:

For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to

stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for

ever.

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And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where

he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the

place which the LORD shall choose;

18:

Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his

brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.

18:

They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of

the sale of his patrimony.

18:

When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth

thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those

nations.

18:10

There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son

or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or

an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.

18:11

Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a

necromancer.

18:12

For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and

because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them

out from before thee.

18:13

Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.

18:14

For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto

observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD

thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.

18:15

The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the

midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall

hearken;

18:16

According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in

Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the

voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any

more, that I die not.

18:17

And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which

they have spoken.

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I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto

thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto

them all that I shall command him.

18:19

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto

my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of

him.

18:20

But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my

name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall

speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.

18:21

And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which

the LORD hath not spoken?

18:22

When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing

follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD

hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously:

thou shalt not be afraid of him.

CHAPTER 19

19:

When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the

LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and

dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;

19:

Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land,

which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

19:

Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land,

which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts,

that every slayer may flee thither.

19:

And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he

may live: Whoso killeth his neighbor ignorantly, whom he hated

not in time past;

19:

As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbor to hew

wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the

tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his

neighbor, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:

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Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is

hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him;

whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not

in time past.

19:

Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities

for thee.

19:

And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn

unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to

give unto thy fathers;

19:

If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I

command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk

ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee,

beside these three:

19:10

That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy

God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

19:11

But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise

up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into

one of these cities:

19:12

Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and

deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

19:13

Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of

innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

19:14

Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor’s landmark, which they of old

time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the

land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

19:15

One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for

any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses,

or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

19:16

If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him

that which is wrong;

19:17

Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand

before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be

in those days;

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19:18

And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the

witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his

brother;

19:19

Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his

brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

19:20

And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth

commit no more any such evil among you.

19:21

And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye,

tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

CHAPTER 20

20:

When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest

horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of

them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up

out of the land of Egypt.

20:

And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the

priest shall approach and speak unto the people,

20:

And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day

unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not,

and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

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For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for

you against your enemies, to save you.

20:

And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is

there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him

go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man

dedicate it.

20:

And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet

eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in

the battle, and another man eat of it.

20:

And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not

taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the

battle, and another man take her.

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20:

And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall

say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go

and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as

his heart.

20:

And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking

unto the people that they shall make captains of the armies to lead

the people.

20:10

When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then

proclaim peace unto it.

20:11

And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto

thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall

be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

20:12

And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against

thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

20:13

And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands,

thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

20:14

But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in

the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and

thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy

God hath given thee.

20:15

Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from

thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

20:16

But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth

give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that

breatheth:

20:17

But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the

Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the

Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:

20:18

That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which

they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD

your God.

20:19

When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it

to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe

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against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut

them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them

in the siege:

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Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat,

thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build

bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be

subdued.

CHAPTER 21

21:

If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth

thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath

slain him:

21:

Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall

measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

21:

And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even

the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been

wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;

21:

And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough

valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the

heifer’s neck there in the valley:

21:

And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the

LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in

the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy

and every stroke be tried:

21:

And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man,

shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:

21:

And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this

blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

21:

Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast

redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel’s

charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.

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21:

So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among

you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the

LORD.

21:10

When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD

thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken

them captive,

21:11

And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire

unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

21:12

Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave

her head, and pare her nails;

21:13

And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and

shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a

full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her

husband, and she shall be thy wife.

21:14

And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let

her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money,

thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled

her.

21:15

If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they

have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the

firstborn son be hers that was hated:

21:16

Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he

hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before

the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:

21:17

But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by

giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the

beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

21:18

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey

the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when

they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

21:19

Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him

out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

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21:20

And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is

stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton,

and a drunkard.

21:21

And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die:

so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall

hear, and fear.

21:22

And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to

be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:

21:23

His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in

any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of

God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God

giveth thee for an inheritance.

CHAPTER 22

22:

Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and

hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again

unto thy brother.

22:

And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not,

then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with

thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him

again.

22:

In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with

his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath

lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not

hide thyself.

22:

Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fall down by the

way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift

them up again.

22:

The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man,

neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are

abomination unto the LORD thy God.

22:

If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or

on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam

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sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the

dam with the young:

22:

But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to

thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong

thy days.

22:

When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a

battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine

house, if any man fall from thence.

22:

Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of

thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be

defiled.

22:10

Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.

22:11

Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and

linen together.

22:12

Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture,

wherewith thou coverest thyself.

22:13

If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

22:14

And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name

upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I

found her not a maid:

22:15

Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring

forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the

city in the gate:

22:16

And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my

daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

22:17

And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I

found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my

daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the

elders of the city.

22:18

And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;

22:19

And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give

them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an

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evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may

not put her away all his days.

22:20

But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found

for the damsel:

22:21

Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s

house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she

die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in

her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.

22:22

If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then

they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman,

and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.

22:23

If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man

find her in the city, and lie with her;

22:24

Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye

shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she

cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled

his neighbor’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

22:25

But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force

her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die.

22:26

But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel

no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his

neighbor, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:

22:27

For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and

there was none to save her.

22:28

If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and

lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

22:29

Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father

fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath

humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.

22:30

A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s

skirt.

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CHAPTER 23

23:

He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut

off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

23:

A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even

to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of

the LORD.

23:

An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of

the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into

the congregation of the LORD for ever:

23:

Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way,

when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against

thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse

thee.

23:

Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam;

but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee,

because the LORD thy God loved thee.

23:

Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days

for ever.

23:

Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt

not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

23:

The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the

congregation of the LORD in their third generation.

23:

When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee

from every wicked thing.

23:10

If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of

uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out

of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:

23:11

But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself

with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp

again.

23:12

Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt

go forth abroad:

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23:13

And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be,

when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and

shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:

23:14

For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to

deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore

shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and

turn away from thee.

23:15

Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped

from his master unto thee:

23:16

He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he

shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt

not oppress him.

23:17

There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite

of the sons of Israel.

23:18

Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into

the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these

are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

23:19

Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money,

usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:

23:20

Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy

brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God

may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land

whither thou goest to possess it.

23:21

When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt

not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of

thee; and it would be sin in thee.

23:22

But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

23:23

That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform;

even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the

LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

23:24

When thou comest into thy neighbor’s vineyard, then thou mayest

eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any

in thy vessel.

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23:25

When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbor, then

thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not

move a sickle unto thy neighbor’s standing corn.

CHAPTER 24

24:

When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass

that she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some

uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and

give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

24:

And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be

another man’s wife.

24:

And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of

divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his

house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;

24:

Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again

to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination

before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which

the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

24:

When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war,

neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at

home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

24:

No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for

he taketh a man’s life to pledge.

24:

If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of

Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that

thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.

24:

Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently,

and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you:

as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.

24:

Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way,

after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.

24:10

When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into

his house to fetch his pledge.

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24:11

Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall

bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.

24:12

And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:

24:13

In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun

goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee:

and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.

24:14

Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy,

whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy

land within thy gates:

24:15

At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go

down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he

cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.

24:16

The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall

the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put

to death for his own sin.

24:17

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the

fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:

24:18

But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and

the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command

thee to do this thing.

24:19

When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot

a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for

the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD

thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.

24:20

When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the

boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for

the widow.

24:21

When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not

glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and

for the widow.

24:22

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of

Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

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CHAPTER 25

25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto

judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify

the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

25:2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the

judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face,

according to his fault, by a certain number.

25:3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should

exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy

brother should seem vile unto thee.

25:4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

25:5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child,

the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her

husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife,

and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.

25:6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed

in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put

out of Israel.

25:7 And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his

brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My

husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in

Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.

25:8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and

if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;

25:9 Then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the

elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and

shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will

not build up his brother’s house.

25:10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath

his shoe loosed.

25:11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one

draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that

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smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the

secrets:

25:12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.

25:13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

25:14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a

small.

25:15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just

measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the

land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

25:16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an

abomination unto the LORD thy God.

25:17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were

come forth out of Egypt;

25:18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee,

even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and

weary; and he feared not God.

25:19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest

from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD

thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt

blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt

not forget it.

CHAPTER 26

26:1 And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the

LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it,

and dwellest therein;

26:2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which

thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee,

and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the

LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.

26:3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and

say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I

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am come unto the country which the LORD swear unto our fathers

for to give us.

26:

And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it

down before the altar of the LORD thy God.

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And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian

ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and

sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great,

mighty, and populous:

26:

And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon

us hard bondage:

26:

And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD

heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labor, and our

oppression:

26:

And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand,

and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with

signs, and with wonders:

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And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land,

even a land that floweth with milk and honey.

26:10

And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which

thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the

LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:

26:11

And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy

God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the

Levite, and the stranger that is among you.

26:12

When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine

increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given

it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that

they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;

26:13

Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought

away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given

them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and

to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast

commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments,

neither have I forgotten them.

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I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away

ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the

dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and

have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.

26:15

Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy

people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou

swearst unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

26:16

This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these

statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with

all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

26:17

Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to

walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments,

and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:

26:18

And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar

people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all

his commandments;

26:19

And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in

praise, and in name, and in honor; and that thou mayest be an holy

people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.

CHAPTER 27

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And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people,

saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this

day.

27:

And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the

land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee

up great stones, and plaister them with plaister:

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And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when

thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which

the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and

honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.

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Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set

up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal,

and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.

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And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an

altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.

27:

Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones:

and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy

God:

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And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice

before the LORD thy God.

27:

And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law

very plainly.

27:

And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel,

saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become

the people of the LORD thy God.

27:10

Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do

his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this

day.

27:11

And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,

27:12

These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when

ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and

Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:

27:13

And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and

Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

27:14

And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with

a loud voice,

27:15

Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an

abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the

craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall

answer and say, Amen.

27:16

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all

the people shall say, Amen.

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Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor’s landmark. And all the

people shall say, Amen.

27:18

Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And

all the people shall say, Amen.

27:19

Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger,

fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

27:20

Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he

uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

27:21

Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the

people shall say, Amen.

27:22

Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or

the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

27:23

Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people

shall say, Amen.

27:24

Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor secretly. And all the people

shall say, Amen.

27:25

Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And

all the people shall say, Amen.

27:26

Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do

them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

CHAPTER 28

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And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the

voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his

commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD

thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

28:

And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if

thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

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Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the

field.

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Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground,

and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks

of thy sheep.

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Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

28:

Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou

be when thou goest out.

28:

The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be

smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way,

and flee before thee seven ways.

28:

The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy

storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he

shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

28:

The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he

hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the

LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.

28:10

And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the

name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.

28:11

And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of

thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy

ground, in the land which the LORD swear unto thy fathers to give

thee.

28:12

The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to

give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work

of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou

shalt not borrow.

28:13

And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou

shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou

hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I

command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

28:14

And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I

command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after

other gods to serve them.

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But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of

the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and

his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses

shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

28:16

Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the

field.

28:17

Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.

28:18

Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the

increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

28:19

Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou

be when thou goest out.

28:20

The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in

all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be

destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the

wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

28:21

The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he

have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to

possess it.

28:22

The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever,

and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with

the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall

pursue thee until thou perish.

28:23

And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth

that is under thee shall be iron.

28:24

The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from

heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

28:25

The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies:

thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before

them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

28:26

And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto

the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

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The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the

emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst

not be healed.

28:28

The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and

astonishment of heart:

28:29

And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness,

and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only

oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

28:30

Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou

shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt

plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

28:31

Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat

thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy

face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given

unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

28:32

Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people,

and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day

long; and there shall be no might in thine hand.

28:33

The fruit of thy land, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou

knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed

alway:

28:34

So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou

shalt see.

28:35

The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a

sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the

top of thy head.

28:36

The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over

thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known;

and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

28:37

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword,

among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

28:38

Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but

little in; for the locust shall consume it.

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Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink

of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.

28:40

Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou

shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his

fruit.

28:41

Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy

them; for they shall go into captivity.

28:42

All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.

28:43

The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high;

and thou shalt come down very low.

28:44

He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the

head, and thou shalt be the tail.

28:45

Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue

thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou

hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his

commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

28:46

And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon

thy seed for ever.

28:47

Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness,

and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

28:48

Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall

send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in

want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck,

until he have destroyed thee.

28:49

The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end

of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou

shalt not understand;

28:50

A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person

of the old, nor shew favor to the young:

28:51

And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land,

until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn,

wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep,

until he have destroyed thee.

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And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced

walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land:

and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land,

which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

28:53

And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy

sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given

thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies

shall distress thee:

28:54

So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his

eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his

bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall

leave:

28:55

So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children

whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege,

and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in

all thy gates.

28:56

The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not

adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for

delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the

husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her

daughter,

28:57

And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet,

and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them

for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith

thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

28:58

If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are

written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful

name,

THE LORD THY GOD;

28:59

Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues

of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore

sicknesses, and of long continuance.

28:60

Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which

thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

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Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the

book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou

be destroyed.

28:62

And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of

heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of

the LORD thy God.

28:63

And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to

do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over

you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be

plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

28:64

And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one

end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve

other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even

wood and stone.

28:65

And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the

sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a

trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:

28:66

And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear

day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:

28:67

In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at

even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of

thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine

eyes which thou shalt see.

28:68

And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the

way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again:

and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and

bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

CHAPTER 29

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These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded

Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab,

beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

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And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen

all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto

Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;

29:

The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and

those great miracles:

29:

Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to

see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

29:

And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are

not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy

foot.

29:

Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong

drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.

29:

And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and

Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we

smote them:

29:

And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the

Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.

29:

Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye

may prosper in all that ye do.

29:10

Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your

captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the

men of Israel,

29:11

Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp,

from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:

29:12

That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God,

and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this

day:

29:13

That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and

that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as

he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to

Jacob.

29:14

Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;

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But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD

our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:

29:16

(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how

we came through the nations which ye passed by;

29:17

And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and

stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)

29:18

Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or

tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God,

to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be

among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

29:19

And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that

he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I

walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

29:20

The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD

and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses

that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD

shall blot out his name from under heaven.

29:21

And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of

Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in

this book of the law:

29:22

So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up

after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall

say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses

which the LORD hath laid upon it;

29:23

And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning,

that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like

the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim,

which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

29:24

Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus

unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

29:25

Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of

the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he

brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:

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For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods

whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:

29:27

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring

upon it all the curses that are written in this book:

29:28

And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in

wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as

it is this day.

29:29

The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things

which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that

we may do all the words of this law.

CHAPTER 30

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And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon

thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and

thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the

LORD thy God hath driven thee,

30:

And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice

according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy

children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;

30:

That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have

compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the

nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.

30:

If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven,

from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence

will he fetch thee:

30:

And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy

fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee

good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.

30:

And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart

of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and

with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

30:

And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine

enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.

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And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all

his commandments which I command thee this day.

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And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work

of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle,

and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again

rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:

30:10

If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep

his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book

of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine

heart, and with all thy soul.

30:11

For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not

hidden from thee, neither is it far off.

30:12

It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us

to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?

30:13

Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go

over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and

do it?

30:14

But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy

heart, that thou mayest do it.

30:15

See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and

evil;

30:16

In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to

walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes

and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the

LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to

possess it.

30:17

But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt

be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

30:18

I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that

ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou

passest over Jordan to go to possess it.

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I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have

set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose

life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

30:20

That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest

obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy

life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land

which the LORD swear unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac,

and to Jacob, to give them.

CHAPTER 31

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And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.

31:

And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this

day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said

unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

31:

The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will

destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess

them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath

said.

31:

And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og,

kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he

destroyed.

31:

And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may

do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have

commanded you.

31:

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for

the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail

thee, nor forsake thee.

31:

And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all

Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this

people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their

fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.

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And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with

thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be

dismayed.

31:

And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the

sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and

unto all the elders of Israel.

31:10

And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven

years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of

tabernacles,

31:11

When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the

place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all

Israel in their hearing.

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Gather the people together, men and women, and children, and thy

stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they

may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the

words of this law:

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And that their children, which have not known any thing, may

hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in

the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

31:14

And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that

thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle

of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and

Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the

congregation.

31:15

And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud:

and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.

31:16

And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with

thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the

gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among

them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have

made with them.

31:17

Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will

forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be

devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that

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they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us,

because our God is not among us?

31:18

And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which

they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

31:19

Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children

of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for

me against the children of Israel.

31:20

For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swear

unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall

have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn

unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my

covenant.

31:21

And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are

befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness;

for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I

know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I

have brought them into the land which I swear.

31:22

Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the

children of Israel.

31:23

And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong

and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel

into the land which I swear unto them: and I will be with thee.

31:24

And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the

words of this law in a book, until they were finished,

31:25

That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the

covenant of the LORD, saying,

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Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the

covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a

witness against thee.

31:27

For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet

alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD;

and how much more after my death?

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Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that

I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to

record against them.

31:29

For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves,

and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and

evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the

sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of

your hands.

31:30

And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the

words of this song, until they were ended.

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Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the

words of my mouth.

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My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the

dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers

upon the grass:

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Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness

unto our God.

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He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a

God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

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They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his

children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

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Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not

he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and

established thee?

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Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations:

ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell

thee.

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When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when

he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people

according to the number of the children of Israel.

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32:9 For the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his

inheritance.

32:10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness;

he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his

eye.

32:11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young,

spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her

wings:

32:12 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange God

with him.

32:13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat

the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the

rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

32:14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of

the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat;

and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art

grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God

which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

32:16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with

abominations provoked they him to anger.

32:17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew

not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared

not.

32:18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten

God that formed thee.

32:19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the

provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.

32:20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their

end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in

whom is no faith.

32:21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they

have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move

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them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke

them to anger with a foolish nation.

32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest

hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire

the foundations of the mountains.

32:23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon

them.

32:24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat,

and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts

upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.

32:25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the

young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray

hairs.

32:26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the

remembrance of them to cease from among men:

32:27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their

adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they

should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.

32:28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any

understanding in them.

32:29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would

consider their latter end!

32:30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to

flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut

them up?

32:31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves

being judges.

32:32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of

Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:

32:33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

32:34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my

treasures?

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To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide

in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things

that shall come upon them make haste.

32:36

For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his

servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none

shut up, or left.

32:37

And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they

trusted,

32:38

Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their

drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your

protection.

32:39

See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no God with me: I kill,

and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can

deliver out of my hand.

32:40

For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

32:41

If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on

judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward

them that hate me.

32:42

I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall

devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the

captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

32:43

Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood

of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and

will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.

32:44

And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears

of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.

32:45

And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:

32:46

And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I

testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children

to observe to do, all the words of this law.

32:47

For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and

through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither

ye go over Jordan to possess it.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,

32:49

Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which

is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the

land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a

possession:

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And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto

thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was

gathered unto his people:

32:51

Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at

the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye

sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.

32:52

Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go

thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.

CHAPTER 33

33:

And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed

the children of Israel before his death.

33:

And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir

unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with

ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for

them.

33:

Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat

down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.

33:

Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the

congregation of Jacob.

33:

And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the

tribes of Israel were gathered together.

33:

Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

33:

And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the

voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be

sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.

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And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy

holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou

didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

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Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him;

neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own

children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.

33:10

They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they

shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine

altar.

33:11

Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands;

smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them

that hate him, that they rise not again.

33:12

And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in

safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he

shall dwell between his shoulders.

33:13

And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the

precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that

coucheth beneath,

33:14

And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the

precious things put forth by the moon,

33:15

And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the

precious things of the lasting hills,

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And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and

for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing

come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of

him that was separated from his brethren.

33:17

His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like

the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together

to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of

Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

33:18

And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and,

Issachar, in thy tents.

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33:19

They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer

sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of

the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.

33:20

And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth

as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.

33:21

And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a

portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads

of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his

judgments with Israel.

33:22

And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from

Bashan.

33:23

And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full

with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the

south.

33:24

And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him

be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.

33:25

Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy

strength be.

33:26

There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the

heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

33:27

The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting

arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall

say, Destroy them.

33:28

Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be

upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down

dew.

33:29

Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by

the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy

excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and

thou shalt tread upon their high places.

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CHAPTER 34

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And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain

of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the

LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,

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And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all

the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,

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And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of

palm trees, unto Zoar.

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And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I swear unto

Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy

seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt

not go over thither.

34:

So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab,

according to the word of the LORD.

34:

And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against

Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.

34:

And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died:

his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

34:

And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab

thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were

ended.

34:

And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for

Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel

hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.

34:10

And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses,

whom the LORD knew face to face,

34:11

In all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do

in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all

his land,

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And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses

shewed in the sight of all Israel.

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The Book Of

JOSHUA

CHAPTER 1

1:1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to

pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’

minister, saying,

1:2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this

Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to

them, even to the children of Israel.

1:3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I

given unto you, as I said unto Moses.

1:4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the

river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea

toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.

1:5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of

thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail

thee, nor forsake thee.

1:6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou

divide for an inheritance the land, which I swear unto their fathers

to give them.

1:7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest

observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant

commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left,

that thou mayest prosper withersoever thou goest.

1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou

shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to

do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make

thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

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Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be

not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is

with thee whithersoever thou goest.

1:10

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

1:11

Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare

you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan,

to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth

you to possess it.

1:12

And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of

Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,

1:13

Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD

commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you

rest, and hath given you this land.

1:14

Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the

land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass

before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help

them;

1:15

Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given

you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your

God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your

possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD’s servant gave

you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.

1:16

And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us

we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.

1:17

According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we

hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he

was with Moses.

1:18

Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and

will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him,

he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.

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CHAPTER 2

And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy

secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went,

and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men

in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.

And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the

men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for

they be come to search out all the country.

And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus,

There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:

And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it

was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not:

pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid

them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the

roof.

And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords:

and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they

shut the gate.

And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the

roof;

And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you

the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the

inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

2:10

For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red

sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the

two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan,

Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

2:11

And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt,

neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of

you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in

earth beneath.

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2:12

Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I

have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto

my father’s house, and give me a true token:

2:13

And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my

brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our

lives from death.

2:14

And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this

our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the

land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

2:15

Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her

house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

2:16

And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the

pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the

pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

2:17

And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath

which thou hast made us swear.

2:18

Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of

scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and

thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and

all thy father’s household, home unto thee.

2:19

And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy

house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will

be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his

blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

2:20

And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine

oath which thou hast made us to swear.

2:21

And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent

them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the

window.

2:22

And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three

days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought

them throughout all the way, but found them not.

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2:23

So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and

passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all

things that befell them:

2:24

And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into

our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do

faint because of us.

CHAPTER 3

And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from

Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and

lodged there before they passed over.

And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through

the host;

And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of

the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites

bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand

cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the

way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way

heretofore.

And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to

morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.

And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the

covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the

ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify

thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was

with Moses, so I will be with thee.

And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the

covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of

Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.

And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear

the words of the LORD your God.

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3:10

And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is

among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you

the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the

Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the

Jebusites.

3:11

Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth

passeth over before you into Jordan.

3:12

Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out

of every tribe a man.

3:13

And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the

priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth,

shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be

cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall

stand upon an heap.

3:14

And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to

pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant

before the people;

3:15

And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet

of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the

water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)

3:16

That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up

upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan:

and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt

sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right

against Jericho.

3:17

And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD

stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the

Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were

passed clean over Jordan.

CHAPTER 4

And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over

Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

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Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst

of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm,

twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave

them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the

children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD

your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of

you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the

tribes of the children of Israel:

That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask

their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these

stones?

Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off

before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over

Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be

for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took

up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake

unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children

of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where

they lodged, and laid them down there.

And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the

place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the

covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

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For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan,

until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua

to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded

Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.

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And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over,

that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the

presence of the people.

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And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the

tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel,

as Moses spake unto them:

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About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the

LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

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On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel;

and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.

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And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

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Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they

come up out of Jordan.

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Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out

of Jordan.

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And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the

covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan,

and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land,

that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed

over all his banks, as they did before.

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And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first

month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.

4:20

And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did

Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

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And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your

children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean

these stones?

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Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this

Jordan on dry land.

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For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from

before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did

to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were

gone over:

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That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD,

that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.

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CHAPTER 5

5:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which

were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the

Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried

up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we

were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit

in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

5:2 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives,

and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

5:3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children

of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

5:4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people

that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war,

died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.

5:5 Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the

people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came

forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised.

5:6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till

all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt,

were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD:

unto whom the LORD swear that he would not shew them the

land, which the LORD swear unto their fathers that he would give

us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

5:7 And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua

circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not

circumcised them by the way.

5:8 And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the

people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were

whole.

5:9 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the

reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place

is called Gilgal unto this day.

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And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the

passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains

of Jericho.

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And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after

the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame

day.

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And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the

old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any

more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

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And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up

his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against

him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him,

and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

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And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I

now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did

worship, and said unto him, What saith my Lord unto his servant?

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And the captain of the LORD’s host said unto Joshua, Loose thy

shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is

holy. And Joshua did so.

CHAPTER 6

Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel:

none went out, and none came in.

And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand

Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.

And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round

about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of

rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven

times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with

the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the

people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall

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fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight

before him.

And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them,

Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven

trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD.

And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and

let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.

And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people,

that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns

passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the

ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the

trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on,

and blowing with the trumpets.

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And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not

shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word

proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then

shall ye shout.

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So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once:

and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

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And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the

ark of the LORD.

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And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before

the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the

trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward

came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing

with the trumpets.

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And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned

into the camp: so they did six days.

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And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about

the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same

manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city

seven times.

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And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew

with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the

LORD hath given you the city.

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And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to

the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are

with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

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And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest

ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing,

and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

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But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are

consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of

the LORD.

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So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets:

and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the

trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall

fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man

straight before him, and they took the city.

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And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and

woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge

of the sword.

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But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the

country, Go into the harlot’s house, and bring out thence the

woman, and all that she hath, as ye swear unto her.

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And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out

Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that

she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them

without the camp of Israel.

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And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the

silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put

into the treasury of the house of the LORD.

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And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s

household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even

unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent

to spy out Jericho.

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And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man

before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he

shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest

son shall he set up the gates of it.

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So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised

throughout all the country.

CHAPTER 7

But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed

thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of

Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the

anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.

And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside

Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go

up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.

And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the

people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and

smite Ai; and make not all the people to labor thither; for they are

but few.

So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men:

and they fled before the men of Ai.

And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for

they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and

smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people

melted, and became as water.

And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face

before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of

Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all

brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the

Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and

dwelt on the other side Jordan!

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O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before

their enemies!

For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of

it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth:

and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?

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And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou

thus upon thy face?

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Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant

which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed

thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put

it even among their own stuff.

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Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their

enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they

were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye

destroy the accursed from among you.

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Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to

morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an

accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand

before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from

among you.

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In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your

tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall

come according to the families thereof; and the family which the

LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household

which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.

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And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall

be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath

transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath

wrought folly in Israel.

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So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their

tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:

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And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the

Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man;

and Zabdi was taken:

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And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of

Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah,

was taken.

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And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to

the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell

me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.

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And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned

against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

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When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and

two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels

weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are

hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

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So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold,

it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

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And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them

unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out

before the LORD.

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And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah,

and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his

sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep,

and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the

valley of Achor.

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And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall

trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and

burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.

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And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So

the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the

name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

CHAPTER 8

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou

dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to

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Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people,

and his city, and his land:

And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and

her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take

for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind

it.

So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and

Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent

them away by night.

And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait

against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city,

but be ye all ready:

And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the

city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as

at the first, that we will flee before them,

(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the

city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore

we will flee before them.

Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for

the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the

city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye

do. See, I have commanded you.

Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush,

and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but

Joshua lodged that night among the people.

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And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the

people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people

to Ai.

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And all the people, even the people of war that were with him,

went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on

the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.

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And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in

ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

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And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on

the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city,

Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

8:14

And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted

and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel

to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the

plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him

behind the city.

8:15

And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them,

and fled by the way of the wilderness.

8:16

And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue

after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away

from the city.

8:17

And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out

after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

8:18

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in

thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua

stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.

8:19

And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as

soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the

city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.

8:20

And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and,

behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had

no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to

the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.

8:21

And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the

city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned

again, and slew the men of Ai.

8:22

And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in

the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and

they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

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And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

8:24

And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the

inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased

them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until

they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and

smote it with the edge of the sword.

8:25

And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women,

were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

8:26

For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the

spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

8:27

Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey

unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he

commanded Joshua.

8:28

And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a

desolation unto this day.

8:29

And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon

as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his

carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of

the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth

unto this day.

8:30

Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount

Ebal,

8:31

As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of

Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of

whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they

offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed

peace offerings.

8:32

And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses,

which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

8:33

And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood

on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites,

which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the

stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against

mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as

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Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they

should bless the people of Israel.

8:34

And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and

cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.

8:35

There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua

read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and

the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.

CHAPTER 9

And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side

Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the

great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the

Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;

That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and

with Israel, with one accord.

And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done

unto Jericho and to Ai,

They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been

ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine

bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;

And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon

them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.

And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto

him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now

therefore make ye a league with us.

And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell

among us; and how shall we make a league with you?

And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said

unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?

And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are

come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have

heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

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And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were

beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of

Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.

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Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake

to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to

meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore

now make ye a league with us.

9:12

This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on

the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry,

and it is mouldy:

9:13

And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold,

they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old

by reason of the very long journey.

9:14

And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the

mouth of the LORD.

9:15

And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them,

to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swear unto

them.

9:16

And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a

league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors,

and that they dwelt among them.

9:17

And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on

the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and

Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.

9:18

And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of

the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel.

And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

9:19

But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn

unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not

touch them.

9:20

This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be

upon us, because of the oath which we swear unto them.

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And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be

hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as

the princes had promised them.

9:22

And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying,

Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you;

when ye dwell among us?

9:23

Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed

from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for

the house of my God.

9:24

And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told

thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant

Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of

the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives

because of you, and have done this thing.

9:25

And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and

right unto thee to do unto us, do.

9:26

And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the

children of Israel, that they slew them not.

9:27

And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of

water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even

unto this day, in the place which he should choose.

CHAPTER 10

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Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had

heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he

had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king;

and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and

were among them;

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That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one

of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the

men thereof were mighty.

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Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem, sent unto Hoham king of

Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of

Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,

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Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it

hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

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Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the

king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king

of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all

their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.

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And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal,

saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us

quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites

that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.

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So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with

him, and all the mighty men of valour.

10:

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have

delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand

before thee.

10:

Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from

Gilgal all night.

10:10

And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with

a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that

goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto

Makkedah.

10:11

And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in

the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great

stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they

were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children

of Israel slew with the sword.

10:12

Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD

delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said

in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou,

Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.

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And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had

avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the

book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and

hasted not to go down about a whole day.

10:14

And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD

hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.

10:15

And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to

Gilgal.

10:16

But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at

Makkedah.

10:17

And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a

cave at Makkedah.

10:18

And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and

set men by it for to keep them:

10:19

And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the

hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the

LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand.

10:20

And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had

made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they

were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into

fenced cities.

10:21

And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in

peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.

10:22

Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those

five kings unto me out of the cave.

10:23

And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out

of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of

Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.

10:24

And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto

Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto

the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near,

put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near,

and put their feet upon the necks of them.

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10:25

And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong

and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your

enemies against whom ye fight.

10:26

And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged

them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the

evening.

10:27

And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that

Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and

cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great

stones in the cave’s mouth, which remain until this very day.

10:28

And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge

of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and

all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the

king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.

10:29

Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto

Libnah, and fought against Libnah:

10:30

And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand

of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the

souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the

king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.

10:31

And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto

Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:

10:32

And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which

took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword,

and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done

to Libnah.

10:33

Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua

smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

10:34

And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with

him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:

10:35

And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the

sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that

day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

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10:36

And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto

Hebron; and they fought against it:

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And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the

king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were

therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to

Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.

10:38

And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought

against it:

10:39

And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and

they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed

all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had

done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he

had done also to Libnah, and to her king.

10:40

So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and

of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none

remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD

God of Israel commanded.

10:41

And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and

all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.

10:42

And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time,

because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.

10:43

And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to

Gilgal.

CHAPTER 11

11:

And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those

things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of

Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

11:

And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of

the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the

borders of Dor on the west,

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And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the

Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the

mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.

11:

And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much

people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude,

with horses and chariots very many.

11:

And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched

together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

11:

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them:

for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before

Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with

fire.

11:

So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them

by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.

11:

And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote

them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto

Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and

they smote them, until they left them none remaining.

11:

And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed

their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

11:10

And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote

the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head

of all those kingdoms.

11:11

And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the

sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe:

and he burnt Hazor with fire.

11:12

And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did

Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he

utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD

commanded.

11:13

But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned

none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.

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11:14

And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel

took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with

the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left

they any to breathe.

11:15

As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses

command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all

that the LORD commanded Moses.

11:16

So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country,

and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the

mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;

11:17

Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto

Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all

their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.

11:18

Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.

11:19

There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel,

save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in

battle.

11:20

For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should

come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly,

and that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them,

as the LORD commanded Moses.

11:21

And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the

mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the

mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua

destroyed them utterly with their cities.

11:22

There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of

Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.

11:23

So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said

unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel

according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested

from war.

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CHAPTER 12

12:

Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel

smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward

the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon,

and all the plain on the east:

12:

Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from

Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the

middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river

Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

12:

And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto

the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to

Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:

12:

And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of

the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

12:

And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan,

unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half

Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

12:

Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of

Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a

possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe

of Manasseh.

12:

And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the

children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from

Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that

goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a

possession according to their divisions;

12:

In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the

springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the

Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the

Hivites, and the Jebusites:

12:

The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel,

one;

12:10

The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

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The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

12:12

The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

12:13

The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;

12:14

The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

12:15

The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

12:16

The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;

12:17

The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;

12:18

The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;

12:19

The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;

12:20

The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;

12:21

The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;

12:22

The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;

12:23

The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of

Gilgal, one;

12:24

The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.

CHAPTER 13

13:

Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said

unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth

yet very much land to be possessed.

13:

This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the

Philistines, and all Geshuri,

13:

From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron

northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the

Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites,

the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

13:

From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is

beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:

13:

And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising,

from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.

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All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto

Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from

before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the

Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.

13:

Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine

tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

13:

With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their

inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward,

even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;

13:

From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city

that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto

Dibon;

13:10

And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in

Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;

13:11

And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites,

and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;

13:12

All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and

in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did

Moses smite, and cast them out.

13:13

Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor

the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell

among the Israelites until this day.

13:14

Only unto the tribes of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices

of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he

said unto them.

13:15

And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben

inheritance according to their families.

13:16

And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river

Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the

plain by Medeba;

13:17

Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and

Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,

13:18

And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,

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13:19

And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the

valley,

13:20

And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,

13:21

And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of

the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with

the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and

Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.

13:22

Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of

Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.

13:23

And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the

border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben

after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.

13:24

And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the

children of Gad according to their families.

13:25

And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the

land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;

13:26

And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from

Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;

13:27

And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and

Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan

and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the

other side Jordan eastward.

13:28

This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families,

the cities, and their villages.

13:29

And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and

this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of

Manasseh by their families.

13:30

And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of

Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan,

threescore cities:

13:31

And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of

Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son

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of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by

their families.

13:32 These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance

in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho,

eastward.

13:33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the

LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.

CHAPTER 14

14:1 And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in

the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of

Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of

Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.

14:2 By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand

of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.

14:3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe

on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none

inheritance among them.

14:4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and

Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land,

save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for

their substance.

14:5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and

they divided the land.

14:6 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb

the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest

the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God

concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea.

14:7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent

me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him

word again as it was in mine heart.

14:8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of

the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.

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14:

And Moses swear on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon

thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s

for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.

14:10

And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these

forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto

Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and

now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.

14:11

As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent

me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war,

both to go out, and to come in.

14:12

Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in

that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were

there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD

will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the

LORD said.

14:13

And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of

Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.

14:14

Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of

Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly

followed the LORD God of Israel.

14:15

And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a

great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

CHAPTER 15

15:

This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their

families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin

southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.

15:

And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the

bay that looketh southward:

15:

And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed

along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto

Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar,

and fetched a compass to Karkaa:

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15:

From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river

of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall

be your south coast.

15:

And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan.

And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea

at the uttermost part of Jordan:

15:

And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the

north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan

the son of Reuben:

15:

And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor,

and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going

up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the

border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out

thereof were at Enrogel:

15:

And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto

the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the

border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the

valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of

the giants northward:

15:

And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the

fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of

mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is

Kirjathjearim:

15:10

And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir,

and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon,

on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on

to Timnah:

15:11

And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the

border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah,

and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at

the sea.

15:12

And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof.

This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to

their families.

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15:13

And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the

children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to

Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is

Hebron.

15:14

And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and

Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

15:15

And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name

of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.

15:16

And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to

him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

15:17

And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he

gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

15:18

And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to

ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said

unto her, What wouldest thou?

15:19

Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south

land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper

springs, and the nether springs.

15:20

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah

according to their families.

15:21

And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah

toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and

Jagur,

15:22

And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,

15:23

And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,

15:24

Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

15:25

And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,

15:26

Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,

15:27

And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet,

15:28

And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,

15:29

Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,

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15:30

And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,

15:31

And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,

15:32

And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are

twenty and nine, with their villages:

15:33

And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,

15:34

And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam,

15:35

Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

15:36

And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim;

fourteen cities with their villages:

15:37

Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad,

15:38

And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,

15:39

Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,

15:40

And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,

15:41

And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen

cities with their villages:

15:42

Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,

15:43

And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,

15:44

And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their

villages:

15:45

Ekron, with her towns and her villages:

15:46

From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their

villages:

15:47

Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and

her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the

border thereof:

15:48

And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,

15:49

And Dannah, and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir,

15:50

And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,

15:51

And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their

villages:

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Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,

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And Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah,

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And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine

cities with their villages:

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Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,

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And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,

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Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:

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Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor,

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And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their

villages:

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Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with

their villages:

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In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,

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And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their

villages.

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As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of

Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the

children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

CHAPTER 16

16:

And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho,

unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth

up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,

16:

And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the

borders of Archi to Ataroth,

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And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast

of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof

are at the sea.

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So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their

inheritance.

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16:5 And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their

families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east

side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;

16:6 And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the

north side; and the border went about eastward unto

Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;

16:7 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and

came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.

16:8 The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river

Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the

inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

16:9 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the

inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their

villages.

16:10 And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the

Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve

under tribute.

CHAPTER 17

17:1 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the

firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh,

the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had

Gilead and Bashan.

17:2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by

their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of

Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of

Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of

Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of

Joseph by their families.

17:3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of

Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and

these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah,

Milcah, and Tirzah.

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17:

And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua

the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD

commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren.

Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave

them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

17:

And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead

and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;

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Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his

sons: and the rest of Manasseh’s sons had the land of Gilead.

17:

And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that

lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand

unto the inhabitants of Entappuah.

17:

Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the

border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;

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And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the

river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the

coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the

outgoings of it were at the sea:

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Southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s,

and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the

north, and in Issachar on the east.

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And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her

towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and

her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the

inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of

Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.

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Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of

those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

17:13

Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong,

that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterly drive

them out.

17:14

And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast

thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a

great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?

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17:15

And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee

up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land

of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow

for thee.

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And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and

all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots

of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they

who are of the valley of Jezreel.

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And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and

to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great

power: thou shalt not have one lot only:

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But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut

it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive

out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though

they be strong.

CHAPTER 18

18:

And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled

together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation

there. And the land was subdued before them.

18:

And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes,

which had not yet received their inheritance.

18:

And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack

to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers

hath given you?

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Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send

them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it

according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to

me.

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And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their

coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their

coasts on the north.

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18:6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the

description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before

the LORD our God.

18:7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the

LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe

of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the

east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.

18:8 And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that

went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land,

and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for

you before the LORD in Shiloh.

18:9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by

cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the

host at Shiloh.

18:10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and

there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according

to their divisions.

18:11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up

according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth

between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

18:12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border

went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up

through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were

at the wilderness of Bethaven.

18:13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of

Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to

Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether

Bethhoron.

18:14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the

sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron

southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is

Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west

quarter.

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18:15

And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the

border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of

Nephtoah:

18:16

And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth

before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley

of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom,

to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel,

18:17

And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and

went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of

Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of

Reuben,

18:18

And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward,

and went down unto Arabah:

18:19

And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward:

and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt

sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.

18:20

And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the

inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round

about, according to their families.

18:21

Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to

their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of

Keziz,

18:22

And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

18:23

And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah,

18:24

And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with

their villages:

18:25

Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

18:26

And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

18:27

And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,

18:28

And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and

Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of

the children of Benjamin according to their families.

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CHAPTER 19

19:1 And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the

children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance

was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.

19:2 And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and

Moladah,

19:3 And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem,

19:4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,

19:5 And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah,

19:6 And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:

19:7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:

19:8 And all the villages that were round about these cities to

Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the

tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

19:9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of

the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was

too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their

inheritance within the inheritance of them.

19:10 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to

their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:

19:11 And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and

reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before

Jokneam;

19:12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the

border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth

up to Japhia,

19:13 And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittahhepher, to

Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to Neah;

19:14 And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and

the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel:

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19:15

And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and

Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.

19:16

This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their

families, these cities with their villages.

19:17

And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar

according to their families.

19:18

And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,

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And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath,

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And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,

19:21

And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez;

19:22

And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and

Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan:

sixteen cities with their villages.

19:23

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar

according to their families, the cities and their villages.

19:24

And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher

according to their families.

19:25

And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,

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And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel

westward, and to Shihorlibnath;

19:27

And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to

Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of

Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,

19:28

And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great

Zidon;

19:29

And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre;

and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the

sea from the coast to Achzib:

19:30

Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with

their villages.

19:31

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher

according to their families, these cities with their villages.

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19:32 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the

children of Naphtali according to their families.

19:33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and

Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof

were at Jordan:

19:34 And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, and goeth

out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south

side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon

Jordan toward the sunrising.

19:35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and

Chinnereth,

19:36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,

19:37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor,

19:38 And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh;

nineteen cities with their villages.

19:39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali

according to their families, the cities and their villages.

19:40 And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan

according to their families.

19:41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and

Irshemesh,

19:42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,

19:43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,

19:44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,

19:45 And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon,

19:46 And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.

19:47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them:

therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and

took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it,

and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan

their father.

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19:48

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according

to their families, these cities with their villages.

19:49

When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by

their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the

son of Nun among them:

19:50

According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which

he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the

city, and dwelt therein.

19:51

These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the

son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the

children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before

the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So

they made an end of dividing the country.

CHAPTER 20

20:

The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,

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Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities

of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:

20:

That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly

may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of

blood.

20:

And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at

the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the

ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto

them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

20:

And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not

deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbor

unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.

20:

And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the

congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest

that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come

unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from

whence he fled.

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20:7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and

Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in

the mountain of Judah.

20:8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned

Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben,

and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan

out of the tribe of Manasseh.

20:9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and

for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth

any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand

of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

CHAPTER 21

21:1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar

the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of

the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

21:2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying,

The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to

dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

21:3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their

inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and

their suburbs.

21:4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the

children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot

out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of

the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

21:5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the

families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and

out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

21:6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the

tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe

of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan,

thirteen cities.

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21:7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of

Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of

Zebulun, twelve cities.

21:8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities

with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of

Moses.

21:9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of

the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here

mentioned by name.

21:10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the

Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was

the first lot.

21:11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which

city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs

thereof round about it.

21:12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to

Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

21:13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her

suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her

suburbs,

21:14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

21:15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

21:16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and

Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

21:17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba

with her suburbs,

21:18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four

cities.

21:19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen

cities with their suburbs.

21:20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which

remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of

their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

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21:21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim,

to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,

21:22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs;

four cities.

21:23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon

with her suburbs,

21:24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four

cities.

21:25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs,

and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.

21:26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the

children of Kohath that remained.

21:27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites,

out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan

with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and

Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.

21:28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh

with her suburbs,

21:29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities.

21:30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon

with her suburbs,

21:31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.

21:32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her

suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor

with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.

21:33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were

thirteen cities with their suburbs.

21:34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the

Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs,

and Kartah with her suburbs,

21:35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.

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21:36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and

Jahazah with her suburbs,

21:37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four

cities.

21:38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to

be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

21:39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in

all.

21:40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which

were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot

twelve cities.

21:41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of

Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

21:42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them:

thus were all these cities.

21:43 And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he swear to give

unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

21:44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he

swear unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their

enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into

their hand.

21:45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had

spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.

CHAPTER 22

22:1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half

tribe of Manasseh,

22:2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the

LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I

commanded you:

22:3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but

have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.

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22:

And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren,

as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto

your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the

servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.

22:

But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which

Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD

your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his

commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all

your heart and with all your soul.

22:

So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto

their tents.

22:

Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given

possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua

among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when

Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,

22:

And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto

your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold,

and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide

the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

22:

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half

tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of

Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the

country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they

were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand

of Moses.

22:10

And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the

land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and

the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great

altar to see to.

22:11

And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of

Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh

have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of

Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.

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22:12

And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation

of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to

go up to war against them.

22:13

And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to

the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land

of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

22:14

And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout

all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of

their fathers among the thousands of Israel.

22:15

And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of

Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead,

and they spake with them, saying,

22:16

Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is

this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away

this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an

altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?

22:17

Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not

cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the

congregation of the LORD,

22:18

But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD?

and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to

morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.

22:19

Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then

pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD,

wherein the LORD’s tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession

among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in

building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God.

22:20

Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed

thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man

perished not alone in his iniquity.

22:21

Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half

tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the

thousands of Israel,

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22:22

The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and

Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression

against the LORD, (save us not this day,)

22:23

That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or

if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer

peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it;

22:24

And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In

time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying,

What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?

22:25

For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye

children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the

LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing

the LORD.

22:26

Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for

burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:

22:27

But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our

generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD

before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and

with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our

children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.

22:28

Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us

or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again,

Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers

made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness

between us and you.

22:29

God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this

day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings,

for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD

our God that is before his tabernacle.

22:30

And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation

and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard

the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and

the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.

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22:31

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children

of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of

Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us,

because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD:

now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the

LORD.

22:32

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes,

returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of

Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the

children of Israel, and brought them word again.

22:33

And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of

Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in

battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad

dwelt.

22:34

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar

Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.

CHAPTER 23

23:

And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest

unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed

old and stricken in age.

23:

And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their

heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto

them, I am old and stricken in age:

23:

And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all

these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that

hath fought for you.

23:

Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain,

to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the

nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.

23:

And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you,

and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their

land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.

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23:

Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is

written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside

therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

23:

That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among

you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to

swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:

23:

But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this

day.

23:

For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and

strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you

unto this day.

23:10

One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God,

he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.

23:11

Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD

your God.

23:12

Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of

these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make

marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:

23:13

Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive

out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares

and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your

eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your

God hath given you.

23:14

And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye

know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing

hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake

concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing

hath failed thereof.

23:15

Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come

upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the

LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you

from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

23:16

When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God,

which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods,

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and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD

be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the

good land which he hath given unto you.

CHAPTER 24

24:

And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called

for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and

for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

24:

And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of

Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time,

even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and

they served other gods.

24:

And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood,

and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his

seed, and gave him Isaac.

24:

And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount

Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into

Egypt.

24:

I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to

that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.

24:

And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the

sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and

horsemen unto the Red sea.

24:

And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between

you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and

covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt:

and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.

24:

And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on

the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them

into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed

them from before you.

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24:

Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred

against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse

you:

24:10

But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you

still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

24:11

And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of

Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and

the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites,

and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

24:12

And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from

before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy

sword, nor with thy bow.

24:13

And I have given you a land for which ye did not labor, and cities

which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and

oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

24:14

Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in

truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the

other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.

24:15

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this

day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers

served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the

Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we

will serve the LORD.

24:16

And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should

forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

24:17

For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers

out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did

those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way

wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we

passed:

24:18

And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the

Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the

LORD; for he is our God.

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24:19

And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for

he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your

transgressions nor your sins.

24:20

If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn

and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you

good.

24:21

And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the

LORD.

24:22

And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against

yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And

they said, We are witnesses.

24:23

Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are

among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.

24:24

And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we

serve, and his voice will we obey.

24:25

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them

a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

24:26

And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and

took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the

sanctuary of the LORD.

24:27

And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a

witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which

he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye

deny your God.

24:28

So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.

24:29

And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun,

the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

24:30

And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in

Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the

hill of Gaash.

24:31

And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the

days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all

the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.

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24:32

And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up

out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which

Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an

hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the

children of Joseph.

24:33

And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill

that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount

Ephraim.

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The Book of

JUDGES

CHAPTER 1

1:1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of

Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the

Canaanites first, to fight against them?

1:2 And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the

land into his hand.

1:3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into

my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise

will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.

1:4 And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and

the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten

thousand men.

1:5 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against

him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

1:6 But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him,

and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

1:7 And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their

thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my

table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought

him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

1:8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had

taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city

on fire.

1:9 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the

Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the

valley.

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1:10

And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now

the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew

Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

1:11

And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the

name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher:

1:12

And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to

him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

1:13

And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it:

and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

1:14

And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to

ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb

said unto her, What wilt thou?

1:15

And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me

a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the

upper springs and the nether springs.

1:16

And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out

of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the

wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they

went and dwelt among the people.

1:17

And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the

Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And

the name of the city was called Hormah.

1:18

Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with

the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

1:19

And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants

of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the

valley, because they had chariots of iron.

1:20

And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled

thence the three sons of Anak.

1:21

And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that

inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of

Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.

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1:22

And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and

the LORD was with them.

1:23

And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of

the city before was Luz.)

1:24

And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said

unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and

we will shew thee mercy.

1:25

And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote

the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all

his family.

1:26

And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city,

and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto

this day.

1:27

Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and

her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor

and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the

inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would

dwell in that land.

1:28

And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the

Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.

1:29

Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer;

but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

1:30

Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the

inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and

became tributaries.

1:31

Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the

inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah,

nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:

1:32

But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of

the land: for they did not drive them out.

1:33

Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor

the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites,

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the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of

Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.

1:34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for

they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:

1:35 But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in

Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that

they became tributaries.

1:36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim,

from the rock, and upward.

CHAPTER 2

2:1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and

said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto

the land which I swear unto your fathers; and I said, I will never

break my covenant with you.

2:2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye

shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice:

why have ye done this?

2:3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you;

but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a

snare unto you.

2:4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these

words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their

voice, and wept.

2:5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed

there unto the LORD.

2:6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went

every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

2:7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all

the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the

great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.

2:8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being

an hundred and ten years old.

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And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in

Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the

hill Gaash.

2:10

And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and

there arose another generation after them, which knew not the

LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.

2:11

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and

served Baalim:

2:12

And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought

them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods

of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves

unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.

2:13

And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

2:14

And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered

them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them

into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not

any longer stand before their enemies.

2:15

Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against

them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn

unto them: and they were greatly distressed.

2:16

Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out

of the hand of those that spoiled them.

2:17

And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a

whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they

turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in,

obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.

2:18

And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was

with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies

all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their

groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

2:19

And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned,

and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following

other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased

not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

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2:20

And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said,

Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I

commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;

2:21

I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the

nations which Joshua left when he died:

2:22

That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the

way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or

not.

2:23

Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out

hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

CHAPTER 3

Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by

them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of

Canaan;

Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to

teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;

Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and

the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from

mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.

And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they

would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he

commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites,

and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:

And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their

daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and

forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he

sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of

Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim

eight years.

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And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD

raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them,

even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.

3:10

And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel,

and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim

king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against

Chushanrishathaim.

3:11

And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz

died.

3:12

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD:

and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel,

because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

3:13

And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and

went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.

3:14

So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen

years.

3:15

But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD

raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a

man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present

unto Eglon the king of Moab.

3:16

But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit

length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

3:17

And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon

was a very fat man.

3:18

And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away

the people that bare the present.

3:19

But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal,

and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep

silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.

3:20

And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlor,

which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message

from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.

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3:21

And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his

right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:

3:22

And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon

the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and

the dirt came out.

3:23

Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the

parlor upon him, and locked them.

3:24

When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that,

behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he

covereth his feet in his summer chamber.

3:25

And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened

not the doors of the parlor; therefore they took a key, and opened

them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.

3:26

And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the

quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.

3:27

And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in

the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down

with him from the mount, and he before them.

3:28

And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath

delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they

went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab,

and suffered not a man to pass over.

3:29

And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all

lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.

3:30

So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the

land had rest fourscore years.

3:31

And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the

Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered

Israel.

CHAPTER 4

And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD,

when Ehud was dead.

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4:2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan,

that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which

dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.

4:3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine

hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed

the children of Israel.

4:4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel

at that time.

4:5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and

Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her

for judgment.

4:6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of

Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of

Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and

take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of

the children of Zebulun?

4:7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of

Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver

him into thine hand.

4:8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go:

but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.

4:9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the

journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honor; for the LORD

shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and

went with Barak to Kedesh.

4:10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up

with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.

4:11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the

father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and

pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.

4:12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone

up to mount Tabor.

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4:13

And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred

chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from

Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.

4:14

And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the

LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone

out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten

thousand men after him.

4:15

And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his

host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera

lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.

4:16

But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto

Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the

edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.

4:17

Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of

Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of

Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

4:18

And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my

lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her

into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.

4:19

And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink;

for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him

drink, and covered him.

4:20

Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be,

when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any

man here? that thou shalt say, No.

4:21

Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer

in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his

temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and

weary. So he died.

4:22

And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him,

and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou

seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead,

and the nail was in his temples.

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4:23

So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the

children of Israel.

4:24

And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed

against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin

king of Canaan.

CHAPTER 5

Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day,

saying,

Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people

willingly offered themselves.

Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto

the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.

LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out

of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped,

the clouds also dropped water.

The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from

before the LORD God of Israel.

In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the

highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through

byways.

The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until

that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield

or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves

willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.

5:10

Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and

walk by the way.

5:11

They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of

drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the

LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his

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villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to

the gates.

5:12

Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak,

and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.

5:13

Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles

among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the

mighty.

5:14

Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after

thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down

governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the

writer.

5:15

And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and

also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of

Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.

5:16

Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of

the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings

of heart.

5:17

Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships?

Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.

5:18

Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto

the death in the high places of the field.

5:19

The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in

Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

5:20

They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against

Sisera.

5:21

The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river

Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.

5:22

Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings,

the pransings of their mighty ones.

5:23

Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the

inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the

LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.

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5:24

Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be,

blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

5:25

He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in

a lordly dish.

5:26

She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s

hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his

head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.

5:27

At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he

fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.

5:28

The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the

lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels

of his chariots?

5:29

Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,

5:30

Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man

a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colors, a prey of divers

colors of needlework, of divers colors of needlework on both sides,

meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?

5:31

So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him

be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had

rest forty years.

CHAPTER 6

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and

the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the

Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in

the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.

And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up,

and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up

against them;

And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of

the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for

Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

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For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came

as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were

without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.

And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites;

and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.

And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the

LORD because of the Midianites,

That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which

said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you

up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;

And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of

the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before

you, and gave you their land;

6:10

And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods

of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed

my voice.

6:11

And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which

was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his

son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the

Midianites.

6:12

And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him,

The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

6:13

And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us,

why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which

our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from

Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into

the hands of the Midianites.

6:14

And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might,

and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have

not I sent thee?

6:15

And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel?

behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my

father’s house.

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6:16

And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou

shalt smite the Midianites as one man.

6:17

And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then

shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.

6:18

Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring

forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry

until thou come again.

6:19

And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes

of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the

broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and

presented it.

6:20

And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the

unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the

broth. And he did so.

6:21

Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was

in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and

there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the

unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his

sight.

6:22

And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD,

Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an angel

of the LORD face to face.

6:23

And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou

shalt not die.

6:24

Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it

Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

6:25

And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him,

Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven

years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath,

and cut down the grove that is by it:

6:26

And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this

rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a

burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut

down.

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6:27

Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD

had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s

household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day,

that he did it by night.

6:28

And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold,

the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that

was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that

was built.

6:29

And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And

when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash

hath done this thing.

6:30

Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that

he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and

because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.

6:31

And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for

Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to

death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for

himself, because one hath cast down his altar.

6:32

Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal

plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.

6:33

Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the

east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the

valley of Jezreel.

6:34

But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a

trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.

6:35

And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was

gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto

Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

6:36

And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand,

as thou hast said,

6:37

Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on

the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I

know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.

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6:38

And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the

fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full

of water.

6:39

And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me,

and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this

once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and

upon all the ground let there be dew.

6:40

And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and

there was dew on all the ground.

CHAPTER 7

Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with

him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that

the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the

hill of Moreh, in the valley.

And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee

are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest

Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath

saved me.

Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying,

Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early

from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and

two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many;

bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there:

and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with

thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto

thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.

So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said

unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue,

as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one

that boweth down upon his knees to drink.

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7:6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their

mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people

bowed down upon their knees to drink water.

7:7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that

lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand:

and let all the other people go every man unto his place.

7:8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and

he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained

those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him

in the valley.

7:9 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him,

Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine

hand.

7:10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down

to the host:

7:11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands

be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down

with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that

were in the host.

7:12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the

east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and

their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for

multitude.

7:13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a

dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo,

a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came

unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent

lay along.

7:14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the

sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand

hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.

7:15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the

interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the

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host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into

your hand the host of Midian.

7:16

And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he

put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and

lamps within the pitchers.

7:17

And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold,

when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so

shall ye do.

7:18

When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow

ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The

sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.

7:19

So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the

outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they

had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and

brake the pitchers that were in their hands.

7:20

And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the

pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in

their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the

LORD, and of Gideon.

7:21

And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and

all the host ran, and cried, and fled.

7:22

And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every

man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and

the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of

Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.

7:23

And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of

Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued

after the Midianites.

7:24

And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim,

saying, come down against the Midianites, and take before them

the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of

Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto

Bethbarah and Jordan.

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7:25

And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and

they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the

winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of

Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.

CHAPTER 8

And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us

thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the

Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.

And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of

you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the

vintage of Abiezer?

God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb

and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then

their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.

And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three

hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.

And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of

bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am

pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.

And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and

Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine

army?

And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah

and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the

thorns of the wilderness and with briers.

And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise:

and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had

answered him.

And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come

again in peace, I will break down this tower.

8:10

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with

them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts

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of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty

thousand men that drew sword.

8:11 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on

the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host

was secure.

8:12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and

took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and

discomfited all the host.

8:13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun

was up,

8:14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of

him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the

elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.

8:15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and

Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of

Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread

unto thy men that are weary?

8:16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness

and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

8:17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the

city.

8:18 Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were

they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so

were they; each one resembled the children of a king.

8:19 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother:

as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay

you.

8:20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the

youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a

youth.

8:21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as

the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah

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and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their

camels’ necks.

8:22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both

thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also: for thou hast delivered

us from the hand of Midian.

8:23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall

my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.

8:24 And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that

ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had

golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

8:25 And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread

a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.

8:26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a

thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and

collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and

beside the chains that were about their camels’ necks.

8:27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in

Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing

became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

8:28 Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that

they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in

quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.

8:29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

8:30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for

he had many wives.

8:31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son,

whose name he called Abimelech.

8:32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried

in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

8:33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children

of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made

Baalberith their god.

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8:34

And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God,

who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on

every side:

8:35

Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely,

Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto

Israel.

CHAPTER 9

And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his

mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the

family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,

Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether

is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are

threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over

you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

And his mother’s brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men

of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow

Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.

And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the

house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light

persons, which followed him.

And he went unto his father’s house at Ophrah, and slew his

brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons,

upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of

Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of

Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the

pillar that was in Shechem.

And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of

mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto

them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may

hearken unto you.

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The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they

said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.

But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness,

wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted

over the trees?

9:10

And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

9:11

But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness,

and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?

9:12

Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.

9:13

And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which

cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

9:14

Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over

us.

9:15

And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king

over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not,

let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

9:16

Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have

made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and

his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his

hands;

9:17

(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and

delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

9:18

And ye are risen up against my father’s house this day, and have

slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and

have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the

men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)

9:19

If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with

his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also

rejoice in you:

9:20

But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men

of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the

men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour

Abimelech.

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9:21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there,

for fear of Abimelech his brother.

9:22 When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,

9:23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of

Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with

Abimelech:

9:24 That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal

might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother,

which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him

in the killing of his brethren.

9:25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the

mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them:

and it was told Abimelech.

9:26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to

Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.

9:27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards,

and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of

their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.

9:28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is

Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal?

and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of

Shechem: for why should we serve him?

9:29 And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I

remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army,

and come out.

9:30 And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the

son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.

9:31 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold,

Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and,

behold, they fortify the city against thee.

9:32 Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee,

and lie in wait in the field:

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And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou

shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the

people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do

to them as thou shalt find occasion.

9:34

And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by

night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.

9:35

And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of

the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that

were with him, from lying in wait.

9:36

And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there

come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said

unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were

men.

9:37

And Gaal spake again, and said, See there come people down by

the middle of the land, and another company come along by the

plain of Meonenim.

9:38

Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith

thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not

this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and

fight with them.

9:39

And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with

Abimelech.

9:40

And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were

overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.

9:41

And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and

his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.

9:42

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into

the field; and they told Abimelech.

9:43

And he took the people, and divided them into three companies,

and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were

come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote

them.

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9:44

And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed

forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the

two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the

fields, and slew them.

9:45

And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the

city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city,

and sowed it with salt.

9:46

And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they

entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.

9:47

And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of

Shechem were gathered together.

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And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people

that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut

down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his

shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye

have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.

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And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and

followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on

fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died

also, about a thousand men and women.

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Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez,

and took it.

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But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all

the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them,

and gat them up to the top of the tower.

9:52

And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and

went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

9:53

And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s

head, and all to brake his skull.

9:54

Then he called hastily unto the young man his armorbearer, and

said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of

me, A women slew him. And his young man thrust him through,

and he died.

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9:55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they

departed every man unto his place.

9:56 Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did

unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:

9:57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their

heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of

Jerubbaal.

CHAPTER 10

10:1 And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of

Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir

in mount Ephraim.

10:2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was

buried in Shamir.

10:3 And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and

two years.

10:4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had

thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in

the land of Gilead.

10:5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.

10:6 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD,

and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the

gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children

of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD,

and served not him.

10:7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold

them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the

children of Ammon.

10:8 And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel:

eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side

Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.

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10:

Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also

against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of

Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.

10:10

And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have

sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and

also served Baalim.

10:11

And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver

you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children

of Ammon, and from the Philistines?

10:12

The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did

oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their

hand.

10:13

Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will

deliver you no more.

10:14

Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver

you in the time of your tribulation.

10:15

And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do

thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only,

we pray thee, this day.

10:16

And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served

the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

10:17

Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and

encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled

themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.

10:18

And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What

man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he

shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

CHAPTER 11

11:

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he

was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

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11:

And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and

they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit

in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.

11:

Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of

Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out

with him.

11:

And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of

Ammon made war against Israel.

11:

And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against

Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land

of Tob:

11:

And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we

may fight with the children of Ammon.

11:

And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me,

and expel me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto

me now when ye are in distress?

11:

And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn

again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against

the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of

Gilead.

11:

And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home

again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD

deliver them before me, shall I be your head?

11:10

And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be

witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.

11:11

Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people

made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his

words before the LORD in Mizpeh.

11:12

And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of

Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come

against me to fight in my land?

11:13

And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the

messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when

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they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and

unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.

11:14

And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children

of Ammon:

11:15

And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the

land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:

11:16

But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the

wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;

11:17

Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me,

I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not

hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of

Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.

11:18

Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the

land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of

the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but

came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of

Moab.

11:19

And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the

king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray

thee, through thy land into my place.

11:20

But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon

gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought

against Israel.

11:21

And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people

into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed

all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.

11:22

And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon

even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.

11:23

So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites

from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?

11:24

Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to

possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from

before us, them will we possess.

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11:25

And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor,

king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight

against them,

11:26

While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her

towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon,

three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within

that time?

11:27

Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong

to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between

the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

11:28

Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the

words of Jephthah which he sent him.

11:29

Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed

over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead,

and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of

Ammon.

11:30

And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou

shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,

11:31

Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my

house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of

Ammon, shall surely be the LORD’s, and I will offer it up for a

burnt offering.

11:32

So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight

against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.

11:33

And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith,

even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very

great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before

the children of Israel.

11:34

And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his

daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and

she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

11:35

And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and

said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou

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art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto

the LORD, and I cannot go back.

11:36

And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth

unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded

out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance

for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.

11:37

And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me

alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the

mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.

11:38

And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she

went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the

mountains.

11:39

And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned

unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he

had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,

11:40

That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of

Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

CHAPTER 12

12:

And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went

northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over

to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go

with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.

12:

And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife

with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered

me not out of their hands.

12:

And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my

hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the

LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come

up unto me this day, to fight against me?

12:

Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought

with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they

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said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites,

and among the Manassites.

12:

And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the

Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which

were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto

him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;

12:

Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said

Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they

took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at

that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

12:

And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the

Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

12:

And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

12:

And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent

abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And

he judged Israel seven years.

12:10

Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.

12:11

And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged

Israel ten years.

12:12

And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the

country of Zebulun.

12:13

And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.

12:14

And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore

and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

12:15

And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried

in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.

CHAPTER 13

13:

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD;

and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty

years.

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13:2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites,

whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

13:3 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said

unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou

shalt conceive, and bear a son.

13:4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong

drink, and eat not any unclean thing:

13:5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come

on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the

womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the

Philistines.

13:6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God

came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an

angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was,

neither told he me his name:

13:7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son;

and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean

thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to

the day of his death.

13:8 Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the

man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach

us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.

13:9 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God

came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her

husband was not with her.

13:10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and

said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came

unto me the other day.

13:11 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man,

and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman?

And he said, I am.

13:12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we

order the child, and how shall we do unto him?

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13:13

And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said

unto the woman let her beware.

13:14

She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let

her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I

commanded her let her observe.

13:15

And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us

detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.

13:16

And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain

me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt

offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not

that he was an angel of the LORD.

13:17

And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name,

that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honor?

13:18

And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus

after my name, seeing it is secret?

13:19

So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a

rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wonderously; and Manoah

and his wife looked on.

13:20

For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from

off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of

the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their

faces to the ground.

13:21

But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to

his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.

13:22

And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we

have seen God.

13:23

But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he

would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our

hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would

as at this time have told us such things as these.

13:24

And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the

child grew, and the LORD blessed him.

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13:25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the

camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

CHAPTER 14

14:1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath

of the daughters of the Philistines.

14:2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I

have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines:

now therefore get her for me to wife.

14:3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a

woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my

people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised

Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for

she pleaseth me well.

14:4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD,

that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time

the Philistines had dominion over Israel.

14:5 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to

Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a

young lion roared against him.

14:6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent

him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand:

but he told not his father or his mother what he had

done.

14:7 And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased

Samson well.

14:8 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see

the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and

honey in the carcase of the lion.

14:9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to

his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he

told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the

lion.

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14:10

So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there

a feast; for so used the young men to do.

14:11

And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty

companions to be with him.

14:12

And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto

you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the

feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty

change of garments:

14:13

But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets

and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth

thy riddle, that we may hear it.

14:14

And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out

of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three

days expound the riddle.

14:15

And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto

Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us

the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have

ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?

14:16

And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate

me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the

children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto

her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I

tell it thee?

14:17

And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted:

and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because

she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her

people.

14:18

And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before

the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is

stronger than a lion? and he said unto them, If ye had not plowed

with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

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And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to

Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and

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gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle.

And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.

14:20 But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used

as his friend.

CHAPTER 15

15:1 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat

harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will

go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer

him to go in.

15:2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated

her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger

sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

15:3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless

than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.

15:4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took

firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst

between two tails.

15:5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the

standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and

also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.

15:6 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered,

Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his

wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up,

and burnt her and her father with fire.

15:7 And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I

be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.

15:8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he

went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

15:9 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread

themselves in Lehi.

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15:10 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And

they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as

he hath done to us.

15:11 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock

Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines

are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And

he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

15:12 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we

may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said

unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me

yourselves.

15:13 And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast,

and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee.

And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up

from the rock.

15:14 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him:

and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords

that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire,

and his bands loosed from off his hands.

15:15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and

took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.

15:16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps,

with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.

15:17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he

cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place

Ramathlehi.

15:18 And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou

hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and

now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the

uncircumcised?

15:19 But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came

water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and

he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which

is in Lehi unto this day.

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And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

CHAPTER 16

16:

Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in

unto her.

16:

And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And

they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of

the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when

it is day, we shall kill him.

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And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the

doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away

with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and

carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.

16:

And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley

of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

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And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto

her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by

what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to

afflict him; and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred

pieces of silver.

16:

And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy

great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to

afflict thee.

16:

And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs

that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

16:

Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green

withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

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Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber.

And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And

he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth

the fire. So his strength was not known.

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And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and

told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be

bound.

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And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that

never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

16:12

Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and

said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there

were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from

off his arms like a thread.

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And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and

told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he

said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the

web.

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And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The

Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep,

and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.

16:15

And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when

thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times,

and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.

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And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words,

and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;

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That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not

come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God

from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go

from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

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And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent

and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this

once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the

Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.

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And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man,

and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and

she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

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And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke

out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and

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shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from

him.

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But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him

down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did

grind in the prison house.

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Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was

shaven.

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Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer

a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said,

Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

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And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they

said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the

destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.

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And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said,

Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for

Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they

set him between the pillars.

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And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me

that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I

may lean upon them.

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Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the

Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three

thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.

16:28

And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God,

remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only

this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines

for my two eyes.

16:29

And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the

house stood, and on which it was born up, of the one with his right

hand, and of the other with his left.

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And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed

himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and

upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at

his death were more than they which he slew in his life.

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Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and

took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and

Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged

Israel twenty years.

CHAPTER 17

17:

And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

17:

And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver

that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest

of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his

mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.

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And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to

his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto

the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a

molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

17:

Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took

two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who

made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in

the house of Micah.

17:

And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and

teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

17:

In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that

which was right in his own eyes.

17:

And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family

of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

17:

And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to

sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount

Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

17:

And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto

him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I

may find a place.

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And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father

and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year,

and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.

17:11

And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young

man was unto him as one of his sons.

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And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his

priest, and was in the house of Micah.

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Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good,

seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

CHAPTER 18

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In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the

tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto

that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the

tribes of Israel.

18:

And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their

coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out

the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the

land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of

Micah, they lodged there.

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When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of

the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto

him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place?

and what hast thou here?

18:

And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and

hath hired me, and I am his priest.

18:

And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that

we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

18:

And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is

your way wherein ye go.

18:

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people

that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the

Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the

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land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far

from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.

18:

And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their

brethren said unto them, What say ye?

18:

And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have

seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not

slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.

18:10

When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large

land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is

no want of any thing that is in the earth.

18:11

And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of

Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with

weapons of war.

18:12

And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah:

wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day:

behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.

18:13

And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the

house of Micah.

18:14

Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of

Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in

these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a

molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

18:15

And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young

man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.

18:16

And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war,

which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the

gate.

18:17

And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came

in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the

teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering

of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with

weapons of war.

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And these went into Micah’s house, and fetched the carved image,

the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the

priest unto them, What do ye?

18:19

And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy

mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it

better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that

thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

18:20

And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the

teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the

people.

18:21

So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle

and the carriage before them.

18:22

And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the

men that were in the houses near to Micah’s house were gathered

together, and overtook the children of Dan.

18:23

And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their

faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest

with such a company?

18:24

And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the

priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is

this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?

18:25

And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard

among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life,

with the lives of thy household.

18:26

And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that

they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his

house.

18:27

And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest

which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at

quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword,

and burnt the city with fire.

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And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and

they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that

lieth by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.

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And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan

their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the

city was Laish at the first.

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And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the

son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were

priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the

land.

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And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all

the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

CHAPTER 19

19:

And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in

Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of

mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of

Bethlehemjudah.

19:

And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away

from him unto her father’s house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there

four whole months.

19:

And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto

her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a

couple of asses: and she brought him into her father’s house: and

when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

19:

And his father in law, the damsel’s father, retained him; and he

abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged

there.

19:

And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in

the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s father said

unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread,

and afterward go your way.

19:

And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together:

for the damsel’s father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray

thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.

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And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him:

therefore he lodged there again.

19:

And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and

the damsel’s father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And

they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.

19:

And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and

his servant, his father in law, the damsel’s father, said unto him,

Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all

night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine

heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way,

that thou mayest go home.

19:10

But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and

departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and

there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was

with him.

19:11

And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the

servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in

into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.

19:12

And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into

the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will

pass over to Gibeah.

19:13

And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of

these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.

19:14

And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down

upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to

Benjamin.

19:15

And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and

when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there

was no man that took them into his house to lodging.

19:16

And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field

at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in

Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

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And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the

street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and

whence comest thou?

19:18

And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah

toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to

Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD;

and there is no man that receiveth me to house.

19:19

Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is

bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the

young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any

thing.

19:20

And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy

wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.

19:21

So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the

asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.

19:22

Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of

the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and

beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man,

saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we

may know him.

19:23

And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and

said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so

wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this

folly.

19:24

Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I

will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what

seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.

19:25

But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his

concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her,

and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day

began to spring, they let her go.

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Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at

the door of the man’s house where her lord was, till it was light.

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And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the

house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his

concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands

were upon the threshold.

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And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered.

Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and

gat him unto his place.

19:29

And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid

hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones,

into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.

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And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed

done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out

of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and

speak your minds.

CHAPTER 20

20:

Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was

gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with

the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.

20:

And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel,

presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four

hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

20:

(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel

were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us,

how was this wickedness?

20:

And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain,

answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin,

I and my concubine, to lodge.

20:

And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round

about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my

concubine have they forced, that she is dead.

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And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her

throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they

have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.

20:

Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and

counsel.

20:

And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us

go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.

20:

But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will

go up by lot against it;

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And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of

Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten

thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when

they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that

they have wrought in Israel.

20:11

So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together

as one man.

20:12

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin,

saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?

20:13

Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are

in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from

Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice

of their brethren the children of Israel.

20:14

But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of

the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of

Israel.

20:15

And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of

the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the

inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen

men.

20:16

Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men

lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not

miss.

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And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four

hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

20:18

And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God,

and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to

the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said,

Judah shall go up first.

20:19

And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped

against Gibeah.

20:20

And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the

men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at

Gibeah.

20:21

And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and

destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and

two thousand men.

20:22

And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set

their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in

array the first day.

20:23

(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD

until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up

again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And

the LORD said, Go up against him.)

20:24

And the children of Israel came near against the children of

Benjamin the second day.

20:25

And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second

day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel

again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

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Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and

came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the

LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings

and peace offerings before the LORD.

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And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of

the covenant of God was there in those days,

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And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it

in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the

children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD

said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.

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And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.

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And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin

on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at

other times.

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And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and

were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the

people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one

goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field,

about thirty men of Israel.

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And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before

us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and

draw them from the city unto the highways.

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And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put

themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel

came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.

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And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all

Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was

near them.

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And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of

Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five

thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.

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So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the

men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted

unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.

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And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers

in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge

of the sword.

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Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and

the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke

rise up out of the city.

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And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to

smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they

said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.

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But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar

of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the

flame of the city ascended up to heaven.

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And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin

were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.

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Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the

way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them

which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.

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Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them,

and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the

sunrising.

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And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were

men of valour.

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And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of

Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand

men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two

thousand men of them.

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So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five

thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.

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But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the

rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.

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And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin,

and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of

every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on

fire all the cities that they came to.

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21:

Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall

not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.

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21:

And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even

before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;

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And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in

Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?

21:

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and

built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

21:

And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of

Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For

they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the

LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

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And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their

brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

21:

How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have

sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to

wives?

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And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came

not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to

the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly.

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For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the

inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.

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And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the

valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the

inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the

women and the children.

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And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy

every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.

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And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four

hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any

male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in

the land of Canaan.

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And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of

Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto

them.

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21:14

And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives

which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet

so they sufficed them not.

21:15

And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the

LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

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Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for

wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of

Benjamin?

21:17

And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be

escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

21:18

Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the

children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a

wife to Benjamin.

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Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh

yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east

side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on

the south of Lebonah.

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Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go

and lie in wait in the vineyards;

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And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance

in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every

man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of

Benjamin.

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And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us

to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favorable unto them

for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the

war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be

guilty.

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And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives,

according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught:

and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the

cities, and dwelt in them.

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21:24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man

to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every

man to his inheritance.

21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which

was right in his own eyes.

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The Book of

RUTH

CHAPTER 1

1:1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there

was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah

went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his

two sons.

1:2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife

Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion,

Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of

Moab, and continued there.

1:3 And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her

two sons.

1:4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the

one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled

there about ten years.

1:5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman

was left of her two sons and her husband.

1:6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return

from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of

Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them

bread.

1:7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her

two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return

unto the land of Judah.

1:8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to

her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have

dealt with the dead, and with me.

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The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the

house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up

their voice, and wept.

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And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy

people.

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And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with

me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be

your husbands?

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Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an

husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband

also to night, and should also bear sons;

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Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for

them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me

much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against

me.

1:14

And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed

her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

1:15

And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her

people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.

1:16

And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from

following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where

thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy

God my God:

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Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD

do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

1:18

When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then

she left speaking unto her.

1:19

So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to

pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was

moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

1:20

And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the

Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

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1:21

I went out full and the LORD hath brought me home again empty:

why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against

me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

1:22

So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law,

with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they

came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

CHAPTER 2

And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of

wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the

field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find

grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers:

and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz,

who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the

reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The

LORD bless thee.

Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers,

Whose damsel is this?

And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It

is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the

country of Moab:

And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers

among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the

morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.

Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not

to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast

by my maidens:

Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after

them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch

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thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of

that which the young men have drawn.

2:10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said

unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou

shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

2:11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed

me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death

of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy

mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people

which thou knewest not heretofore.

2:12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee

of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to

trust.

2:13 Then she said, Let me find favor in thy sight, my Lord; for that

thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly

unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine

handmaidens.

2:14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of

the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the

reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was

sufficed, and left.

2:15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young

men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach

her not:

2:16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave

them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

2:17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had

gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

2:18 And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law

saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her

that she had reserved after she was sufficed.

2:19 And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to

day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take

knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom

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she had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought

to day is Boaz.

2:20

And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the

LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the

dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us,

one of our next kinsmen.

2:21

And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt

keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.

2:22

And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my

daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee

not in any other field.

2:23

So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of

barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in

law.

CHAPTER 3

Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I

not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou

wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon

thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known

unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.

And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place

where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and

lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.

And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.

And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her

mother in law bade her.

And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he

went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came

softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.

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And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and

turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine

handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou

art a near kinsman.

3:10

And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou

hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning,

inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

3:11

And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou

requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a

virtuous woman.

3:12

And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a

kinsman nearer than I.

3:13

Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will

perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the

kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee,

then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie

down until the morning.

3:14

And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before

one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a

woman came into the floor.

3:15

Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it.

And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid

it on her: and she went into the city.

3:16

And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou,

my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

3:17

And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said

to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.

3:18

Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the

matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have

finished the thing this day.

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CHAPTER 4

Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and,

behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he

said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned

aside, and sat down.

And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye

down here. And they sat down.

And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the

country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother

Elimelech’s:

And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the

inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt

redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me,

that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I

am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.

Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of

Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of

the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar

mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot

redeem it.

Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning

redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man

plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor: and this was a

testimony in Israel.

Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew

off his shoe.

And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are

witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and

all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.

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Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I

purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his

inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among

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his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this

day.

4:11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We

are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine

house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of

Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in

Bethlehem:

4:12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare

unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this

young woman.

4:13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in

unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.

4:14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which

hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may

be famous in Israel.

4:15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of

thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is

better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.

4:16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became

nurse unto it.

4:17 And the women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a

son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father

of Jesse, the father of David.

4:18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,

4:19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,

4:20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

4:21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

4:22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

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The First Book

SAMUEL

CHAPTER 1

1:1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount

Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of

Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

1:2 And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the

name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but

Hannah had no children.

1:3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to

sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of

Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

1:4 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah

his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

1:5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah:

but the LORD had shut up her womb.

1:6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret,

because the LORD had shut up her womb.

1:7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of

the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not

eat.

1:8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest

thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am

not I better to thee than ten sons?

1:9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they

had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the

temple of the LORD.

1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and

wept sore.

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1:11

And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt

indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me,

and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a

man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his

life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

1:12

And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD,

that Eli marked her mouth.

1:13

Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her

voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

1:14

And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away

thy wine from thee.

1:15

And Hannah answered and said, No, my Lord, I am a woman of a

sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but

have poured out my soul before the LORD.

1:16

Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the

abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.

1:17

Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel

grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

1:18

And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the

woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no

more sad.

1:19

And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the

LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and

Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.

1:20

Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after

Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name

Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.

1:21

And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the

LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

1:22

But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not

go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he

may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.

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1:23

And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee

good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish

his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she

weaned him.

1:24

And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with

three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and

brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child

was young.

1:25

And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.

1:26

And she said, Oh my Lord, as thy soul liveth, my Lord, I am the

woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.

1:27

For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition

which I asked of him:

1:28

Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he

shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.

CHAPTER 2

And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD,

mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine

enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee:

neither is there any rock like our God.

Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of

your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him

actions are weighed.

The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled

are girded with strength.

They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they

that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and

she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the

grave, and bringeth up.

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The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and

lifteth up.

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar

from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them

inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the

LORD’s, and he hath set the world upon them.

He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in

darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

2:10

The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of

heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends

of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the

horn of his anointed.

2:11

And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did

minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

2:12

Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.

2:13

And the priest’s custom with the people was, that, when any man

offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was in

seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;

2:14

And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that

the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in

Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

2:15

Also before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said

to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he

will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.

2:16

And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat

presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he

would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I

will take it by force.

2:17

Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the

LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

2:18

But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with

a linen ephod.

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2:19

Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him

from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the

yearly sacrifice.

2:20

And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give

thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD.

And they went unto their own home.

2:21

And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare

three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before

the LORD.

2:22

Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all

Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the

door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

2:23

And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your

evil dealings by all this people.

2:24

Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the

LORD’s people to transgress.

2:25

If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a

man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him?

Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father,

because the LORD would slay them.

2:26

And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favor both with the

LORD, and also with men.

2:27

And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus

saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father,

when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?

2:28

And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest,

to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before

me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings

made by fire of the children of Israel?

2:29

Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I

have commanded in my habitation; and honorest thy sons above

me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of

Israel my people?

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Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy

house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever:

but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor

me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

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Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of

thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine

house.

2:32

And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth

which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in

thine house for ever.

2:33

And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar,

shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the

increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.

2:34

And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two

sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of

them.

2:35

And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to

that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a

sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

2:36

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house

shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of

bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’

offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

CHAPTER 3

And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And

the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no

open vision.

And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his

place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;

And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD,

where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;

That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.

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3:5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And

he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

3:6 And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and

went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he

answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.

3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of

the LORD yet revealed unto him.

3:8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose

and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli

perceived that the LORD had called the child.

3:9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he

call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant

heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

3:10 And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times,

Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant

heareth.

3:11 And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel,

at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

3:12 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken

concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.

3:13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the

iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile,

and he restrained them not.

3:14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity

of Eli’s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for

ever.

3:15 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the

house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.

3:16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he

answered, Here am I.

3:17 And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee?

I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also,

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if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto

thee.

3:18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And

he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.

3:19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none

of his words fall to the ground.

3:20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was

established to be a prophet of the LORD.

3:21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed

himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.

CHAPTER 4

4:1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out

against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and

the Philistines pitched in Aphek.

4:2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and

when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines:

and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.

4:3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel

said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the

Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out

of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us

out of the hand of our enemies.

4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the

ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between

the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were

there with the ark of the covenant of God.

4:5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the

camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang

again.

4:6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said,

What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the

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Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was

come into the camp.

And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the

camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a

thing heretofore.

Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty

Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the

plagues in the wilderness.

Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be

not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit

yourselves like men, and fight.

4:10

And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled

every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for

there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

4:11

And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni

and Phinehas, were slain.

4:12

And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to

Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his

head.

4:13

And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside

watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the

man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.

4:14

And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth

the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.

4:15

Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim,

that he could not see.

4:16

And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I

fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my

son?

4:17

And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the

Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the

people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and

the ark of God is taken.

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4:18

And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that

he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his

neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he

had judged Israel forty years.

4:19

And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be

delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was

taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she

bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

4:20

And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said

unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not,

neither did she regard it.

4:21

And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed

from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her

father in law and her husband.

4:22

And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God

is taken.

CHAPTER 5

And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from

Ebenezer unto Ashdod.

When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the

house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold,

Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the

LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon

was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD;

and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut

off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into

Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto

this day.

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5:6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and

he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod

and the coasts thereof.

5:7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The

ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore

upon us, and upon Dagon our God.

5:8 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines

unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of

Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be

carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of

Israel about thither.

5:9 And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the

LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he

smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had

emerods in their secret parts.

5:10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass,

as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out,

saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us,

to slay us and our people.

5:11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines,

and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again

to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was

a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was

very heavy there.

5:12 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the

cry of the city went up to heaven.

CHAPTER 6

6:1 And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines

seven months.

6:2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying,

What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we

shall send it to his place.

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And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it

not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye

shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not

removed from you.

Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall

return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five

golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines:

for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.

Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of

your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God

of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and

from off your gods, and from off your land.

Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and

Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully

among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which

there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring

their calves home from them:

And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put

the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a

coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.

And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to

Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then

we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance

that happened to us.

6:10

And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the

cart, and shut up their calves at home:

6:11

And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer

with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.

6:12

And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh,

and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not

aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines

went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.

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6:13

And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the

valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced

to see it.

6:14

And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and

stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the

wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the

LORD.

6:15

And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer

that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on

the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt

offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.

6:16

And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they

returned to Ekron the same day.

6:17

And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned

for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza

one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

6:18

And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the

Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of

country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they

set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this

day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.

6:19

And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked

into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty

thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented,

because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great

slaughter.

6:20

And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this

holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

6:21

And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim,

saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD;

come ye down, and fetch it up to you.

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CHAPTER 7

And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the

LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and

sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.

And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the

time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel

lamented after the LORD.

And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do

return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the

strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your

hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you

out of the hand of the Philistines.

Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth,

and served the LORD only.

And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for

you unto the LORD.

And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and

poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said

there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the

children of Israel in Mizpeh.

And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were

gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up

against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were

afraid of the Philistines.

And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the

LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the

Philistines.

And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering

wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for

Israel; and the LORD heard him.

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And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines

drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a

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great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited

them; and they were smitten before Israel.

7:11

And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the

Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar.

7:12

Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen,

and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the

LORD helped us.

7:13

So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the

coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the

Philistines all the days of Samuel.

7:14

And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were

restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts

thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And

there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

7:15

And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

7:16

And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and

Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.

7:17

And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he

judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.

CHAPTER 8

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons

judges over Israel.

Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his

second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre,

and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came

to Samuel unto Ramah,

And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in

thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

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But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to

judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.

And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the

people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected

thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

According to all the works which they have done since the day that

I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith

they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto

thee.

Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest

solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that

shall reign over them.

8:10

And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that

asked of him a king.

8:11

And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign

over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself,

for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before

his chariots.

8:12

And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains

over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his

harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his

chariots.

8:13

And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be

cooks, and to be bakers.

8:14

And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your

oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

8:15

And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and

give to his officers, and to his servants.

8:16

And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and

your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his

work.

8:17

He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

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8:18

And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye

shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that

day.

8:19

Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and

they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

8:20

That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may

judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

8:21

And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed

them in the ears of the LORD.

8:22

And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make

them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every

man unto his city.

CHAPTER 9

Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son

of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of

Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.

And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and

a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier

person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than

any of the people.

And the asses of Kish Saul’s father were lost. And Kish said to

Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go

seek the asses.

And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the

land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed

through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed

through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.

And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his

servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father

leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.

And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of

God, and he is an honorable man; all that he saith cometh surely to

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pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way

that we should go.

Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we

bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not

a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?

And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here

at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the

man of God, to tell us our way.

(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he

spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a

Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)

9:10

Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they

went unto the city where the man of God was.

9:11

And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young

maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer

here?

9:12

And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you:

make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a

sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:

9:13

As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him,

before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat

until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards

they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this

time ye shall find him.

9:14

And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the

city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high

place.

9:15

Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came,

saying,

9:16

To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of

Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people

Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the

Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is

come unto me.

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9:17

And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the

man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my

people.

9:18

Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray

thee, where the seer’s house is.

9:19

And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before

me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to

morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.

9:20

And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy

mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of

Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father’s house?

9:21

And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest

of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of

the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?

9:22

And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the

parlor, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that

were bidden, which were about thirty persons.

9:23

And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave

thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.

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And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it,

and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left!

set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for

thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with

Samuel that day.

9:25

And when they were come down from the high place into the city,

Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.

9:26

And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the

day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up,

that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out

both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.

9:27

And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to

Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on), but

stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.

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CHAPTER 10

10:

Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and

kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed

thee to be captain over his inheritance?

10:

When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two

men by Rachel’s sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah;

and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek

are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and

sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

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Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to

the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to

God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three

loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:

10:

And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which

thou shalt receive of their hands.

10:

After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison

of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come

thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets

coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and

a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:

10:

And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt

prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

10:

And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as

occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.

10:

And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will

come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice

sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come

to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.

10:

And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from

Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to

pass that day.

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10:10

And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of

prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he

prophesied among them.

10:11

And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that,

behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said

one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is

Saul also among the prophets?

10:12

And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their

father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the

prophets?

10:13

And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high

place.

10:14

And Saul’s uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went

ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they

were no where, we came to Samuel.

10:15

And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto

you.

10:16

And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were

found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he

told him not.

10:17

And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;

10:18

And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of

Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of

the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and

of them that oppressed you:

10:19

And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you

out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said

unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present

yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your

thousands.

10:20

And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near,

the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

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10:21

When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their

families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish

was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.

10:22

Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should

yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold he hath hid

himself among the stuff.

10:23

And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among

the people, he was higher than any of the people from his

shoulders and upward.

10:24

And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD

hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And

all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.

10:25

Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote

it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all

the people away, every man to his house.

10:26

And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a

band of men, whose hearts God had touched.

10:27

But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And

they despised him, and brought no presents. But he held his peace.

CHAPTER 11

11:

Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against

Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a

covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

11:

And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will

I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right

eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.

11:

And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days’

respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel:

and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.

11:

Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in

the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and

wept.

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11:

And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul

said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him

the tidings of the men of Jabesh.

11:

And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings,

and his anger was kindled greatly.

11:

And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent

them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of

messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and

after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the

LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

11:

And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were

three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

11:

And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say

unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be

hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to

the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

11:10

Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out

unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.

11:11

And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three

companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning

watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it

came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two

of them were not left together.

11:12

And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul

reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.

11:13

And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for

to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.

11:14

Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and

renew the kingdom there.

11:15

And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king

before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of

peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of

Israel rejoiced greatly.

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CHAPTER 12

12:

And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto

your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over

you.

12:

And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and

grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked

before you from my childhood unto this day.

12:

Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before

his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or

whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose

hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I

will restore it you.

12:

And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us,

neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.

12:

And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his

anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my

hand. And they answered, He is witness.

12:

And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced

Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land

of Egypt.

12:

Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the

LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you

and to your fathers.

12:

When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the

LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought

forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.

12:

And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the

hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of

the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they

fought against them.

12:10

And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because

we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and

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Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and

we will serve thee.

12:11

And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and

Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on

every side, and ye dwelled safe.

12:12

And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon

came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over

us: when the LORD your God was your king.

12:13

Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom

ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.

12:14

If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and

not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both

ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the

LORD your God:

12:15

But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against

the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD

be against you, as it was against your fathers.

12:16

Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will

do before your eyes.

12:17

Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he

shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your

wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD,

in asking you a king.

12:18

So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and

rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and

Samuel.

12:19

And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto

the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all

our sins this evil, to ask us a king.

12:20

And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this

wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but

serve the LORD with all your heart;

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12:21

And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things,

which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

12:22

For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s

sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.

12:23

Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the

LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good

and the right way:

12:24

Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for

consider how great things he hath done for you.

12:25

But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and

your king.

CHAPTER 13

13:

Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over

Israel,

13:

Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two

thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a

thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest

of the people he sent every man to his tent.

13:

And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in

Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet

throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

13:

And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the

Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the

Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to

Gilgal.

13:

And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with

Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and

people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they

came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.

13:

When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the

people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in

caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

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13:

And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and

Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people

followed him trembling.

13:

And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel

had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were

scattered from him.

13:

And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace

offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.

13:10

And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering

the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet

him, that he might salute him.

13:11

And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I

saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest

not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered

themselves together at Michmash;

13:12

Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to

Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced

myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.

13:13

And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not

kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he

commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy

kingdom upon Israel for ever.

13:14

But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought

him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded

him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that

which the LORD commanded thee.

13:15

And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of

Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with

him, about six hundred men.

13:16

And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present

with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines

encamped in Michmash.

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13:17 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three

companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to

Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:

13:18 And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and another

company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley

of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

13:19 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for

the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or

spears:

13:20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen

every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

13:21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for

the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

13:22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither

sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were

with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son

was there found.

13:23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of

Michmash.

CHAPTER 14

14:1 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said

unto the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over

to the Philistines’ garrison, that is on the other side. But he told

not his father.

14:2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a

pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were

with him were about six hundred men;

14:3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of

Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD’s priest in Shiloh, wearing an

ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

14:4 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over

unto the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one

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side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one

was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

14:5 The forefront of the one was situate northward over against

Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.

14:6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armor, Come,

and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may

be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the

LORD to save by many or by few.

14:7 And his armorbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart:

turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.

14:8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and

we will discover ourselves unto them.

14:9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will

stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.

14:10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the

LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign

unto us.

14:11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the

Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come

forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.

14:12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his

armorbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a

thing. And Jonathan said unto his armorbearer, Come up after me:

for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.

14:13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and

his armorbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his

armorbearer slew after him.

14:14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armorbearer made,

was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land,

which a yoke of oxen might plow.

14:15 And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the

people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the

earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.

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14:16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and,

behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down

one another.

14:17 Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now,

and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered,

behold, Jonathan and his armorbearer were not there.

14:18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark

of God was at that time with the children of Israel.

14:19 And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the

noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased:

and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.

14:20 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled

themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man’s

sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great

discomfiture.

14:21 Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that

time, which went up with them into the camp from the country

round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that

were with Saul and Jonathan.

14:22 Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount

Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also

followed hard after them in the battle.

14:23 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over

unto Bethaven.

14:24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had

adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food

until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of

the people tasted any food.

14:25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey

upon the ground.

14:26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey

dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people

feared the oath.

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14:27

But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with

the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his

hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his

mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.

14:28

Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly

charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that

eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.

14:29

Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray

you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little

of this honey.

14:30

How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the

spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been

now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?

14:31

And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to

Aijalon: and the people were very faint.

14:32

And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and

calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them

with the blood.

14:33

Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the

LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have

transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.

14:34

And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say

unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his

sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD

in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his

ox with him that night, and slew them there.

14:35

And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar

that he built unto the LORD.

14:36

And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and

spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of

them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee.

Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.

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14:37

And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the

Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he

answered him not that day.

14:38

And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and

know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.

14:39

For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in

Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man

among all the people that answered him.

14:40

Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan

my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul,

Do what seemeth good unto thee.

14:41

Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect

lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.

14:42

And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And

Jonathan was taken.

14:43

Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And

Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the

end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.

14:44

And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely

die, Jonathan.

14:45

And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath

wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD

liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he

hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan,

that he died not.

14:46

Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the

Philistines went to their own place.

14:47

So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his

enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of

Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and

against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he

vexed them.

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14:48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered

Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.

14:49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua:

and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the

firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:

14:50 And the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of

Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the

son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.

14:51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was

the son of Abiel.

14:52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul:

and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took

him unto him.

CHAPTER 15

15:1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be

king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto

the voice of the words of the LORD.

15:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did

to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up

from Egypt.

15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have,

and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and

suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

15:4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in

Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of

Judah.

15:5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

15:6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from

among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye

shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up

out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

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15:

And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to

Shur, that is over against Egypt.

15:

And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly

destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

15:

But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep,

and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was

good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that

was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

15:10

Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,

15:11

It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned

back from following me, and hath not performed my

commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the

LORD all night.

15:12

And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was

told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him

up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to

Gilgal.

15:13

And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou

of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.

15:14

And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in

mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

15:15

And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for

the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice

unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

15:16

Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the

LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.

15:17

And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast

thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD

anointed thee king over Israel?

15:18

And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly

destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until

they be consumed.

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Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but

didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?

15:20

And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the

LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have

brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the

Amalekites.

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But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the

things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto

the LORD thy God in Gilgal.

15:22

And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt

offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD?

Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat

of rams.

15:23

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as

iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the

LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

15:24

And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed

the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared

the people, and obeyed their voice.

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Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me,

that I may worship the LORD.

15:26

And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou

hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected

thee from being king over Israel.

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And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt

of his mantle, and it rent.

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And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of

Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbor of thine,

that is better than thou.

15:29

And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not

a man, that he should repent.

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15:30

Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray thee, before

the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me,

that I may worship the LORD thy God.

15:31

So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.

15:32

Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the

Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said,

Surely the bitterness of death is past.

15:33

And Samuel said, As the sword hath made women childless, so

shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed

Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

15:34

Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to

Gibeah of Saul.

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And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death:

nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented

that he had made Saul king over Israel.

CHAPTER 16

16:

And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for

Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine

horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for

I have provided me a king among his sons.

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And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And

the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to

sacrifice to the LORD.

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And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt

do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.

16:

And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to

Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and

said, Comest thou peaceably?

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And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD:

sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he

sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

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16:

And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on

Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.

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But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or

on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the

LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward

appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

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Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel.

And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

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Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath

the LORD chosen this.

16:10

Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And

Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.

16:11

And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said,

There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the

sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will

not sit down till he come hither.

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And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of

a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD

said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.

16:13

Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of

his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from

that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

16:14

But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit

from the LORD troubled him.

16:15

And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from

God troubleth thee.

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Let our Lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to

seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall

come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he

shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

16:17

And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can

play well, and bring him to me.

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16:18

Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a

son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a

mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and

a comely person, and the LORD is with him.

16:19

Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me

David thy son, which is with the sheep.

16:20

And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a

kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.

16:21

And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him

greatly; and he became his armorbearer.

16:22

And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before

me; for he hath found favor in my sight.

16:23

And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul,

that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was

refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

CHAPTER 17

17:

Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and

were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and

pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.

17:

And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched

by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the

Philistines.

17:

And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel

stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley

between them.

17:

And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines,

named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

17:

And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed

with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand

shekels of brass.

17:

And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass

between his shoulders.

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17:

And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his

spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a

shield went before him.

17:

And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto

them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a

Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and

let him come down to me.

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If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your

servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be

our servants, and serve us.

17:10

And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me

a man, that we may fight together.

17:11

When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they

were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

17:12

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah,

whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went

among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

17:13

And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the

battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were

Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third

Shammah.

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And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.

17:15

But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep

at Bethlehem.

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And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented

himself forty days.

17:17

And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an

ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the

camp of thy brethren;

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And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and

look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

17:19

Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of

Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

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17:20

And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a

keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he

came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and

shouted for the battle.

17:21

For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army

against army.

17:22

And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage,

and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.

17:23

And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion,

the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the

Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David

heard them.

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And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him,

and were sore afraid.

17:25

And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up?

surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man

who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will

give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.

17:26

And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall

be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the

reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that

he should defy the armies of the living God?

17:27

And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it

be done to the man that killeth him.

17:28

And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men;

and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why

camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few

sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of

thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the

battle.

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And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?

17:30

And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same

manner: and the people answered him again after the former

manner.

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17:31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they

rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.

17:32 And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy

servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

17:33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this

Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man

of war from his youth.

17:34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep,

and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

17:35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of

his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his

beard, and smote him, and slew him.

17:36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this

uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath

defied the armies of the living God.

17:37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw

of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of

the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the

LORD be with thee.

17:38 And Saul armed David with his armor, and he put an helmet of

brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.

17:39 And David girded his sword upon his armor, and he assayed to go;

for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go

with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off

him.

17:40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth

stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he

had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near

to the Philistine.

17:41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man

that bare the shield went before him.

17:42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained

him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.

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17:43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest

to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

17:44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy

flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.

17:45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a

sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in

the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel,

whom thou hast defied.

17:46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will

smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the

carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of

the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may

know that there is a God in Israel.

17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with

sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you

into our hands.

17:48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew

nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army

to meet the Philistine.

17:49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and

slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone

sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.

17:50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a

stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no

sword in the hand of David.

17:51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his

sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut

off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their

champion was dead, they fled.

17:52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and

pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the

gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by

the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.

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17:53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the

Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.

17:54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to

Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.

17:55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said

unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this

youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

17:56 And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.

17:57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner

took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the

Philistine in his hand.

17:58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And

David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the

Bethlehemite.

CHAPTER 18

18:1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto

Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and

Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

18:2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to

his father’s house.

18:3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him

as his own soul.

18:4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and

gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his

bow, and to his girdle.

18:5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved

himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was

accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of

Saul’s servants.

18:6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from

the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities

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of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with

joy, and with instruments of musick.

18:

And the women answered one another as they played, and said,

Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

18:

And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he

said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they

have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the

kingdom?

18:

And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

18:10

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God

came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and

David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a

javelin in Saul’s hand.

18:11

And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the

wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.

18:12

And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him,

and was departed from Saul.

18:13

Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain

over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

18:14

And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD

was with him.

18:15

Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he

was afraid of him.

18:16

But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came

in before them.

18:17

And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will

I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the

LORD’s battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but

let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

18:18

And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my

father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?

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18:19

But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should

have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the

Meholathite to wife.

18:20

And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and

the thing pleased him.

18:21

And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him,

and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore

Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one

of the twain.

18:22

And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David

secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his

servants love thee: now therefore be the king’s son in law.

18:23

And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And

David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king’s son in law,

seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

18:24

And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake

David.

18:25

And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not

any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be

avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall

by the hand of the Philistines.

18:26

And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David

well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.

18:27

Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the

Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins,

and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the

king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.

18:28

And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that

Michal Saul’s daughter loved him.

18:29

And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became

David’s enemy continually.

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18:30

Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass,

after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely

than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

CHAPTER 19

19:

And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that

they should kill David.

19:

But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan

told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now

therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and

abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

19:

And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where

thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I

see, that I will tell thee.

19:

And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said

unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David;

because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works

have been to thee-ward very good:

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For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the

LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and

didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood,

to slay David without a cause?

19:

And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swear, As

the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.

19:

And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those

things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his

presence, as in times past.

19:

And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the

Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled

from him.

19:

And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his

house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.

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19:10

And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin:

but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the

javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

19:11

Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and

to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him,

saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be

slain.

19:12

So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and

fled, and escaped.

19:13

And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow

of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.

19:14

And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.

19:15

And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him

up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.

19:16

And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an

image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.

19:17

And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and

sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered

Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?

19:18

So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told

him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and

dwelt in Naioth.

19:19

And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.

19:20

And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the

company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as

appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers

of Saul, and they also prophesied.

19:21

And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they

prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third

time, and they prophesied also.

19:22

Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in

Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And

one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.

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19:23

And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God

was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came

to Naioth in Ramah.

19:24

And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel

in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night.

Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?

CHAPTER 20

20:

And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before

Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is

my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

20:

And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my

father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it

me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.

20:

And David swear moreover, and said, Thy father certainly

knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not

Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD

liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and

death.

20:

Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I

will even do it for thee.

20:

And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new

moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me

go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.

20:

If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave

of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly

sacrifice there for all the family.

20:

If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be

very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.

20:

Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast

brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee:

notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for

why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

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20:

And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that

evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would

not I tell it thee?

20:10

Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy

father answer thee roughly?

20:11

And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the

field. And they went out both of them into the field.

20:12

And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I

have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third

day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send

not unto thee, and shew it thee;

20:13

The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my

father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away,

that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he

hath been with my father.

20:14

And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of

the LORD, that I die not:

20:15

But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for

ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David

every one from the face of the earth.

20:16

So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let

the LORD even require it at the hand of David’s enemies.

20:17

And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him:

for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

20:18

Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and

thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.

20:19

And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down

quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when

the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.

20:20

And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot

at a mark.

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And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I

expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of

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thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no

hurt; as the LORD liveth.

20:22

But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are

beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.

20:23

And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of,

behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.

20:24

So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was

come, the king sat him down to eat meat.

20:25

And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat

by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, and

David’s place was empty.

20:26

Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought,

Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.

20:27

And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of

the month, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said unto

Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat,

neither yesterday, nor to day?

20:28

And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to

go to Bethlehem:

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And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice

in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there:

and now, if I have found favor in thine eyes, let me get away, I

pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the

king’s table.

20:30

Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto

him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know

that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and

unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?

20:31

For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt

not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and

fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

20:32

And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him,

Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?

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20:33

And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan

knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.

20:34

So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no

meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David,

because his father had done him shame.

20:35

And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into

the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with

him.

20:36

And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I

shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.

20:37

And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which

Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the

arrow beyond thee?

20:38

And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And

Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

20:39

But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the

matter.

20:40

And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go,

carry them to the city.

20:41

And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward

the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself

three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with

another, until David exceeded.

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And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have

sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be

between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever.

And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

CHAPTER 21

21:

Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech

was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art

thou alone, and no man with thee?

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21:

And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath

commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man

know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I

have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such

and such a place.

21:

Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of

bread in mine hand, or what there is present.

21:

And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common

bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young

men have kept themselves at least from women.

21:

And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth

women have been kept from us about these three days, since I

came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread

is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in

the vessel.

21:

So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there

but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put

hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

21:

Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day,

detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite,

the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.

21:

And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine

hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my

weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.

21:

And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom

thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a

cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is

no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that;

give it me.

21:10

And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to

Achish the king of Gath.

21:11

And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the

king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances,

saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

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21:12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of

Achish the king of Gath.

21:13 And he 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 upon his beard.

21:14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad:

wherefore then have ye brought him to me?

21:15 Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play

the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my

house?

CHAPTER 22

22:1 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam:

and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went

down thither to him.

22:2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt,

and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto

him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him

about four hundred men.

22:3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the

king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come

forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.

22:4 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt

with him all the while that David was in the hold.

22:5 And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold;

depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed,

and came into the forest of Hareth.

22:6 When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were

with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having

his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)

22:7 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now,

ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields

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and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and

captains of hundreds;

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That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that

sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse,

and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me

that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait,

as at this day?

22:

Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants

of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to

Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

22:10

And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and

gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

22:11

Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub,

and all his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob: and they

came all of them to the king.

22:12

And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered,

Here I am, my Lord.

22:13

And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou

and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a

sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise

against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

22:14

Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so

faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in

law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honorable in thine house?

22:15

Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let

not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house

of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.

22:16

And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all

thy father’s house.

22:17

And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn,

and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with

David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to

me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to

fall upon the priests of the LORD.

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22:18

And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests.

And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and

slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen

ephod.

22:19

And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the

sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and

asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

22:20

And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named

Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

22:21

And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD’s

priests.

22:22

And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the

Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have

occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father’s house.

22:23

Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh

thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.

CHAPTER 23

23:

Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against

Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.

23:

Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and

smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and

smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

23:

And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in

Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the

armies of the Philistines?

23:

Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD

answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver

the Philistines into thine hand.

23:

So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the

Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a

great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

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23:

And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to

David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

23:

And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul

said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by

entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

23:

And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to

Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

23:

And David knew that Saul secretly practiced mischief against him;

and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

23:10

Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath

certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the

city for my sake.

23:11

Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come

down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech

thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.

23:12

Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men

into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee

up.

23:13

Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and

departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go.

And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he

forbare to go forth.

23:14

And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in

a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every

day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

23:15

And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David

was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

23:16

And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood,

and strengthened his hand in God.

23:17

And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father

shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be

next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.

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23:18

And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode

in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

23:19

Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not

David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill

of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

23:20

Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of

thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into

the king’s hand.

23:21

And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have

compassion on me.

23:22

Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his

haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he

dealeth very subtilly.

23:23

See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he

hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I

will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that

I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.

23:24

And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his

men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of

Jeshimon.

23:25

Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David;

wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness

of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the

wilderness of Maon.

23:26

And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men

on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for

fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men

round about to take them.

23:27

But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and

come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.

23:28

Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went

against the Philistines: therefore they called that place

Selahammahlekoth.

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23:29

And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at

Engedi.

CHAPTER 24

24:

And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the

Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the

wilderness of Engedi.

24:

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and

went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

24:

And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and

Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in

the sides of the cave.

24:

And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the

LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine

hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee.

Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe privily.

24:

And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him,

because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.

24:

And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this

thing unto my master, the LORD’s anointed, to stretch forth mine

hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.

24:

So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them

not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went

on his way.

24:

David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried

after Saul, saying, My Lord the king. And when Saul looked behind

him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.

24:

And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words,

saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

24:10

Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had

delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me

kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth

mine hand against my Lord; for he is the LORD’s anointed.

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24:11

Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my

hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not,

know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in

mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my

soul to take it.

24:12

The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me

of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

24:13

As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from

the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

24:14

After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou

pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

24:15

The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and

see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

24:16

And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking

these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son

David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.

24:17

And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast

rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.

24:18

And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with

me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine

hand, thou killedst me not.

24:19

For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away?

wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done

unto me this day.

24:20

And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and

that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.

24:21

Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut

off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out

of my father’s house.

24:22

And David swear unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and

his men gat them up unto the hold.

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CHAPTER 25

25:

And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and

lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David

arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

25:

And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel;

and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and

a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

25:

Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife

Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a

beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his

doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

25:

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.

25:

And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young

men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my

name:

25:

And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be

both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all

that thou hast.

25:

And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds

which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought

missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.

25:

Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the

young men find favor in thine eyes: for we come in a good day:

give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy

servants, and to thy son David.

25:

And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal

according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

25:10

And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David?

and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days

that break away every man from his master.

25:11

Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have

killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not

whence they be?

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25:12

So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came

and told him all those sayings.

25:13

And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword.

And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on

his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men;

and two hundred abode by the stuff.

25:14

But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying,

Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our

master; and he railed on them.

25:15

But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither

missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them,

when we were in the fields:

25:16

They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we

were with them keeping the sheep.

25:17

Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is

determined against our master, and against all his household: for he

is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.

25:18

Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two

bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of

parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred

cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

25:19

And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come

after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

25:20

And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the

covert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down

against her; and she met them.

25:21

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow

hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that

pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.

25:22

So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all

that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against

the wall.

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25:23

And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass,

and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,

25:24

And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my Lord, upon me let this

iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine

audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.

25:25

Let not my Lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal:

for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with

him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my Lord,

whom thou didst send.

25:26

Now therefore, my Lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul

liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed

blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let

thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my Lord, be as Nabal.

25:27

And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my

Lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my Lord.

25:28

I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD

will certainly make my Lord a sure house; because my Lord

fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in

thee all thy days.

25:29

Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul

of my Lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy

God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out

of the middle of a sling.

25:30

And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my

Lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee,

and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;

25:31

That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offense of heart unto my

Lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my Lord

hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well

with my Lord, then remember thine handmaid.

25:32

And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel,

which sent thee this day to meet me:

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25:33

And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept

me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself

with mine own hand.

25:34

For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath

kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come

to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the

morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

25:35

So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and

said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened

to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.

25:36

And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his

house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within

him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less

or more, until the morning light.

25:37

But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of

Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died

within him, and he became as a stone.

25:38

And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote

Nabal, that he died.

25:39

And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be

the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the

hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD

hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And

David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

25:40

And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel,

they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee

to him to wife.

25:41

And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said,

Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the

servants of my Lord.

25:42

And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with five

damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the

messengers of David, and became his wife.

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25:43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of

them his wives.

25:44 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the

son of Laish, which was of Gallim.

CHAPTER 26

26:1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not

David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before

Jeshimon?

26:2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having

three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the

wilderness of Ziph.

26:3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon,

by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that

Saul came after him into the wilderness.

26:4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come

in very deed.

26:5 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched:

and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of

Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the

people pitched round about him.

26:6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to

Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go

down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go

down with thee.

26:7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold,

Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the

ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about

him.

26:8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into

thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee,

with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him

the second time.

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26:

And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch

forth his hand against the LORD’s anointed, and be guiltless?

26:10

David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall

smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into

battle, and perish.

26:11

The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the

LORD’s anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is

at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.

26:12

So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s bolster;

and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither

awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the

LORD was fallen upon them.

26:13

Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an

hill afar off; a great space being between them:

26:14

And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner,

saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and

said, Who art thou that criest to the king?

26:15

And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is

like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy Lord

the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king

thy Lord.

26:16

This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye

are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the

LORD’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the

cruse of water that was at his bolster.

26:17

And Saul knew David’s voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son

David? And David said, It is my voice, my Lord, O king.

26:18

And he said, Wherefore doth my Lord thus pursue after his

servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?

26:19

Now therefore, I pray thee, let my Lord the king hear the words of

his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him

accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be

they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from

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abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other

gods.

26:20

Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of

the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when

one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.

26:21

Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no

more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes

this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred

exceedingly.

26:22

And David answered and said, Behold the king’s spear! and let one

of the young men come over and fetch it.

26:23

The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his

faithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but

I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’s anointed.

26:24

And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so

let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him

deliver me out of all tribulation.

26:25

Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou

shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David

went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

CHAPTER 27

27:

And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the

hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should

speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall

despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I

escape out of his hand.

27:

And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men

that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

27:

And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man

with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the

Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.

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27:

And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no

more again for him.

27:

And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine

eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I

may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal

city with thee?

27:

Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth

unto the kings of Judah unto this day.

27:

And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines

was a full year and four months.

27:

And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and

the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the

inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of

Egypt.

27:

And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive,

and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the

camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

27:10

And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David

said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the

Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

27:11

And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to

Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and

so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the

Philistines.

27:12

And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel

utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

CHAPTER 28

28:

And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered

their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish

said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with

me to battle, thou and thy men.

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28:

And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy

servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make

thee keeper of mine head for ever.

28:

Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried

him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those

that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.

28:

And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and

pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they

pitched in Gilboa.

28:

And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and

his heart greatly trembled.

28:

And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him

not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

28:

Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a

familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his

servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar

spirit at Endor.

28:

And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went,

and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and

he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring

me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.

28:

And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul

hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and

the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for

my life, to cause me to die?

28:10

And Saul swear to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth,

there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.

28:11

Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he

said, Bring me up Samuel.

28:12

And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and

the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for

thou art Saul.

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28:13

And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou?

And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the

earth.

28:14

And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old

man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul

perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the

ground, and bowed himself.

28:15

And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me

up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines

make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth

me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have

called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.

28:16

Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the

LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?

28:17

And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the

LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy

neighbor, even to David:

28:18

Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst

his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this

thing unto thee this day.

28:19

Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand

of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with

me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of

the Philistines.

28:20

Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore

afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength

in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.

28:21

And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore

troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed

thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened

unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.

28:22

Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of

thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and

eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.

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28:23

But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together

with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice.

So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

28:24

And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and

killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened

bread thereof:

28:25

And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they

did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.

CHAPTER 29

29:

Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek:

and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.

29:

And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by

thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with

Achish.

29:

Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews

here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not

this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been

with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in

him since he fell unto me unto this day?

29:

And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the

princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return,

that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him,

and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an

adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his

master? should it not be with the heads of these men?

29:

Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances,

saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

29:

Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD

liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in

with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in

thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day:

nevertheless the lords favor thee not.

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29:

Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the

lords of the Philistines.

29:

And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast

thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto

this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my Lord

the king?

29:

And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good

in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the

Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

29:10

Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master’s

servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in

the morning, and have light, depart.

29:11

So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to

return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up

to Jezreel.

CHAPTER 30

30:

And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag

on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and

Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

30:

And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew

not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on

their way.

30:

So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned

with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were

taken captives.

30:

Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice

and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

30:

And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the

Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

30:

And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning

him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for

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his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the

LORD his God.

30:

And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray

thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the

ephod to David.

30:

And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this

troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for

thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.

30:

So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him,

and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind

stayed.

30:10

But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred

abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the

brook Besor.

30:11

And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to

David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink

water;

30:12

And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of

raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he

had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three

nights.

30:13

And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence

art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an

Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell

sick.

30:14

We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon

the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb;

and we burned Ziklag with fire.

30:15

And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this

company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt

neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I

will bring thee down to this company.

30:16

And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread

abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because

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of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the

Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

30:17

And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of

the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four

hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.

30:18

And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and

David rescued his two wives.

30:19

And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great,

neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they

had taken to them: David recovered all.

30:20

And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave

before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.

30:21

And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that

they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at

the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet

the people that were with him: and when David came near to the

people, he saluted them.

30:22

Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that

went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will

not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to

every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them

away, and depart.

30:23

Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which

the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the

company that came against us into our hand.

30:24

For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is

that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by

the stuff: they shall part alike.

30:25

And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and

an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

30:26

And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the

elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for

you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;

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30:27 To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south

Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,

30:28 And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in

Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,

30:29 And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the

cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of

the Kenites,

30:30 And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in

Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,

30:31 And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where

David himself and his men were wont to haunt.

CHAPTER 31

31:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled

from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

31:2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons;

and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua,

Saul’s sons.

31:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and

he was sore wounded of the archers.

31:4 Then said Saul unto his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust

me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me

through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was

sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

31:5 And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise

upon his sword, and died with him.

31:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armorbearer, and all his

men, that same day together.

31:7 And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the

valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the

men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they

forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in

them.

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31:

And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to

strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in

mount Gilboa.

31:

And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into

the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of

their idols, and among the people.

31:10

And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth: and they

fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.

31:11

And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the

Philistines had done to Saul;

31:12

All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of

Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and

came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.

31:13

And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh,

and fasted seven days.

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The Second Book of

SAMUEL

CHAPTER 1

1:1 Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was

returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had

abode two days in Ziklag;

1:2 It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out

of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his

head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the

earth, and did obeisance.

1:3 And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said

unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.

1:4 And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell

me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and

many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan

his son are dead also.

1:5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest

thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

1:6 And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance

upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo,

the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

1:7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me.

And I answered, Here am I.

1:8 And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an

Amalekite.

1:9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me:

for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.

1:10 So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he

could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that

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was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have

brought them hither unto my Lord.

1:11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise

all the men that were with him:

1:12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and

for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the

house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

1:13 And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art

thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

1:14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch

forth thine hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?

1:15 And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall

upon him. And he smote him that he died.

1:16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy

mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD’s

anointed.

1:17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over

Jonathan his son:

1:18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow:

behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

1:19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the

mighty fallen!

1:20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the

daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the

uncircumcised triumph.

1:21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be

rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the

mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not

been anointed with oil.

1:22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of

Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not

empty.

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1:23

Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in

their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles,

they were stronger than lions.

1:24

Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet,

with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your

apparel.

1:25

How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan,

thou wast slain in thine high places.

1:26

I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast

thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love

of women.

1:27

How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

CHAPTER 2

And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD,

saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the

LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go

up? And he said, Unto Hebron.

So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the

Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal’s wife the Carmelite.

And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man

with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king

over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the

men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.

And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said

unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this

kindness unto your Lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.

And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also

will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.

Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant:

for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have

anointed me king over them.

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But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ishbosheth

the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over

Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

2:10

Ishbosheth Saul’s son was forty years old when he began to reign

over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed

David.

2:11

And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of

Judah was seven years and six months.

2:12

And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son

of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

2:13

And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out,

and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the

one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of

the pool.

2:14

And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play

before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

2:15

Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin,

which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the

servants of David.

2:16

And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his

sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: wherefore

that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

2:17

And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten,

and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

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And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and

Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

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And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the

right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

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Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he

answered, I am.

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And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy

left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his

armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.

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And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following

me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should

I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

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Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder

end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came

out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place:

and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where

Asahel fell down and died stood still.

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Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down

when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah

by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

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And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after

Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.

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Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for

ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end?

how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from

following their brethren?

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And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely

then in the morning the people had gone up every one from

following his brother.

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So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued

after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.

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And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and

passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came

to Mahanaim.

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And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had

gathered all the people together, there lacked of David’s servants

nineteen men and Asahel.

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But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s

men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.

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2:32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his

father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all

night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.

CHAPTER 3

3:1 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house

of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of

Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

3:2 And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was

Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;

3:3 And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the

Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter

of Talmai king of Geshur;

3:4 And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth,

Shephatiah the son of Abital;

3:5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David’s wife. These were born to

David in Hebron.

3:6 And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of

Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for

the house of Saul.

3:7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter

of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone

in unto my father’s concubine?

3:8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said,

Am I a dog’s head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day

unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his

friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that

thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?

3:9 So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath

sworn to David, even so I do to him;

3:10 To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the

throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to

Beersheba.

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3:11

And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared

him.

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And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose

is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my

hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.

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And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I

require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou

first bring Michal Saul’s daughter, when thou comest to see my

face.

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And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul’s son, saying,

Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an

hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

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And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from

Phaltiel the son of Laish.

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And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to

Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.

3:17

And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye

sought for David in times past to be king over you:

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Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By

the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of

the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.

3:19

And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went

also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good

to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.

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So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him.

And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.

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And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all

Israel unto my Lord the king, that they may make a league with

thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth.

And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

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And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a

troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not

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with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone

in peace.

3:23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told

Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath

sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

3:24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done?

behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him

away, and he is quite gone?

3:25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee,

and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that

thou doest.

3:26 And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers

after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but

David knew it not.

3:27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in

the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the

fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

3:28 And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are

guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the

son of Ner:

3:29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and let

there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that

is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or

that lacketh bread.

3:30 So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain

their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

3:31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him,

Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before

Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.

3:32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice,

and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

3:33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool

dieth?

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Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man

falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept

again over him.

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And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it

was yet day, David swear, saying, So do God to me, and more

also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.

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And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as

whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.

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For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not

of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

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And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a

prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

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And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the

sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the

doer of evil according to his wickedness.

CHAPTER 4

And when Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his

hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

And Saul’s son had two men that were captains of bands: the name

of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons

of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth

also was reckoned to Benjamin.

And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there

until this day.)

And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He

was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out

of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass,

as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his

name was Mephibosheth.

And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah,

went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of

Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.

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And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they

would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib:

and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his

bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him,

and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.

And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron,

and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul

thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged

my Lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of

Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth,

who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

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When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have

brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag,

who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:

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How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person

in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require

his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

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And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and

cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool

in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in

the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

CHAPTER 5

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake,

saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that

leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee,

Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over

Israel.

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So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king

David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and

they anointed David king over Israel.

David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned

forty years.

In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and

in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and

Judah.

And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the

inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except

thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in

hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the

city of David.

And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter,

and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hated

of David’s soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said,

The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And

David built round about from Millo and inward.

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And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts

was with him.

5:11

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees,

and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

5:12

And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over

Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s

sake.

5:13

And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem,

after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and

daughters born to David.

5:14

And these be the names of those that were born unto him in

Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

5:15

Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

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5:16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.

5:17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king

over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David

heard of it, and went down to the hold.

5:18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of

Rephaim.

5:19 And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the

Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD

said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines

into thine hand.

5:20 And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and

said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me,

as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place

Baalperazim.

5:21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned

them.

5:22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in

the valley of Rephaim.

5:23 And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go

up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over

against the mulberry trees.

5:24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of

the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then

shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the

Philistines.

5:25 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote

the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.

CHAPTER 6

6:1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty

thousand.

6:2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him

from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God,

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whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that

dwelleth between the cherubims.

6:3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of

the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio,

the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.

6:4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at

Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the

ark.

6:5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on

all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on

psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

6:6 And when they came to Nachon’s threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth

his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook

it.

6:7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God

smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.

6:8 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach

upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to

this day.

6:9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall

the ark of the LORD come to me?

6:10 So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the

city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of

Obededom the Gittite.

6:11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the

Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his

household.

6:12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the

house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of

the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from

the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.

6:13 And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had

gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.

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6:14

And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David

was girded with a linen ephod.

6:15

So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the

LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.

6:16

And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal

Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David

leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her

heart.

6:17

And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in

the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David

offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

6:18

And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings

and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the

LORD of hosts.

6:19

And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole

multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a

cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all

the people departed every one to his house.

6:20

Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the

daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious

was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the

eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows

shamelessly uncovereth himself!

6:21

And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which

chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me

ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I

play before the LORD.

6:22

And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own

sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them

shall I be had in honor.

6:23

Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of

her death.

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CHAPTER 7

7:1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD

had given him rest round about from all his enemies;

7:2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an

house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

7:3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for

the LORD is with thee.

7:4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came

unto Nathan, saying,

7:5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou

build me an house for me to dwell in?

7:6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I

brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day,

but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

7:7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of

Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I

commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me

an house of cedar?

7:8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus

saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from

following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

7:9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off

all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name,

like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.

7:10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will

plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move

no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any

more, as beforetime,

7:11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my

people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies.

Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.

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And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy

fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of

thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

7:13

He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne

of his kingdom for ever.

7:14

I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I

will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the

children of men:

7:15

But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from

Saul, whom I put away before thee.

7:16

And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever

before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

7:17

According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did

Nathan speak unto David.

7:18

Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said,

Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast

brought me hitherto?

7:19

And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou

hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come.

And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?

7:20

And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD,

knowest thy servant.

7:21

For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou

done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.

7:22

Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee,

neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have

heard with our ears.

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And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like

Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to

make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for

thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from

Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

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For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people

unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.

7:25

And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken

concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for

ever, and do as thou hast said.

7:26

And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of

hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David

be established before thee.

7:27

For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy

servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy

servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.

7:28

And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true,

and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:

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Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant,

that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD,

hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant

be blessed for ever.

CHAPTER 8

And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and

subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of

the Philistines.

And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them

down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to

death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites

became David’s servants, and brought gifts.

David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as

he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.

And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred

horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all

the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.

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And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king

of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand

men.

Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians

became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD

preserved David whithersoever he went.

And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of

Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king

David took exceeding much brass.

When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host

of Hadadezer,

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Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to

bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten

him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with

him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:

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Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver

and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;

8:12

Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the

Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of

Rehob, king of Zobah.

8:13

And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the

Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.

8:14

And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he

garrisons, and all they of Edom became David’s servants. And the

LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

8:15

And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and

justice unto all his people.

8:16

And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat

the son of Ahilud was recorder;

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And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar,

were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;

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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites

and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.

CHAPTER 9

And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul,

that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?

And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was

Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto

him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.

And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I

may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the

king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.

And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the

king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in

Lodebar.

Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir,

the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.

Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul,

was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And

David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!

And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee

kindness for Jonathan thy father’s sake, and will restore thee all

the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table

continually.

And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou

shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?

Then the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said unto him, I

have given unto thy master’s son all that pertained to Saul and to

all his house.

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Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land

for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master’s son

may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master’s son shall eat

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bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty

servants.

9:11 Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my Lord the

king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for

Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the

king’s sons.

9:12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha.

And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto

Mephibosheth.

9:13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at

the king’s table; and was lame on both his feet.

CHAPTER 10

10:1 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of

Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.

10:2 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of

Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to

comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And

David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

10:3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their

Lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, that he hath

sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants

unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow

it?

10:4 Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one

half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even

to their buttocks, and sent them away.

10:5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the

men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until

your beards be grown, and then return.

10:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before

David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of

Bethrehob and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and

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of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand

men.

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And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the

mighty men.

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And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array

at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of

Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.

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When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before

and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them

in array against the Syrians:

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And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his

brother, that he might put them in array against the children of

Ammon.

10:11

And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt

help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then

I will come and help thee.

10:12

Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for

the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him

good.

10:13

And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the

battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

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And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled,

then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So

Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

10:15

And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel,

they gathered themselves together.

10:16

And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond

the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the

host of Hadarezer went before them.

10:17

And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and

passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set

themselves in array against David, and fought with him.

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10:18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of

seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand

horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died

there.

10:19 And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that

they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and

served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon

any more.

CHAPTER 11

11:1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when

kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with

him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and

besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

11:2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off

his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from

the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very

beautiful to look upon.

11:3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is

not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the

Hittite?

11:4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto

him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her

uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.

11:5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am

with child.

11:6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And

Joab sent Uriah to David.

11:7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how

Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

11:8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy

feet. And Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and there

followed him a mess of meat from the king.

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But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the

servants of his Lord, and went not down to his house.

11:10

And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto

his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy

journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?

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And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in

tents; and my Lord Joab, and the servants of my Lord, are

encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat

and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy

soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

11:12

And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I

will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the

morrow.

11:13

And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him;

and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed

with the servants of his Lord, but went not down to his house.

11:14

And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to

Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

11:15

And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of

the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten,

and die.

11:16

And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned

Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.

11:17

And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there

fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the

Hittite died also.

11:18

Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

11:19

And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end

of telling the matters of the war unto the king,

11:20

And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee,

Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight?

knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?

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11:21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman

cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in

Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant

Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

11:22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab

had sent him for.

11:23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed

against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon

them even unto the entering of the gate.

11:24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and

some of the king’s servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the

Hittite is dead also.

11:25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto

Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one

as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city,

and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

11:26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was

dead, she mourned for her husband.

11:27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to

his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the

thing that David had done displeased the LORD.

CHAPTER 12

12:1 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him,

and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich,

and the other poor.

12:2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:

12:3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he

had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him,

and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his

own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

12:4 And there came a traveler unto the rich man, and he spared to take

of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring

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man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and

dressed it for the man that was come to him.

12:

And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said

to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing

shall surely die:

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And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing,

and because he had no pity.

12:

And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the

LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I

delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

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And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into

thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if

that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee

such and such things.

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Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to

do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the

sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him

with the sword of the children of Ammon.

12:10

Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house;

because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah

the Hittite to be thy wife.

12:11

Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out

of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes,

and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in

the sight of this sun.

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For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel,

and before the sun.

12:13

And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD.

And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy

sin; thou shalt not die.

12:14

Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to

the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born

unto thee shall surely die.

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12:15

And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the

child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

12:16

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and

went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

12:17

And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up

from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with

them.

12:18

And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And

the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for

they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto

him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then

vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?

12:19

But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived

that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is

the child dead? And they said, He is dead.

12:20

Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed

himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the

LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when

he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

12:21

Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast

done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but

when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

12:22

And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I

said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the

child may live?

12:23

But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back

again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

12:24

And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her,

and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name

Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

12:25

And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his

name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.

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12:26

And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and

took the royal city.

12:27

And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against

Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

12:28

Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp

against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called

after my name.

12:29

And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah,

and fought against it, and took it.

12:30

And he took their king’s crown from off his head, the weight

whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was

set on David’s head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in

great abundance.

12:31

And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them

under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and

made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the

cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people

returned unto Jerusalem.

CHAPTER 13

13:

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had

a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David

loved her.

13:

And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for

she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything

to her.

13:

But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of

Shimeah David’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.

13:

And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king’s son, lean

from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him,

I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.

13:

And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make

thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him,

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I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress

the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.

13:

So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king

was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let

Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight,

that I may eat at her hand.

13:

Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother

Amnon’s house, and dress him meat.

13:

So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was laid

down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his

sight, and did bake the cakes.

13:

And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he

refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And

they went out every man from him.

13:10

And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber,

that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she

had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her

brother.

13:11

And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of

her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.

13:12

And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no

such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.

13:13

And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou

shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee,

speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.

13:14

Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger

than she, forced her, and lay with her.

13:15

Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith

he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her.

And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.

13:16

And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me

away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he

would not hearken unto her.

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13:17

Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put

now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.

13:18

And she had a garment of divers colors upon her: for with such

robes were the king’s daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then

his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.

13:19

And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers

colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on

crying.

13:20

And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother

been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy

brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her

brother Absalom’s house.

13:21

But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.

13:22

And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad:

for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

13:23

And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had

sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom

invited all the king’s sons.

13:24

And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant

hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go

with thy servant.

13:25

And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go,

lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he

would not go, but blessed him.

13:26

Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go

with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?

13:27

But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king’s

sons go with him.

13:28

Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now

when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto

you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded

you? be courageous, and be valiant.

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13:29

And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had

commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and every man gat him

up upon his mule, and fled.

13:30

And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came

to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king’s sons, and there

is not one of them left.

13:31

Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth;

and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.

13:32

And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother, answered and

said, Let not my Lord suppose that they have slain all the young

men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the

appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day

that he forced his sister Tamar.

13:33

Now therefore let not my Lord the king take the thing to his heart,

to think that all the king’s sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.

13:34

But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted

up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by

the way of the hill side behind him.

13:35

And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king’s sons come: as

thy servant said, so it is.

13:36

And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking,

that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice and

wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.

13:37

But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king

of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.

13:38

So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

13:39

And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he

was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

CHAPTER 14

14:

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was

toward Absalom.

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14:

And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and

said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on

now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a

woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

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And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab

put the words in her mouth.

14:

And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her

face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

14:

And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I

am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

14:

And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in

the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the

other, and slew him.

14:

And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and

they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him,

for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the

heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall

not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the

earth.

14:

And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will

give charge concerning thee.

14:

And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My Lord, O king,

the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house: and the king and

his throne be guiltless.

14:10

And the king said, Whoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me,

and he shall not touch thee any more.

14:11

Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy

God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to

destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the

LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

14:12

Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one

word unto my Lord the king. And he said, Say on.

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14:13

And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a

thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing

as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again

his banished.

14:14

For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which

cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person:

yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from

him.

14:15

Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my Lord

the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy

handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the

king will perform the request of his handmaid.

14:16

For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of

the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the

inheritance of God.

14:17

Then thine handmaid said, The word of my Lord the king shall

now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my Lord the king

to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with

thee.

14:18

Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from

me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman

said, Let my Lord the king now speak.

14:19

And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this?

And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my Lord

the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought

that my Lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade

me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

14:20

To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this

thing: and my Lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of

God, to know all things that are in the earth.

14:21

And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing:

go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.

14:22

And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and

thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I

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have found grace in thy sight, my Lord, O king, in that the king

hath fulfilled the request of his servant.

14:23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to

Jerusalem.

14:24 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not

see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not

the king’s face.

14:25 But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom

for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his

head there was no blemish in him.

14:26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that

he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled

it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the

king’s weight.

14:27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter,

whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

14:28 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the

king’s face.

14:29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but

he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time,

he would not come.

14:30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine,

and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s

servants set the field on fire.

14:31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said

unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?

14:32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying,

Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore

am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there

still: now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there be any

iniquity in me, let him kill me.

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14:33

So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for

Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the

ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.

CHAPTER 15

15:

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots

and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

15:

And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate:

and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to

the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of

what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes

of Israel.

15:

And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right;

but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

15:

Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that

every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I

would do him justice!

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And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him

obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.

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And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king

for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

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And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the

king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed

unto the LORD, in Hebron.

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For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria,

saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then

I will serve the LORD.

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And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to

Hebron.

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But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying,

As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say,

Absalom reigneth in Hebron.

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And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that

were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not

any thing.

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And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s

counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered

sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased

continually with Absalom.

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And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the

men of Israel are after Absalom.

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And David said unto all his servants that were with him at

Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from

Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and

bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

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And the king’s servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants

are ready to do whatsoever my Lord the king shall appoint.

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And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the

king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.

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And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in

a place that was far off.

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And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites,

and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which

came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.

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Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also

with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a

stranger, and also an exile.

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Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee

go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou,

and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.

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And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as

my Lord the king liveth, surely in what place my Lord the king

shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant

be.

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And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite

passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with

him.

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And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people

passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron,

and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

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And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the

ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and

Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the

city.

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And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the

city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me

again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:

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But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let

him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

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The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer?

return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you,

Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

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See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come

word from you to certify me.

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Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to

Jerusalem: and they tarried there.

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And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he

went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all

the people that was with him covered every man his head, and

they went up, weeping as they went up.

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And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators

with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the

counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

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And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the

mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite

came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:

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Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou

shalt be a burden unto me:

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But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy

servant, O king; as I have been thy father’s servant hitherto, so will

I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the

counsel of Ahithophel.

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And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests?

therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of

the king’s house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the

priests.

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Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz

Zadok’s son, and Jonathan Abiathar’s son; and by them ye shall

send unto me every thing that ye can hear.

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So Hushai David’s friend came into the city, and Absalom came

into Jerusalem.

CHAPTER 16

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And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba

the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses

saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an

hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a

bottle of wine.

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And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And

Ziba said, The asses be for the king’s household to ride on; and the

bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine,

that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.

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And the king said, And where is thy master’s son? And Ziba said

unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day

shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

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Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto

Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may

find grace in thy sight, my Lord, O king.

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And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a

man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei,

the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

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And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David:

and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand

and on his left.

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And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou

bloody man, and thou man of Belial:

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The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of

Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath

delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and,

behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody

man.

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Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should

this dead dog curse my Lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee,

and take off his head.

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And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of

Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him,

Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

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And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son,

which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more

now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for

the LORD hath bidden him.

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It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the

LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.

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And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on

the hill’s side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw

stones at him, and cast dust.

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And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary,

and refreshed themselves there.

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And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to

Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

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And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, was

come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the

king, God save the king.

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And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend?

why wentest thou not with thy friend?

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And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and

this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with

him will I abide.

16:19

And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence

of his son? as I have served in thy father’s presence, so will I be in

thy presence.

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Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what

we shall do.

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And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s

concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel

shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands

of all that are with thee be strong.

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So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and

Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all

Israel.

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And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days,

was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the

counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

CHAPTER 17

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Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out

twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this

night:

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And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and

will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee;

and I will smite the king only:

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And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou

seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.

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And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

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Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us

hear likewise what he saith.

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And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto

him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do

after his saying? if not; speak thou.

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And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath

given is not good at this time.

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For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they

be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed

of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will

not lodge with the people.

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Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it

will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first,

that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the

people that follow Absalom.

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And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion,

shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty

man, and they which be with him are valiant men.

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Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee,

from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for

multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

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So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found,

and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of

him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so

much as one.

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Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring

ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be

not one small stone found there.

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And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai

the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the

LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to

the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

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Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus

and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel;

and thus and thus have I counselled.

17:16

Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this

night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest

the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

17:17

Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not

be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and

they went and told king David.

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Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went

both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim,

which had a well in his court; whither they went down.

17:19

And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth,

and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

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And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house,

they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said

unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they

had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

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And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up

out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David,

Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel

counselled against you.

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Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they

passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of

them that was not gone over Jordan.

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And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he

saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his

city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died,

and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

17:24

Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan,

he and all the men of Israel with him.

17:25

And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab:

which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite,

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that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah

Joab’s mother.

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So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

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And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that

Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and

Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite

of Rogelim,

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Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and

barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and

parched pulse,

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And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David,

and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The

people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

CHAPTER 18

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And David numbered the people that were with him, and set

captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds over them.

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And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of

Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah,

Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite.

And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you

myself also.

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But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee

away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they

care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore

now it is better that thou succor us out of the city.

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And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do.

And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by

hundreds and by thousands.

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And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal

gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And

all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge

concerning Absalom.

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So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle

was in the wood of Ephraim;

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Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David,

and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand

men.

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For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country:

and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword

devoured.

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And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon

a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak,

and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between

the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went

away.

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And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw

Absalom hanged in an oak.

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And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou

sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground?

and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.

18:12

And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand

shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand

against the king’s son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and

Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man

Absalom.

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Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life:

for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest

have set thyself against me.

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Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three

darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom,

while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

18:15

And ten young men that bare Joab’s armor compassed about and

smote Absalom, and slew him.

18:16

And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing

after Israel: for Joab held back the people.

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18:17

And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood,

and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled

every one to his tent.

18:18

Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a

pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep

my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own

name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.

18:19

Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear

the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his

enemies.

18:20

And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but

thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no

tidings, because the king’s son is dead.

18:21

Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And

Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.

18:22

Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But

howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said,

Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings

ready?

18:23

But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run.

Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.

18:24

And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up

to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and

looked, and behold a man running alone.

18:25

And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he

be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and

drew near.

18:26

And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman

called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone.

And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.

18:27

And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost

is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said,

He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.

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And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell

down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed

be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted

up their hand against my Lord the king.

18:29

And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz

answered, When Joab sent the king’s servant, and me thy servant, I

saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.

18:30

And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he

turned aside, and stood still.

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And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my Lord the

king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose

up against thee.

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And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe?

And Cushi answered, The enemies of my Lord the king, and all

that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.

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And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over

the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son

Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for

thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

CHAPTER 19

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And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for

Absalom.

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And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the

people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved

for his son.

19:

And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as

people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

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But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice,

O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

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And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast

shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have

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saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and

the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

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In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou

hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor

servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all

we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.

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Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy

servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will

not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee

than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.

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Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the

people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the

people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his

tent.

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And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel,

saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he

delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled

out of the land for Absalom.

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And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now

therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?

19:11

And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying,

Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to

bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is

come to the king, even to his house.

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Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then

are ye the last to bring back the king?

19:13

And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh?

God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host

before me continually in the room of Joab.

19:14

And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart

of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou,

and all thy servants.

19:15

So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to

Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.

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And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim,

hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

19:17

And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba

the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his

twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the

king.

19:18

And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king’s

household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of

Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;

19:19

And said unto the king, Let not my Lord impute iniquity unto me,

neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely

the day that my Lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king

should take it to his heart.

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For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I

am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to

meet my Lord the king.

19:21

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei

be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?

19:22

And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah,

that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any

man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am

this day king over Israel?

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Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the

king swear unto him.

19:24

And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king,

and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed

his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came

again in peace.

19:25

And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the

king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with

me, Mephibosheth?

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And he answered, My Lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for

thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon,

and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.

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And he hath slandered thy servant unto my Lord the king; but my

Lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in

thine eyes.

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For all of my father’s house were but dead men before my Lord the

king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at

thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more

unto the king?

19:29

And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy

matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

19:30

And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all,

forasmuch as my Lord the king is come again in peace unto his own

house.

19:31

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went

over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.

19:32

Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and

he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim;

for he was a very great man.

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And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I

will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.

19:34

And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I

should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

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I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good

and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I

hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women?

wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my Lord

the king?

19:36

Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and

why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

19:37

Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine

own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my

mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my

Lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.

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And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will

do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever

thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.

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And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come

over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned

unto his own place.

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Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him:

and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the

people of Israel.

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And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto

the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee

away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all

David’s men with him, over Jordan?

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And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the

king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this

matter? have we eaten at all of the king’s cost? or hath he given us

any gift?

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And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We

have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David

than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be

first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of

Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

CHAPTER 20

20:

And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was

Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and

said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the

son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

20:

So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed

Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king,

from Jordan even to Jerusalem.

20:

And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the

ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house,

and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So

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they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in

widowhood.

20:

Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah

within three days, and be thou here present.

20:

So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer

than the set time which he had appointed him.

20:

And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do

us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and

pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

20:

And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the Cherethites, and

the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of

Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

20:

When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went

before them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded

unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins

in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

20:

And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab

took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

20:10

But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so

he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to

the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and

Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

20:11

And one of Joab’s men stood by him, and said, He that favoreth

Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.

20:12

And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And

when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed

Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him,

when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.

20:13

When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on

after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

20:14

And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to

Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together,

and went also after him.

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20:15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they

cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all

the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

20:16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray

you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

20:17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou

Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the

words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.

20:18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time,

saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended

the matter.

20:19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou

seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou

swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?

20:20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I

should swallow up or destroy.

20:21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son

of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even

against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city.

And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown

to thee over the wall.

20:22 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And

they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to

Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every

man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

20:23 Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of

Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:

20:24 And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of

Ahilud was recorder:

20:25 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:

20:26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.

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CHAPTER 21

21:

Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year

after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD

answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew

the Gibeonites.

21:

And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the

Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of

the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and

Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and

Judah.)

21:

Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for

you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless

the inheritance of the LORD?

21:

And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold

of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in

Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.

21:

And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that

devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in

any of the coasts of Israel,

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Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang

them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did

choose. And the king said, I will give them.

21:

But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of

Saul, because of the LORD’s oath that was between them, between

David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

21:

But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah,

whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five

sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for

Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:

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And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they

hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven

together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first

days, in the beginning of barley harvest.

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And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for

her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water

dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of

the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

21:11

And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the

concubine of Saul, had done.

21:12

And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of

Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen

them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged

them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:

21:13

And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of

Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were

hanged.

21:14

And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the

country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father:

and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that

God was intreated for the land.

21:15

Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David

went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the

Philistines: and David waxed faint.

21:16

And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of

whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he

being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.

21:17

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the

Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swear unto him,

saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou

quench not the light of Israel.

21:18

And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with

the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph,

which was of the sons of the giant.

21:19

And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where

Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of

Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s

beam.

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21:20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great

stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six

toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.

21:21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the

brother of David slew him.

21:22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of

David, and by the hand of his servants.

CHAPTER 22

22:1 And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the

day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his

enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:

22:2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my

deliverer;

22:3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the

horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior;

thou savest me from violence.

22:4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be

saved from mine enemies.

22:5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly

men made me afraid;

22:6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death

prevented me;

22:7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and

he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into

his ears.

22:8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven

moved and shook, because he was wroth.

22:9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his

mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

22:10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was

under his feet.

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22:11

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the

wings of the wind.

22:12

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and

thick clouds of the skies.

22:13

Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.

22:14

The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his

voice.

22:15

And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and

discomfited them.

22:16

And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world

were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the

breath of his nostrils.

22:17

He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;

22:18

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated

me: for they were too strong for me.

22:19

They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was

my stay.

22:20

He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me,

because he delighted in me.

22:21

The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according

to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

22:22

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly

departed from my God.

22:23

For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did

not depart from them.

22:24

I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine

iniquity.

22:25

Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my

righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.

22:26

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the

upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

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22:27

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward

thou wilt shew thyself unsavory.

22:28

And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon

the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

22:29

For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my

darkness.

22:30

For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped

over a wall.

22:31

As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he

is a buckler to all them that trust in him.

22:32

For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our

God?

22:33

God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.

22:34

He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon my high

places.

22:35

He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by

mine arms.

22:36

Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy

gentleness hath made me great.

22:37

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not

slip.

22:38

I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not

again until I had consumed them.

22:39

And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could

not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.

22:40

For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up

against me hast thou subdued under me.

22:41

Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might

destroy them that hate me.

22:42

They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD,

but he answered them not.

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22:43

Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp

them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.

22:44

Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou

hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not

shall serve me.

22:45

Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear,

they shall be obedient unto me.

22:46

Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close

places.

22:47

The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God

of the rock of my salvation.

22:48

It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people

under me.

22:49

And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted

me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast

delivered me from the violent man.

22:50

Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the

heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.

22:51

He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his

anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.

CHAPTER 23

23:

Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said,

and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of

Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,

23:

The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my

tongue.

23:

The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that

ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

23:

And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth,

even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of

the earth by clear shining after rain.

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23:

Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me

an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all

my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.

23:

But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away,

because they cannot be taken with hands:

23:

But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the

staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the

same place.

23:

These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The

Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same

was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred,

whom he slew at one time.

23:

And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the

three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that

were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were

gone away:

23:10

He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and

his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great

victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.

23:11

And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the

Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece

of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.

23:12

But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew

the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.

23:13

And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the

harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the

Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.

23:14

And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines

was then in Bethlehem.

23:15

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of

the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!

23:16

And the three mighty men brake through the host of the

Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was

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by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he

would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.

23:17

And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is

not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives?

therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three

mighty men.

23:18

And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief

among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and

slew them, and had the name among three.

23:19

Was he not most honorable of three? therefore he was their

captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.

23:20

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of

Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of

Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in

time of snow:

23:21

And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a

spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and

plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with

his own spear.

23:22

These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name

among three mighty men.

23:23

He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the

first three. And David set him over his guard.

23:24

Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son

of Dodo of Bethlehem,

23:25

Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

23:26

Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

23:27

Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,

23:28

Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,

23:29

Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out

of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,

23:30

Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,

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23:31

Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,

23:32

Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,

23:33

Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,

23:34

Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the

son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,

23:35

Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,

23:36

Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,

23:37

Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armorbearer to Joab

the son of Zeruiah,

23:38

Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,

23:39

Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.

CHAPTER 24

24:

And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he

moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

24:

For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with

him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to

Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number

of the people.

24:

And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto

the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the

eyes of my Lord the king may see it: but why doth my Lord the

king delight in this thing?

24:

Notwithstanding the king’s word prevailed against Joab, and

against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the

host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people

of Israel.

24:

And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right

side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and

toward Jazer:

24:

Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and

they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon,

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24:

And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the

Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of

Judah, even to Beersheba.

24:

So when they had gone through all the land, they came to

Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

24:

And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the

king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men

that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred

thousand men.

24:10

And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the

people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in

that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the

iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

24:11

For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD

came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,

24:12

Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three

things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

24:13

So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven

years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three

months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there

be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what

answer I shall return to him that sent me.

24:14

And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into

the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall

into the hand of man.

24:15

So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even

to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even

to Beersheba seventy thousand men.

24:16

And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to

destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the

angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand.

And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah

the Jebusite.

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24:17

And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that

smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done

wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I

pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house.

24:18

And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear

an altar unto the LORD in the threshing floor of Araunah the

Jebusite.

24:19

And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD

commanded.

24:20

And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on

toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the

king on his face upon the ground.

24:21

And Araunah said, Wherefore is my Lord the king come to his

servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to

build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from

the people.

24:22

And Araunah said unto David, Let my Lord the king take and offer

up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt

sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the

oxen for wood.

24:23

All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And

Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.

24:24

And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of

thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD

my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the

threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

24:25

And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt

offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the

land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

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The First Book of the

KINGS

CHAPTER 1

Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered

him with clothes, but he gat no heat.

Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my

lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and

let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the

king may get heat.

So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel,

and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and

ministered to him: but the king knew her not.

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be

king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to

run before him.

And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why

hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his

mother bare him after Absalom.

And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar

the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.

But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan

the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which

belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.

And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of

Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's

sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:

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But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and

Solomon his brother, he called not.

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Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon,

saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth

reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?

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Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that

thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

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Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not

thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying,

Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit

upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

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Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come

in after thee, and confirm thy words.

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And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the

king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto

the king.

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And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the

king said, What wouldest thou?

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And she said unto him, My lord, thou swearst by the LORD thy

God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son

shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

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And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king,

thou knowest it not:

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And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and

hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and

Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not

called.

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And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that

thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the

king after him.

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Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep

with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted

offenders.

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And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet

also came in.

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And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And

when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the

king with his face to the ground.

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And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall

reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

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For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and

sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the

captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat

and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.

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But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah

the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.

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Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it

unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king

after him?

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Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she

came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.

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And the king swear, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath

redeemed my soul out of all distress,

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Even as I swear unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying,

Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit

upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.

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Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did

reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for

ever.

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And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the

prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before

the king.

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The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your

lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and

bring him down to Gihon:

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And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there

king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save

king Solomon.

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Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon

my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed

him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said,

Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.

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As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with

Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord

king David.

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So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son

of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down,

and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought

him to Gihon.

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And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and

anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people

said, God save king Solomon.

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And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with

pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the

sound of them.

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And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as

they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of

the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an

uproar?

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And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the

priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a

valiant man, and bringest good tidings.

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And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king

David hath made Solomon king.

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And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the

prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and

the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's

mule:

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And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him

king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that

the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.

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And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.

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And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king

David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy

name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king

bowed himself upon the bed.

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And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel,

which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even

seeing it.

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And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose

up, and went every man his way.

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And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and

caught hold on the horns of the altar.

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And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king

Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar,

saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not

slay his servant with the sword.

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And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there

shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be

found in him, he shall die.

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So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar.

And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon

said unto him, Go to thine house.

CHAPTER 2

Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he

charged Solomon his son, saying,

I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew

thyself a man;

And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways,

to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments,

and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou

mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou

turnest thyself:

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That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning

me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before

me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall

not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to

me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto

Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he

slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war

upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were

on his feet.

Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go

down to the grave in peace.

But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let

them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when

I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a

Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in

the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me

at Jordan, and I swear to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put

thee to death with the sword.

Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and

knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head

bring thou down to the grave with blood.

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So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of

David.

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And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years:

seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years

reigned he in Jerusalem.

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Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his

kingdom was established greatly.

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And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of

Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said,

Peaceably.

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He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said,

Say on.

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And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that

all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the

kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his

from the LORD.

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And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said

unto him, Say on.

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And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he

will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to

wife.

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And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

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Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him

for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself

unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set

for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

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Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say

me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I

will not say thee nay.

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And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah

thy brother to wife.

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And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why

dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him

the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for

Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

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Then king Solomon swear by the LORD, saying, God do so to me,

and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his

own life.

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Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me,

and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made

me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this

day.

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And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of

Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

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And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth,

unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not

at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the

LORD God before David my father, and because thou hast been

afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

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So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD;

that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake

concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

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Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah,

though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the

tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

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And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the

tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then

Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon

him.

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And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto

him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will

die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus

said Joab, and thus he answered me.

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And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him,

and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood,

which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.

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And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell

upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them

with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit,

Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the

son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

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Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon

the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed,

and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for

ever from the LORD.

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So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and

slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

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And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the

host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of

Abiathar.

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And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build

thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence

any whither.

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For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the

brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely

die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

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And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the

king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in

Jerusalem many days.

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And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the

servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of

Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in

Gath.

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And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish

to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants

from Gath.

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And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to

Gath, and was come again.

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And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I

not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee,

saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest

abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst

unto me, The word that I have heard is good.

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Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the

commandment that I have charged thee with?

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The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the

wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David

my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon

thine own head;

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And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall

be established before the LORD for ever.

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So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went

out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was

established in the hand of Solomon.

CHAPTER 3

And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took

Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he

had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the

LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no

house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.

And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David

his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the

great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon

that altar.

In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night:

and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my

father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and

in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou

hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a

son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king

instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not

how to go out or come in.

And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast

chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for

multitude.

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Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy

people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able

to judge this thy so great a people?

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And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this

thing.

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And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and

hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for

thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for

thyself understanding to discern judgment;

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Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a

wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee

before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

3:13

And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both

riches, and honor: so that there shall not be any among the kings

like unto thee all thy days.

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And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my

commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen

thy days.

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And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to

Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD,

and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and

made a feast to all his servants.

3:16

Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and

stood before him.

3:17

And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in

one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

3:18

And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that

this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no

stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

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And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

3:20

And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while

thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead

child in my bosom.

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And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it

was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it

was not my son, which I did bear.

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And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the

dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the

living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.

3:23

Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and

thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the

dead, and my son is the living.

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And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword

before the king.

3:25

And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to

the one, and half to the other.

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Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king,

for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give

her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it

be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.

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Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in

no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

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And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and

they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in

him, to do judgment.

CHAPTER 4

So king Solomon was king over all Israel.

And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of

Zadok the priest,

Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the

son of Ahilud, the recorder.

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and

Abiathar were the priests:

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4:5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud

the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend:

4:6 And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of

Abda was over the tribute.

4:7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided

victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a

year made provision.

4:8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:

4:9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh,

and Elonbethhanan:

4:10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the

land of Hepher:

4:11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath

the daughter of Solomon to wife:

4:12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo,

and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from

Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond

Jokneam:

4:13 The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of

Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also

pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great

cities with walls and brasen bars:

4:14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:

4:15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of

Solomon to wife:

4:16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:

4:17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:

4:18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:

4:19 Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country

of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he

was the only officer which was in the land.

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Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in

multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.

4:21

And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the

land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought

presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

4:22

And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine

flour, and threescore measures of meal,

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Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred

sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.

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For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from

Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river:

and he had peace on all sides round about him.

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And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and

under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of

Solomon.

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And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots,

and twelve thousand horsemen.

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And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all

that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they

lacked nothing.

4:28

Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they

unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his

charge.

4:29

And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding

much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea

shore.

4:30

And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of

the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

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For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and

Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame

was in all nations round about.

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And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a

thousand and five.

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And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even

unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of

beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

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And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from

all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

CHAPTER 5

And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he

had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father:

for Hiram was ever a lover of David.

And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house

unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were

about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles

of his feet.

But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so

that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.

And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the

LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father,

saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he

shall build an house unto my name.

Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of

Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto

thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt

appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can

skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.

And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon,

that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day,

which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.

And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things

which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning

timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.

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My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea:

and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou

shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and

thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in

giving food for my household.

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So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his

desire.

5:11

And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for

food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave

Solomon to Hiram year by year.

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And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and

there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a

league together.

5:13

And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was

thirty thousand men.

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And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a

month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and

Adoniram was over the levy.

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And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens,

and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;

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Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work,

three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that

wrought in the work.

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And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly

stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

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And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and

the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the

house.

CHAPTER 6

And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the

children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth

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year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the

second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

6:2 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length

thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty

cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.

6:3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was

the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten

cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

6:4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.

6:5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about,

against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and

of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

6:6 The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was

six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without

in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that

the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

6:7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made

ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither

hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it

was in building.

6:8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house:

and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and

out of the middle into the third.

6:9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with

beams and boards of cedar.

6:10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high:

and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

6:11 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,

6:12 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk

in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my

commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with

thee, which I spake unto David thy father:

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And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake

my people Israel.

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So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

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And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar,

both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he

covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the

house with planks of fir.

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And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the

floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it

within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.

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And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.

6:18

And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and

open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

6:19

And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark

of the covenant of the LORD.

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And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and

twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof:

and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which

was of cedar.

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So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made

a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it

with gold.

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And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all

the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid

with gold.

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And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each

ten cubits high.

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And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the

other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing

unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.

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And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of

one measure and one size.

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6:26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the

other cherub.

6:27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they

stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the

one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched

the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of

the house.

6:28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

6:29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved

figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and

without.

6:30 And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within and

without.

6:31 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the

lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.

6:32 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them

carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and

overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and

upon the palm trees.

6:33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a

fourth part of the wall.

6:34 And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door

were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

6:35 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers:

and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.

6:36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a

row of cedar beams.

6:37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD

laid, in the month Zif:

6:38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth

month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and

according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building

it.

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CHAPTER 7

7:1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he

finished all his house.

7:2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof

was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the

height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with

cedar beams upon the pillars.

7:3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on

forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.

7:4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light

in three ranks.

7:5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and

light was against light in three ranks.

7:6 And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits,

and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before

them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.

7:7 Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even

the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side

of the floor to the other.

7:8 And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch,

which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for

Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this

porch.

7:9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of

hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the

foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great

court.

7:10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones

of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

7:11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones,

and cedars.

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And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed

stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the

house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.

7:13

And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

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He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a

man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and

understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he

came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

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For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and

a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.

7:16

And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops

of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the

height of the other chapiter was five cubits:

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And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the

chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one

chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.

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And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one

network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with

pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.

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And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily

work in the porch, four cubits.

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And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also

above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the

pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the

other chapiter.

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And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up

the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up

the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.

7:22

And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of

the pillars finished.

7:23

And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the

other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a

line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

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7:24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing

it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were

cast in two rows, when it was cast.

7:25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and

three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south,

and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon

them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

7:26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was

wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained

two thousand baths.

7:27 And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one

base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the

height of it.

7:28 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders,

and the borders were between the ledges:

7:29 And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen,

and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and

beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin

work.

7:30 And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and

the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were

undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.

7:31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but

the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and

an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their

borders, foursquare, not round.

7:32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the

wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a

cubit and half a cubit.

7:33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel:

their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes,

were all molten.

7:34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base:

and the undersetters were of the very base itself.

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And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a

cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the

borders thereof were of the same.

7:36

For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof,

he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the

proportion of every one, and additions round about.

7:37

After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one

casting, one measure, and one size.

7:38

Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths:

and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten

bases one laver.

7:39

And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on

the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the

house eastward over against the south.

7:40

And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So

Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king

Solomon for the house of the LORD:

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The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on

the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two

bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;

7:42

And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two

rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of

the chapiters that were upon the pillars;

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And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;

7:44

And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;

7:45

And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these

vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the

LORD, were of bright brass.

7:46

In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground

between Succoth and Zarthan.

7:47

And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were

exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.

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And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of

the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the

shewbread was,

7:49

And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five

on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and

the tongs of gold,

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And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons,

and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the

doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of

the house, to wit, of the temple.

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So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of

the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his

father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels,

did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.

CHAPTER 8

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of

the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto

king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the

covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon

at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of

the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the

tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.

And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were

assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing

sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD

unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place,

even under the wings of the cherubims.

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For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of

the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof

above.

And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were

seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen

without: and there they are unto this day.

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which

Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with

the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

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And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy

place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,

8:11

So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud:

for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.

8:12

Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the

thick darkness.

8:13

I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee

to abide in for ever.

8:14

And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation

of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)

8:15

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake

with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand

fulfilled it, saying,

8:16

Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I

chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that

my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people

Israel.

8:17

And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for

the name of the LORD God of Israel.

8:18

And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine

heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was

in thine heart.

8:19

Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall

come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

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And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am

risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of

Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the

name of the LORD God of Israel.

8:21

And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of

the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them

out of the land of Egypt.

8:22

And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence

of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward

heaven:

8:23

And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in

heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and

mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:

8:24

Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou

promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast

fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.

8:25

Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David

my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail

thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy

children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou

hast walked before me.

8:26

And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified,

which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.

8:27

But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and

heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house

that I have builded?

8:28

Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his

supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the

prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:

8:29

That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day,

even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be

there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant

shall make toward this place.

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And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy

people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear

thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

8:31

If any man trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon

him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in

this house:

8:32

Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants,

condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and

justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

8:33

When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy,

because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee,

and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee

in this house:

8:34

Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel,

and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their

fathers.

8:35

When heaven is shut up

, and there is no rain, because they have

sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy

name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:

8:36

Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and

of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein

they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast

given to thy people for an inheritance.

8:37

If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting,

mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege

them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever

sickness there be;

8:38

What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by

all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his

own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

8:39

Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do,

and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou

knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the

children of men;)

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That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land

which thou gavest unto our fathers.

8:41

Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel,

but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;

8:42

(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and

of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward

this house;

8:43

Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that

the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may

know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they

may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy

name.

8:44

If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever

thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the

city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built

for thy name:

8:45

Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and

maintain their cause.

8:46

If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and

thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that

they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or

near;

8:47

Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were

carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in

the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have

sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;

8:48

And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul,

in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and

pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their

fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I

have built for thy name:

8:49

Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy

dwelling place, and maintain their cause,

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And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their

transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and

give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that

they may have compassion on them:

8:51

For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou

broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of

iron:

8:52

That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant,

and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto

them in all that they call for unto thee.

8:53

For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the

earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of

Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of

Egypt, O LORD God.

8:54

And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all

this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before

the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands

spread up to heaven.

8:55

And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud

voice, saying,

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Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel,

according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of

all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his

servant.

8:57

The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him

not leave us, nor forsake us:

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That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways,

and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his

judgments, which he commanded our fathers.

8:59

And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication

before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night,

that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his

people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:

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That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God,

and that there is none else.

8:61

Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to

walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

8:62

And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the

LORD.

8:63

And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he

offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an

hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the

children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.

8:64

The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was

before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings,

and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the

brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the

burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace

offerings.

8:65

And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a

great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of

Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days,

even fourteen days.

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On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the

king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the

goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for

Israel his people.

CHAPTER 9

And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of

the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's

desire which he was pleased to do,

That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had

appeared unto him at Gibeon.

And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy

supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this

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house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and

mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in

integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I

have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my

judgments:

Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for

ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail

thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children,

and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I

have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship

them:

Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them;

and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out

of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all

people:

And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall

be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the

LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?

And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their

God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and

have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and

served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this

evil.

9:10

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had

built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,

9:11

(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar

trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that

then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

9:12

And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon

had given him; and they pleased him not.

9:13

And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my

brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.

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9:14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.

9:15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for

to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo,

and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

9:16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and

burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city,

and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.

9:17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,

9:18 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,

9:19 And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his

chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon

desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of

his dominion.

9:20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites,

Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children

of Israel,

9:21 Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the

children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those

did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.

9:22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but

they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his

captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

9:23 These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's

work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that

wrought in the work.

9:24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her

house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.

9:25 And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and

peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and

he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he

finished the house.

9:26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is

beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.

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And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had

knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

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And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four

hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

CHAPTER 10

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And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon

concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with

hard questions.

10:

And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels

that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and

when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all

that was in her heart.

10:

And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing

hid from the king, which he told her not.

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And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and

the house that he had built,

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And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the

attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers,

and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD;

there was no more spirit in her.

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And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine

own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.

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Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had

seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and

prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.

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Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand

continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

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Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee

on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever,

therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.

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And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and

of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more

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such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave

to king Solomon.

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And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought

in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.

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And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the

LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for

singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this

day.

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And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire,

whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his

royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and

her servants.

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Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six

hundred threescore and six talents of gold,

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Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the

spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the

governors of the country.

10:16

And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six

hundred shekels of gold went to one target.

10:17

And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of

gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the

forest of Lebanon.

10:18

Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it

with the best gold.

10:19

The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round

behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat,

and two lions stood beside the stays.

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And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon

the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.

10:21

And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the

vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold;

none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of

Solomon.

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For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of

Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing

gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

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So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and

for wisdom.

10:24

And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which

God had put in his heart.

10:25

And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and

vessels of gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses, and

mules, a rate year by year.

10:26

And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had

a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand

horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with

the king at Jerusalem.

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And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars

made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for

abundance.

10:28

And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the

king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

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And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred

shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for

all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they

bring them out by their means.

CHAPTER 11

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But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the

daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites,

Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:

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Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children

of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto

you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods:

Solomon clave unto these in love.

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And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred

concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

11:

For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned

away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with

the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

11:

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians,

and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

11:

And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully

after the LORD, as did David his father.

11:

Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the

abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for

Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

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And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense

and sacrificed unto their gods.

11:

And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was

turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto

him twice,

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And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not

go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD

commanded.

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Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is

done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes,

which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from

thee, and will give it to thy servant.

11:12

Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's

sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.

11:13

Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one

tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's

sake which I have chosen.

11:14

And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the

Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.

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11:15

For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the

captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had

smitten every male in Edom;

11:16

(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had

cut off every male in Edom:)

11:17

That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants

with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.

11:18

And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took

men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto

Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed

him victuals, and gave him land.

11:19

And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he

gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes

the queen.

11:20

And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom

Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in

Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh.

11:21

And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers,

and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to

Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.

11:22

Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me,

that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he

answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.

11:23

And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of

Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:

11:24

And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band,

when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and

dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.

11:25

And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside

the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned

over Syria.

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11:26

And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda,

Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow

woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.

11:27

And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king:

Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David

his father.

11:28

And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon

seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler

over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

11:29

And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of

Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the

way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two

were alone in the field:

11:30

And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in

twelve pieces:

11:31

And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the

LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of

the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:

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:)

11:33

Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped

Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the

Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have

not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and

to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.

11:34

Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I

will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's

sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my

statutes:

11:35

But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it

unto thee, even ten tribes.

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11:36

And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may

have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have

chosen me to put my name there.

11:37

And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy

soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

11:38

And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee,

and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep

my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that

I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David,

and will give Israel unto thee.

11:39

And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.

11:40

Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose,

and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt

until the death of Solomon.

11:41

And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his

wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?

11:42

And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was

forty years.

11:43

And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of

David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

CHAPTER 12

12:

And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to

Shechem to make him king.

12:

And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was

yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king

Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)

12:

That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the

congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

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Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the

grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put

upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

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12:

And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again

to me. And the people departed.

12:

And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before

Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise

that I may answer this people?

12:

And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto

this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and

speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

12:

But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given

him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with

him, and which stood before him:

12:

And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer

this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which

thy father did put upon us lighter?

12:10

And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him,

saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto

thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it

lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger

shall be thicker than my father's loins.

12:11

And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will

add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I

will chastise you with scorpions.

12:12

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day,

as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.

12:13

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old

men's counsel that they gave him;

12:14

And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My

father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my

father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with

scorpions.

12:15

Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause

was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the

LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of

Nebat.

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So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the

people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David?

neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O

Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto

their tents.

12:17

But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah,

Rehoboam reigned over them.

12:18

Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and

all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king

Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to

Jerusalem.

12:19

So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.

12:20

And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come

again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and

made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the

house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

12:21

And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the

house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and

fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight

against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam

the son of Solomon.

12:22

But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

12:23

Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and

unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of

the people, saying,

12:24

Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your

brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for

this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the

LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the

LORD.

12:25

Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt

therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.

12:26

And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to

the house of David:

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If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at

Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their

lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me,

and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.

12:28

Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold,

and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem:

behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of

Egypt.

12:29

And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.

12:30

And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before

the one, even unto Dan.

12:31

And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the

lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

12:32

And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the

fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and

he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the

calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the

high places which he had made.

12:33

So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the

fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had

devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of

Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

CHAPTER 13

13:

And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of

the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn

incense.

13:

And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said,

O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born

unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he

offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and

men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

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And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the

LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes

that are upon it shall be poured out.

13:

And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the

man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put

forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his

hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not

pull it in again to him.

13:

The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar,

according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word

of the LORD.

13:

And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now

the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand

may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the

LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as

it was before.

13:

And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and

refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.

13:

And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half

thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor

drink water in this place:

13:

For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no

bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou

camest.

13:10

So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came

to Bethel.

13:11

Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and 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 unto the king, them they

told also to their father.

13:12

And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons

had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.

13:13

And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him

the ass: and he rode thereon,

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13:14

And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an

oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest

from Judah? And he said, I am.

13:15

Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.

13:16

And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee:

neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:

13:17

For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no

bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that

thou camest.

13:18

He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel

spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back

with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water.

But he lied unto him.

13:19

So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and

drank water.

13:20

And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the

LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:

13:21

And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying,

Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the

mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which

the LORD thy God commanded thee,

13:22

But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the

place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and

drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of

thy fathers.

13:23

And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had

drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet

whom he had brought back.

13:24

And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him:

and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the

lion also stood by the carcase.

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And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way,

and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in

the city where the old prophet dwelt.

13:26

And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard

thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto

the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him

unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the

word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.

13:27

And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they

saddled him.

13:28

And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and

the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase,

nor torn the ass.

13:29

And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it

upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the

city, to mourn and to bury him.

13:30

And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over

him, saying, Alas, my brother!

13:31

And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his

sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre

wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:

13:32

For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against

the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places

which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

13:33

After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made

again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places:

whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the

priests of the high places.

13:34

And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut

it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

CHAPTER 14

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At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.

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And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise

thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and

get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told

me that I should be king over this people.

14:

And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey,

and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.

14:

And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and

came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes

were set by reason of his age.

14:

And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam

cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and

thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in,

that she shall feign herself to be another woman.

14:

And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she

came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam;

why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with

heavy tidings.

14:

Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch

as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over

my people Israel,

14:

And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it

thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept

my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do

that only which was right in mine eyes;

14:

But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast

gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me

to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

14:10

Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam,

and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall,

and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the

remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till

it be all gone.

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Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him

that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD

hath spoken it.

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Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy

feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

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And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of

Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found

some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of

Jeroboam.

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Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who

shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.

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For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water,

and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to

their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they

have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.

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And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who

did sin, and who made Israel to sin.

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And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and

when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;

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And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to

the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant

Ahijah the prophet.

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And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he

reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of

the kings of Israel.

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And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years:

and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his

stead.

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And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam

was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned

seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose

out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his

mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

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And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked

him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above

all that their fathers had done.

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For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on

every high hill, and under every green tree.

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And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according

to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out

before the children of Israel.

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And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that

Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:

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And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the

treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took

away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

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And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and

committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which

kept the door of the king's house.

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And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD,

that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard

chamber.

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Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they

not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

14:30

And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their

days.

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And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his

fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah

an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

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Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat

reigned Abijam over Judah.

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Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother's name was

Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

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And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done

before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God,

as the heart of David his father.

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Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a

lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish

Jerusalem:

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Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD,

and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the

days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

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And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days

of his life.

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Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not

written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And

there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

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And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city

of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

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And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa

over Judah.

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And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's

name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

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And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did

David his father.

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And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all

the idols that his fathers had made.

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And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being

queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed

her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.

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But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart

was perfect with the LORD all his days.

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And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and

the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the

LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels.

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And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their

days.

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And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah,

that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of

Judah.

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Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the

treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's

house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king

Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of

Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

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There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and

thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and

gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he

may depart from me.

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So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the

hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and

Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of

Naphtali.

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And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off

building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

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Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none

was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the

timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built

with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

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The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did,

and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of

the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his

old age he was diseased in his feet.

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And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in

the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his

stead.

15:25

And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the

second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two

years.

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And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of

his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.

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And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired

against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged

to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.

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Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him,

and reigned in his stead.

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And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house

of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he

had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which

he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:

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Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he

made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the

LORD God of Israel to anger.

15:31

Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not

written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

15:32

And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their

days.

15:33

In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of

Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.

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And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of

Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.

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Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani

against Baasha, saying,

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Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince

over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of

Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to

anger with their sins;

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Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity

of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam

the son of Nebat.

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Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that

dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.

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Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might,

are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of

Israel?

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So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and

Elah his son reigned in his stead.

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And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came

the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even

for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking

him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of

Jeroboam; and because he killed him.

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In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the

son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.

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And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired

against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the

house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.

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And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty

and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.

16:11

And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on

his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one

that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his

friends.

16:12

Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the

word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the

prophet.

16:13

For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which

they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking

the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

16:14

Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not

written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri

reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against

Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

16:16

And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath

conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made

Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.

16:17

And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and

they besieged Tirzah.

16:18

And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that

he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's

house over him with fire, and died.

16:19

For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD,

in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to

make Israel to sin.

16:20

Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought,

are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of

Israel?

16:21

Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the

people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and

half followed Omri.

16:22

But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people

that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri

reigned.

16:23

In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to

reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.

16:24

And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver,

and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built,

after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.

16:25

But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse

than all that were before him.

16:26

For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in

his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God

of Israel to anger with their vanities.

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Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that

he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the

kings of Israel?

16:28

So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and

Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

16:29

And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab

the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri

reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.

16:30

And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above

all that were before him.

16:31

And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk

in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife

Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went

and served Baal, and worshipped him.

16:32

And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he

had built in Samaria.

16:33

And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD

God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before

him.

16:34

In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the

foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates

thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the

LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

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And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said

unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I

stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to

my word.

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And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

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Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the

brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

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And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have

commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

17:

So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he

went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

17:

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and

bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

17:

And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because

there had been no rain in the land.

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And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

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Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell

there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain

thee.

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So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate

of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of

sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little

water in a vessel, that I may drink.

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And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring

me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.

17:12

And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but

an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold,

I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and

my son, that we may eat it, and die.

17:13

And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but

make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after

make for thee and for thy son.

17:14

For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall

not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the

LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.

17:15

And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she,

and he, and her house, did eat many days.

17:16

And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail,

according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.

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And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman,

the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore,

that there was no breath left in him.

17:18

And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man

of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and

to slay my son?

17:19

And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her

bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him

upon his own bed.

17:20

And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast

thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by

slaying her son?

17:21

And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto

the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's

soul come into him again.

17:22

And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child

came into him again, and he revived.

17:23

And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the

chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and

Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.

17:24

And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a

man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.

CHAPTER 18

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And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD

came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto

Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

18:

And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore

famine in Samaria.

18:

And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house.

(Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:

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For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD,

that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a

cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

18:

And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains

of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to

save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.

18:

So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab

went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by

himself.

18:

And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he

knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord

Elijah?

18:

And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

18:

And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy

servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

18:10

As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom,

whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He

is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they

found thee not.

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And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

18:12

And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the

Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so

when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay

me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.

18:13

Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets

of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's

prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

18:14

And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and

he shall slay me.

18:15

And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I

stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.

18:16

So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to

meet Elijah.

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And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto

him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?

18:18

And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy

father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the

LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.

18:19

Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel,

and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets

of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.

18:20

So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the

prophets together unto mount Carmel.

18:21

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye

between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if

Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

18:22

Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet

of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

18:23

Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one

bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and

put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on

wood, and put no fire under:

18:24

And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name

of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God.

And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.

18:25

And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock

for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the

name of your gods, but put no fire under.

18:26

And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed

it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon,

saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that

answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.

18:27

And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and

said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he

is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.

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18:28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with

knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.

18:29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied

until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was

neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.

18:30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all

the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the

LORD that was broken down.

18:31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the

tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD

came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

18:32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and

he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two

measures of seed.

18:33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and

laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and

pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.

18:34 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second

time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third

time.

18:35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench

also with water.

18:36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening

sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God

of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou

art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all

these things at thy word.

18:37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou

art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back

again.

18:38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice,

and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water

that was in the trench.

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And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they

said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.

18:40

And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one

of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought

them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

18:41

And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is

a sound of abundance of rain.

18:42

So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the

top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put

his face between his knees,

18:43

And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he

went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go

again seven times.

18:44

And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there

ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said,

Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down that

the rain stop thee not.

18:45

And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black

with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode,

and went to Jezreel.

18:46

And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his

loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

CHAPTER 19

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And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he

had slain all the prophets with the sword.

19:

Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods

do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of

them by to morrow about this time.

19:

And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to

Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.

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But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came

and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that

he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my

life; for I am not better than my fathers.

19:

And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel

touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.

19:

And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals,

and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid

him down again.

19:

And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and

touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too

great for thee.

19:

And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of

that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount

of God.

19:

And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the

word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest

thou here, Elijah?

19:10

And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts:

for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down

thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I

only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

19:11

And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the

LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong

wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the

LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an

earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:

19:12

And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire:

and after the fire a still small voice.

19:13

And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his

mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And,

behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou

here, Elijah?

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19:14

And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts:

because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown

down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I,

even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

19:15

And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the

wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to

be king over Syria:

19:16

And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over

Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou

anoint to be prophet in thy room.

19:17

And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of

Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of

Jehu shall Elisha slay.

19:18

Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which

have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed

him.

19:19

So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who

was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the

twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.

19:20

And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray

thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee.

And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

19:21

And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew

them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and

gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went

after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

CHAPTER 20

20:

And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and

there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots;

and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.

20:

And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and

said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad,

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20:

Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children,

even the goodliest, are mine.

20:

And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king,

according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.

20:

And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh

Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou

shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy

children;

20:

Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time,

and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants;

and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall

put it in their hand, and take it away.

20:

Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said,

Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he

sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver,

and for my gold; and I denied him not.

20:

And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not

unto him, nor consent.

20:

Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord

the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I

will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed,

and brought him word again.

20:10

And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me,

and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for

all the people that follow me.

20:11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not

him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.

20:12

And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he

was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto

his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in

array against the city.

20:13

And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel,

saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great

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multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and

thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

20:14

And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD,

Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he

said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.

20:15

Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces,

and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he

numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven

thousand.

20:16

And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself

drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings

that helped him.

20:17

And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first;

and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men

come out of Samaria.

20:18

And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive;

or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

20:19

So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the

city, and the army which followed them.

20:20

And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel

pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse

with the horsemen.

20:21

And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots,

and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

20:22

And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go,

strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the

return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.

20:23

And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are

gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us

fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than

they.

20:24

And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his

place, and put captains in their rooms:

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20:25

And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse

for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in

the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he

hearkened unto their voice, and did so.

20:26

And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad

numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against

Israel.

20:27

And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and

went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them

like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.

20:28

And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel,

and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said,

The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys,

therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and

ye shall know that I am the LORD.

20:29

And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it

was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children

of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one

day.

20:30

But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon

twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And

Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

20:31

And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that

the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray

thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go

out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

20:32

So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their

heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant

Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet

alive? he is my brother.

20:33

Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come

from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother

Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came

forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

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20:34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took

from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in

Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will

send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with

him, and sent him away.

20:35

And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his

neighbor in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the

man refused to smite him.

20:36

Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of

the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion

shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion

found him, and slew him.

20:37

Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And

the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.

20:38

So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and

disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

20:39

And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy

servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man

turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man:

if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or

else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

20:40

And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the

king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast

decided it.

20:41

And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king

of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

20:42

And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let

go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction,

therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his

people.

20:43

And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and

came to Samaria.

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CHAPTER 21

21:

And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite

had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab

king of Samaria.

21:

And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that

I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my

house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it

seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

21:

And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should

give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

21:

And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the

word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had

said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid

him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat

no bread.

21:

But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy

spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

21:

And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite,

and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it

please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he

answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.

21:

And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the

kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry:

I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

21:

So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal,

and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in

his city, dwelling with Naboth.

21:

And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set

Naboth on high among the people:

21:10

And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness

against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And

then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

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21:11

And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were

the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and

as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

21:12

They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

21:13

And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him:

and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth,

in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God

and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and

stoned him with stones, that he died.

21:14

Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.

21:15

And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned,

and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of

the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he

refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

21:16

And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that

Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite,

to take possession of it.

21:17

And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

21:18

Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria:

behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to

possess it.

21:19

And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD,

Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak

unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs

licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

21:20

And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And

he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to

work evil in the sight of the LORD.

21:21

Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy

posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the

wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,

21:22

And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of

Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the

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provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made

Israel to sin.

21:23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat

Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

21:24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that

dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.

21:25 But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work

wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife

stirred up.

21:26 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all

things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the

children of Israel.

21:27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent

his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in

sackcloth, and went softly.

21:28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

21:29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he

humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days:

but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.

CHAPTER 22

22:1 And they continued three years without war between Syria and

Israel.

22:2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of

Judah came down to the king of Israel.

22:3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that

Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the

hand of the king of Syria?

22:4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to

Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as

thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.

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22:

And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee,

at the word of the LORD to day.

22:

Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four

hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead

to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the LORD

shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

22:

And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD

besides, that we might enquire of him?

22:

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one

man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the

LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning

me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

22:

Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither

Micaiah the son of Imlah.

22:10

And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each

on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the

entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied

before them.

22:11

And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and

he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the

Syrians, until thou have consumed them.

22:12

And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to

Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the

king's hand.

22:13

And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him,

saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto

the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the

word of one of them, and speak that which is good.

22:14

And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith

unto me, that will I speak.

22:15

So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall

we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he

answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into

the hand of the king.

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22:16

And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee

that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the

LORD?

22:17

And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that

have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let

them return every man to his house in peace.

22:18

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee

that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?

22:19

And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the

LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by

him on his right hand and on his left.

22:20

And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up

and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another

said on that manner.

22:21

And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and

said, I will persuade him.

22:22

And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go

forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.

And he said, Thou shalt persude him, and prevail also: go forth,

and do so.

22:23

Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the

mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil

concerning thee.

22:24

But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah

on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD

from me to speak unto thee?

22:25

And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou

shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

22:26

And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto

Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;

22:27

And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and

feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I

come in peace.

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22:28

And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath

not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of

you.

22:29

So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to

Ramothgilead.

22:30

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise

myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And

the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.

22:31

But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that

had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor

great, save only with the king of Israel.

22:32

And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw

Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And

they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.

22:33

And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived

that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from

pursuing him.

22:34

And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of

Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the

driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host;

for I am wounded.

22:35

And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in

his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran

out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.

22:36

And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going

down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to

his own country.

22:37

So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the

king in Samaria.

22:38

And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs

licked up his blood; and they washed his armor; according unto the

word of the LORD which he spake.

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22:39

Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory

house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not

written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

22:40

So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his

stead.

22:41

And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the

fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

22:42

Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign;

and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his

mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

22:43

And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not

aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD:

nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people

offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.

22:44

And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

22:45

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he

shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the

chronicles of the kings of Judah?

22:46

And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of

his father Asa, he took out of the land.

22:47

There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

22:48

Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but

they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.

22:49

Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my

servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would

not.

22:50

And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his

fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned

in his stead.

22:51

Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the

seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two

years over Israel.

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22:52 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of

his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of

Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:

22:53 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger

the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.

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The Second Book of the

KINGS

CHAPTER 1

1:1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

1:2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that

was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said

unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the God of Ekron whether I

shall recover of this disease.

1:3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up

to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them,

Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire

of Baalzebub the God of Ekron?

1:4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down

from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And

Elijah departed.

1:5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto

them, Why are ye now turned back?

1:6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said

unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto

him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in

Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the God of

Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which

thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

1:7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came

up to meet you, and told you these words?

1:8 And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a

girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the

Tishbite.

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Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And

he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he

spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.

1:10

And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man

of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee

and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and

consumed him and his fifty.

1:11

Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty.

And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the

king said, Come down quickly.

1:12

And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let

fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And

the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his

fifty.

1:13

And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And

the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees

before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God,

I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be

precious in thy sight.

1:14

Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two

captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life

now be precious in thy sight.

1:15

And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him:

be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto

the king.

1:16

And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou

hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the God of Ekron, is

it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word?

therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art

gone up, but shalt surely die.

1:17

So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had

spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of

Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no

son.

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Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not

written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

CHAPTER 2

And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into

heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD

hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD

liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went

down to Bethel.

And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to

Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take

away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know

it; hold ye your peace.

And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the

LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth,

and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to

Jericho.

And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha,

and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away

thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know

it; hold ye your peace.

And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD

hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as

thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.

And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view

afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the

waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two

went over on dry ground.

And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said

unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away

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from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy

spirit be upon me.

2:10

And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see

me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it

shall not be so.

2:11

And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold,

there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them

both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

2:12

And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot

of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and

he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

2:13

He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went

back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;

2:14

And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the

waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he

also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and

Elisha went over.

2:15

And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho

saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And

they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before

him.

2:16

And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants

fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master:

lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and

cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said,

Ye shall not send.

2:17

And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They

sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found

him not.

2:18

And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he

said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?

2:19

And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the

situation of this city is pleasant, as my Lord seeth: but the water is

naught, and the ground barren.

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2:20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they

brought it to him.

2:21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt

in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these

waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren

land.

2:22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of

Elisha which he spake.

2:23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up

by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and

mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou

bald head.

2:24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the

name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the

wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

2:25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he

returned to Samaria.

CHAPTER 3

3:1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria

the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned

twelve years.

3:2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his

father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that

his father had made.

3:3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of

Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

3:4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto

the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred

thousand rams, with the wool.

3:5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab

rebelled against the king of Israel.

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And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and

numbered all Israel.

And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying,

The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me

against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art,

my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.

And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The

way through the wilderness of Edom.

So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of

Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days’ journey: and

there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed

them.

3:10

And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these

three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!

3:11

But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD,

that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of

Israel’s servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of

Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.

3:12

And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the

king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to

him.

3:13

And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with

thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of

thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the

LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into

the hand of Moab.

3:14

And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I

stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat

the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.

3:15

But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the

minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

3:16

And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of

ditches.

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3:17

For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye

see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may

drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

3:18

And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will

deliver the Moabites also into your hand.

3:19

And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and

shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar

every good piece of land with stones.

3:20

And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was

offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and

the country was filled with water.

3:21

And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to

fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armor,

and upward, and stood in the border.

3:22

And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the

water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as

blood:

3:23

And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they

have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

3:24

And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up

and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they

went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.

3:25

And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land

cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the

wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left

they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and

smote it.

3:26

And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for

him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to

break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.

3:27

Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead,

and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was

great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and

returned to their own land.

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CHAPTER 4

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the

prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead;

and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the

creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.

And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what

hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any

thing in the house, save a pot of oil.

Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors,

even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and

upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou

shalt set aside that which is full.

So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her

sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.

And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto

her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a

vessel more. And the oil stayed.

Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the

oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.

And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a

great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was,

that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is

an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.

4:10

Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set

for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and

it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

4:11

And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the

chamber, and lay there.

4:12

And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And

when he had called her, she stood before him.

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4:13

And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been

careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee?

wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the

host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.

4:14

And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi

answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.

4:15

And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the

door.

4:16

And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou

shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my Lord, thou man of

God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.

4:17

And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that

Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.

4:18

And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to

his father to the reapers.

4:19

And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a

lad, Carry him to his mother.

4:20

And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat

on her knees till noon, and then died.

4:21

And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and

shut the door upon him, and went out.

4:22

And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee,

one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the

man of God, and come again.

4:23

And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither

new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

4:24

Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go

forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.

4:25

So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And

it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said

to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:

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4:26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with

thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she

answered, It is well:

4:27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him

by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man

of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the

LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

4:28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my Lord? did I not say, Do not

deceive me?

4:29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in

thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not;

and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon

the face of the child.

4:30 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy

soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.

4:31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face

of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he

went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not

awaked.

4:32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was

dead, and laid upon his bed.

4:33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and

prayed unto the LORD.

4:34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon

his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his

hands: and stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the

child waxed warm.

4:35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up,

and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times,

and the child opened his eyes.

4:36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called

her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy

son.

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4:37

Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the

ground, and took up her son, and went out.

4:38

And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land;

and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said

unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the

sons of the prophets.

4:39

And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild

vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and

shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.

4:40

So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as

they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O

thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat

thereof.

4:41

But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he

said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no

harm in the pot.

4:42

And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of

God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears

of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that

they may eat.

4:43

And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred

men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus

saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.

4:44

So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof,

according to the word of the LORD.

CHAPTER 5

Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great

man with his master, and honorable, because by him the LORD

had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in

valour, but he was a leper.

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And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought

away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited

on Naaman’s wife.

And she said unto her mistress, Would God my Lord were with

the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his

leprosy.

And one went in, and told his Lord, saying, Thus and thus said the

maid that is of the land of Israel.

And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto

the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents

of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of

raiment.

And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when

this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman

my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.

And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter,

that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make

alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his

leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a

quarrel against me.

And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king

of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying,

Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and

he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at

the door of the house of Elisha.

5:10

And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in

Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and

thou shalt be clean.

5:11

But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I

thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the

name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and

recover the leper.

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5:12

Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the

waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he

turned and went away in a rage.

5:13

And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My

father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest

thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to

thee, Wash, and be clean?

5:14

Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan,

according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again

like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

5:15

And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and

came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that

there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray

thee, take a blessing of thy servant.

5:16

But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will

receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

5:17

And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy

servant two mules’ burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth

offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto

the LORD.

5:18

In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master

goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth

on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I

bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy

servant in this thing.

5:19

And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little

way.

5:20

But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold,

my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his

hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run

after him, and take somewhat of him.

5:21

So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him

running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him,

and said, Is all well?

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5:22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold,

even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young

men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of

silver, and two changes of garments.

5:23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him,

and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of

garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare

them before him.

5:24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and

bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they

departed.

5:25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto

him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went

no whither.

5:26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the

man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to

receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and

vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and

maidservants?

5:27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto

thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as

white as snow.

CHAPTER 6

6:1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the

place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.

6:2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a

beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And

he answered, Go ye.

6:3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants.

And he answered, I will go.

6:4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut

down wood.

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But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and

he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.

And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the

place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron

did swim.

Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and

took it.

Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with

his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.

And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware

that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come

down.

6:10

And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told

him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor

twice.

6:11

Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this

thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not

shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?

6:12

And one of his servants said, None, my Lord, O king: but Elisha,

the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that

thou speakest in thy bedchamber.

6:13

And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch

him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

6:14

Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and

they came by night, and compassed the city about.

6:15

And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone

forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and

chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how

shall we do?

6:16

And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than

they that be with them.

6:17

And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes,

that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young

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man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and

chariots of fire round about Elisha.

6:18

And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD,

and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he

smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

6:19

And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the

city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But

he led them to Samaria.

6:20

And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that

Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see.

And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they

were in the midst of Samaria.

6:21

And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My

father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

6:22

And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite

those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy

bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and

drink, and go to their master.

6:23

And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had

eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master.

So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

6:24

And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria

gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

6:25

And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged

it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and

the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.

6:26

And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried

a woman unto him, saying, Help, my Lord, O king.

6:27

And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help

thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?

6:28

And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered,

This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to

day, and we will eat my son to morrow.

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6:29

So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the

next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her

son.

6:30

And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman,

that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the

people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

6:31

Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha

the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

6:32

But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the

king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to

him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath

sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh,

shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his

master’s feet behind him?

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And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came

down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD;

what should I wait for the LORD any longer?

CHAPTER 7

Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the

LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be

sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the

gate of Samaria.

Then a Lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of

God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in

heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it

with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and

they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city,

and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now

therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they

save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

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And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the

Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the

camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.

For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of

chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and

they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us

the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come

upon us.

Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents,

and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled

for their life.

And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp,

they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence

silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again,

and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and

hid it.

Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of

good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning

light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that

we may go and tell the king’s household.

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So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told

them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold,

there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and

asses tied, and the tents as they were.

7:11

And he called the porters; and they told it to the king’s house

within.

7:12

And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will

now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that

we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide

themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we

shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

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And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray

thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city,

(behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it:

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behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites

that are consumed:) and let us send and see.

7:14

They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the

host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

7:15

And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full

of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their

haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

7:16

And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a

measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of

barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

7:17

And the king appointed the Lord on whose hand he leaned to have

the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate,

and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king

came down to him.

7:18

And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king,

saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine

flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of

Samaria:

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And that Lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if

the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be?

And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not

eat thereof.

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And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the

gate, and he died.

CHAPTER 8

Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to

life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn

wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a

famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God:

and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the

Philistines seven years.

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And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman

returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to

cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God,

saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath

done.

And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored

a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had

restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land.

And Gehazi said, My Lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is

her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king

appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was

hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the

land, even until now.

And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was

sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.

And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and

go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying,

Shall I recover of this disease?

So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of

every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and

stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath

sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

8:10

And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest

certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall

surely die.

8:11

And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed:

and the man of God wept.

8:12

And Hazael said, Why weepeth my Lord? And he answered,

Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of

Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men

wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip

up their women with child.

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8:13

And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do

this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me

that thou shalt be king over Syria.

8:14

So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to

him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that

thou shouldest surely recover.

8:15

And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and

dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and

Hazael reigned in his stead.

8:16

And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel,

Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Je

hoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

8:17

Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he

reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

8:18

And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of

Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the

sight of the LORD.

8:19

Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s

sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his

children.

8:20

In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made

a king over themselves.

8:21

So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he

rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him

about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into

their tents.

8:22

Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day.

Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

8:23

And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not

written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

8:24

And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers

in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

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8:25

In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did

Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.

8:26

Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign;

and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was

Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

8:27

And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the

sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in

law of the house of Ahab.

8:28

And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael

king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

8:29

And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds

which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against

Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of

Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because

he was sick.

CHAPTER 9

And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets,

and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in

thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:

And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of

Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up

from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;

Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus

saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open

the door, and flee, and tarry not.

So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to

Ramothgilead.

And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting;

and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said,

Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.

And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his

head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I

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have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over

Israel.

And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may

avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all

the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.

For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from

Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and

left in Israel:

And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the

son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:

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And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there

shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.

9:11

Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his Lord: and one said

unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And

he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.

9:12

And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus

spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee

king over Israel.

9:13

Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it

under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying,

Jehu is king.

9:14

So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired

against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all

Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.

9:15

But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds

which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king

of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth

nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.

9:16

So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there.

And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.

9:17

And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied

the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And

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Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him

say, Is it peace?

9:18

So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith

the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with

peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The

messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.

9:19

Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and

said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What

hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.

9:20

And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and

cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son

of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.

9:21

And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready.

And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each

in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the

portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.

9:22

And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it

peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the

whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so

many?

9:23

And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There

is treachery, O Ahaziah.

9:24

And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram

between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk

down in his chariot.

9:25

Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the

portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how

that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the

LORD laid this burden upon him;

9:26

Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of

his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith

the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of

ground, according to the word of the LORD.

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9:27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way

of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite

him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur,

which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

9:28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried

him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.

9:29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah

to reign over Judah.

9:30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she

painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.

9:31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who

slew his master?

9:32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my

side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.

9:33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some

of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he

trode her under foot.

9:34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see

now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king’s daughter.

9:35 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the

skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

9:36 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the

word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the

Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of

Jezebel:

9:37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the

field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is

Jezebel.

CHAPTER 10

10:1 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters,

and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to

them that brought up Ahab’s children, saying,

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10:

Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master’s

sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a

fenced city also, and armor;

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Look even out the best and meetest of your master’s sons, and set

him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.

10:

But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings

stood not before him: how then shall we stand?

10:

And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the

elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu,

saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us;

we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine

eyes.

10:

Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be

mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of

the men your master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to

morrow this time. Now the king’s sons, being seventy persons,

were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.

10:

And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took

the king’s sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in

baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.

10:

And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have

brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in

two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.

10:

And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood,

and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired

against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?

10:10

Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word

of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of

Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant

Elijah.

10:11

So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and

all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him

none remaining.

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10:12

And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at

the shearing house in the way,

10:13

Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said,

Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah;

and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children

of the queen.

10:14

And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew

them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men;

neither left he any of them.

10:15

And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son

of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him,

Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab

answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his

hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

10:16

And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So

they made him ride in his chariot.

10:17

And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab

in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the

LORD, which he spake to Elijah.

10:18

And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them,

Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.

10:19

Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his

servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great

sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not

live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy

the worshippers of Baal.

10:20

And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they

proclaimed it.

10:21

And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal

came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they

came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from

one end to another.

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10:22

And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth

vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them

forth vestments.

10:23

And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house

of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look

that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but

the worshippers of Baal only.

10:24

And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu

appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men

whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him

go, his life shall be for the life of him.

10:25

And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the

burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go

in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with

the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them

out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

10:26

And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and

burned them.

10:27

And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house

of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.

10:28

Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

10:29

Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made

Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden

calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.

10:30

And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in

executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the

house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children

of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.

10:31

But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of

Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of

Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

10:32

In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael

smote them in all the coasts of Israel;

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10:33

From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the

Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river

Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.

10:34

Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his

might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the

kings of Israel?

10:35

And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria.

And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.

10:36

And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty

and eight years.

CHAPTER 11

11:

And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was

dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

11:

But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took

Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s

sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in

the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

11:

And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And

Athaliah did reign over the land.

11:

And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over

hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to

him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them,

and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed

them the king’s son.

11:

And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do;

A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be

keepers of the watch of the king’s house;

11:

And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the

gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that

it be not broken down.

11:

And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they

shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

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11:

And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his

weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him

be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh

in.

11:

And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that

Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men

that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out

on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

11:10

And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David’s

spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.

11:11

And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand,

round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left

corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.

11:12

And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the crown upon him,

and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed

him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.

11:13

And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people,

she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.

11:14

And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the

manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and

all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and

Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.

11:15

But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds,

the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without

the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the

priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.

11:16

And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which

the horses came into the king’s house: and there was she slain.

11:17

And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king

and the people, that they should be the LORD’s people; between

the king also and the people.

11:18

And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and

brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces

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thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

11:19

And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the

guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the

king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate

of the guard to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the

kings.

11:20

And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet:

and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king’s house.

11:21

Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.

CHAPTER 12

12:

In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years

reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zibiah of

Beersheba.

12:

And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all

his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

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But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed

and burnt incense in the high places.

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And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated

things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money

of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is

set at, and all the money that cometh into any man’s heart to bring

into the house of the LORD,

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Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and

let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach

shall be found.

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But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash

the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

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Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other

priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the

house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance,

but deliver it for the breaches of the house.

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And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people,

neither to repair the breaches of the house.

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But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of

it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into

the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put

therein all the money that was brought into the house of the

LORD.

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And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the

chest, that the king’s scribe and the high priest came up, and they

put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of

the LORD.

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And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that

did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and

they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon

the house of the LORD,

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And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed

stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all

that was laid out for the house to repair it.

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Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of

silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of

silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:

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But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the

house of the LORD.

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Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they

delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt

faithfully.

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The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house

of the LORD: it was the priests’.

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Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and

took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

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And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that

Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of

Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold

that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in

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the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went

away from Jerusalem.

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And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not

written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in

the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.

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For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of

Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him

with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned

in his stead.

CHAPTER 13

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In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of

Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in

Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.

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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and

followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel

to sin; he departed not therefrom.

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And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he

delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the

hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days.

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And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto

him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria

oppressed them.

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(And the LORD gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from

under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in

their tents, as beforetime.

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Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of

Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there

remained the grove also in Samaria.)

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Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen,

and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria

had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.

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Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his

might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the

kings of Israel?

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And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in

Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.

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In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began

Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and

reigned sixteen years.

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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he

departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who

made Israel sin: but he walked therein.

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And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might

wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not

written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his

throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

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Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And

Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his

face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the

horsemen thereof.

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And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto

him bow and arrows.

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And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow.

And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the

king’s hands.

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And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then

Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the

LORD’s deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for

thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed

them.

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And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto

the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and

stayed.

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And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou

shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten

Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite

Syria but thrice.

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And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the

Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

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And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold,

they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre

of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones

of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

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But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

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And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on

them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither

cast he them from his presence as yet.

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So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his

stead.

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And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of

Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of

the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat

him, and recovered the cities of Israel.

CHAPTER 14

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In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned

Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.

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He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and

reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s

name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

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And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not

like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his

father did.

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Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people

did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.

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And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his

hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.

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But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that

which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the

LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death

for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but

every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

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He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah

by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.

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Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz

son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in

the face.

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And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah,

saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was

in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there

passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the

thistle.

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Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee

up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou

meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah

with thee?

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But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel

went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in

the face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

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And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every

man to their tents.

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And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of

Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to

Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of

Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

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And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were

found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s

house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.

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Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might,

and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not

written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

14:16

And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with

the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.

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And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death

of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

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And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the

book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled

to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

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And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem

with his fathers in the city of David.

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And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years

old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

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He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept

with his fathers.

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In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah

Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria,

and reigned forty and one years.

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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he

departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who

made Israel to sin.

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He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto

the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of

Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of

Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher.

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For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter:

for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for

Israel.

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And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel

from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the

son of Joash.

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Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his

might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and

Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written

in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel;

and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.

CHAPTER 15

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In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began

Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.

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Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned

two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was

Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

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And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,

according to all that his father Amaziah had done;

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Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed

and burnt incense still on the high places.

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And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day

of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king’s

son was over the house, judging the people of the land.

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And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not

written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his

fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his

stead.

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In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did

Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six

months.

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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his

fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the

son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

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And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote

him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

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And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in

the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

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This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu,

saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth

generation. And so it came to pass.

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Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth

year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in

Samaria.

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For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to

Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew

him, and reigned in his stead.

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And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he

made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the

kings of Israel.

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Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the

coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him,

therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with

child he ripped up.

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In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began

Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten

years in Samaria.

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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he

departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of

Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

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And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem

gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with

him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.

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And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty

men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the

king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not

there in the land.

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And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they

not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned

in his stead.

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In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of

Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two

years.

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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he

departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who

made Israel to sin.

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But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against

him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house,

with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites:

and he killed him, and reigned in his room.

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And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold,

they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

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In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son

of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned

twenty years.

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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he

departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who

made Israel to sin.

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In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of

Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and

Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of

Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

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And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the

son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his

stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

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And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they

are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

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In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel

began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.

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Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he

reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was

Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

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And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did

according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

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Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed

and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate

of the house of the LORD.

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Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not

written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

15:37

In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the

king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

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And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers

in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his

stead.

CHAPTER 16

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In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son

of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

16:

Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned

sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the

sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.

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But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his

son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the

heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of

Israel.

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And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the

hills, and under every green tree.

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Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel

came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could

not overcome him.

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16:

At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and

drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and

dwelt there unto this day.

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So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying,

I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the

hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel,

which rise up against me.

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And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of

the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for

a present to the king of Assyria.

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And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of

Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the

people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.

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And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of

Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz

sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of

it, according to all the workmanship thereof.

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And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz

had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king

Ahaz came from Damascus.

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And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the

altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.

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And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured

his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings,

upon the altar.

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And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD,

from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the

house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.

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And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the

great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat

offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with

the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat

offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood

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of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the

brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.

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Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz

commanded.

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And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the

laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen

oxen that were under it, and put it upon the pavement of stones.

16:18

And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and

the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD

for the king of Assyria.

16:19

Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not

written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

16:20

And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in

the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

CHAPTER 17

17:

In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of

Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.

17:

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not

as the kings of Israel that were before him.

17:

Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea

became his servant, and gave him presents.

17:

And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had

sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the

king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of

Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

17:

Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and

went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

17:

In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and

carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in

Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

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For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the

LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of

Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had

feared other gods,

17:

And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast

out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel,

which they had made.

17:

And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not

right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places

in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced

city.

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And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and

under every green tree:

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And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the

heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought

wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:

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For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye

shall not do this thing.

17:13

Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the

prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil

ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to

all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to

you by my servants the prophets.

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Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks,

like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD

their God.

17:15

And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with

their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them;

and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the

heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD

had charged them, that they should not do like them.

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And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and

made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and

worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

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And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the

fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to

do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

17:18

Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed

them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah

only.

17:19

Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God,

but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

17:20

And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them,

and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them

out of his sight.

17:21

For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made

Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from

following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.

17:22

For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which

he did; they departed not from them;

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Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by

all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of

their own land to Assyria unto this day.

17:24

And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from

Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim,

and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of

Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

17:25

And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they

feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them,

which slew some of them.

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Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations

which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know

not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions

among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not

the manner of the God of the land.

17:27

Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of

the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and

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dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the

land.

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Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria

came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear

the LORD.

17:29

Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the

houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every

nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.

17:30

And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of

Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

17:31

And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites

burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the

gods of Sepharvaim.

17:32

So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest

of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the

houses of the high places.

17:33

They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the

manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

17:34

Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the

LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their

ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD

commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

17:35

With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them,

saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them,

nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

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But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with

great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him

shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.

17:37

And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the

commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for

evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.

17:38

And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget;

neither shall ye fear other gods.

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But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out

of the hand of all your enemies.

17:40

Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former

manner.

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So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images,

both their children, and their children’s children: as did their

fathers, so do they unto this day.

CHAPTER 18

18:1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king

of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to

reign.

18:2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he

reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name

also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.

18:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,

according to all that David his father did.

18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down

the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had

made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to

it: and he called it Nehushtan.

18:5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none

like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before

him.

18:6 For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him,

but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded

Moses.

18:7 And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he

went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served

him not.

18:8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof,

from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

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And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which

was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that

Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged

it.

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And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of

Hezekiah, that is in the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria

was taken.

18:11

And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and

put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the

cities of the Medes:

18:12

Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but

transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the

LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.

18:13

Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king

of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took

them.

18:14

And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish,

saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest

on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto

Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty

talents of gold.

18:15

And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house

of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house.

18:16

At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the

temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of

Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

18:17

And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh

from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem.

And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were

come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool,

which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.

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And when they had called to the king, there came out to them

Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and

Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.

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And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus

saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this

wherein thou trustest?

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Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and

strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou

rebellest against me?

18:21

Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed,

even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand,

and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on

him.

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But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that

he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away,

and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this

altar in Jerusalem?

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Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my Lord the king of

Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be

able on thy part to set riders upon them.

18:24

How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least

of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots

and for horsemen?

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Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to

destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and

destroy it.

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Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto

Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian

language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews’

language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

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But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy

master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to

the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung,

and drink their own piss with you?

18:28

Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’

language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the

king of Assyria:

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18:29 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not

be able to deliver you out of his hand:

18:30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The

LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered

into the hand of the king of Assyria.

18:31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make

an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then

eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and

drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:

18:32 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a

land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil

olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not

unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will

deliver us.

18:33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of

the hand of the king of Assyria?

18:34 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods

of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of

mine hand?

18:35 Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have

delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should

deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?

18:36 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for

the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

18:37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the

household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the

recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the

words of Rabshakeh.

CHAPTER 19

19:1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his

clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the

house of the LORD.

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And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna

the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to

Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

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And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of

trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to

the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

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It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of

Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to

reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the

LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the

remnant that are left.

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So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

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And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus

saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard,

with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed

me.

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Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour,

and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the

sword in his own land.

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So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring

against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from

Lachish.

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And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is

come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto

Hezekiah, saying,

19:10

Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy

God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall

not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

19:11

Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all

lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?

19:12

Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have

destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of

Eden which were in Thelasar?

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19:13

Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king

of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?

19:14

And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers,

and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD,

and spread it before the LORD.

19:15

And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God

of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God,

even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made

heaven and earth.

19:16

LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes,

and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to

reproach the living God.

19:17

Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations

and their lands,

19:18

And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but

the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have

destroyed them.

19:19

Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out

of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou

art the LORD God, even thou only.

19:20

Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith

the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me

against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.

19:21

This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The

virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to

scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

19:22

Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom

hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even

against the Holy One of Israel.

19:23

By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said,

With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of

the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall

cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter

into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.

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19:24

I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my

feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

19:25

Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient

times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that

thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.

19:26

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were

dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and

as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn

blasted before it be grown up.

19:27

But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and

thy rage against me.

19:28

Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine

ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy

lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

19:29

And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things

as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth

of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant

vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.

19:30

And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet

again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

19:31

For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape

out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

19:32

Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He

shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come

before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.

19:33

By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not

come into this city, saith the LORD.

19:34

For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for

my servant David’s sake.

19:35

And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went

out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore

and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning,

behold, they were all dead corpses.

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19:36

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned,

and dwelt at Nineveh.

19:37

And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of

Nisroch his God, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote

him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia.

And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

CHAPTER 20

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In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet

Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith

the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

20:

Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,

saying,

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I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before

thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is

good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

20:

And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle

court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

20:

Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith

the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I

have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou

shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.

20:

And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee

and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will

defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s

sake.

20:

And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on

the boil, and he recovered.

20:

And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the

LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the

LORD the third day?

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And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the

LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go

forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?

20:10

And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go

down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten

degrees.

20:11

And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the

shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the

dial of Ahaz.

20:12

At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of

Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard

that Hezekiah had been sick.

20:13

And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the

house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the

spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armor,

and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his

house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

20:14

Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto

him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee?

And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from

Babylon.

20:15

And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah

answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen:

there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.

20:16

And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.

20:17

Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that

which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be

carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.

20:18

And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget,

shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the

king of Babylon.

20:19

Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD

which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and

truth be in my days?

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20:20 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he

made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are

they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of

Judah?

20:21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned

in his stead.

CHAPTER 21

21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and

reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name

was Hephzibah.

21:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the

abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the

children of Israel.

21:3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had

destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as

did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and

served them.

21:4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD

said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

21:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of

the house of the LORD.

21:6 And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and

used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he

wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke

him to anger.

21:7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the

house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son,

In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all

tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

21:8 Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land

which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according

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to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that

my servant Moses commanded them.

21:

But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more

evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the

children of Israel.

21:10

And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying,

21:11

Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations,

and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which

were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:

21:12

Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am

bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever

heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.

21:13

And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the

plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man

wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.

21:14

And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver

them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey

and a spoil to all their enemies;

21:15

Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have

provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of

Egypt, even unto this day.

21:16

Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had

filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith

he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of

the LORD.

21:17

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his

sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the

chronicles of the kings of Judah?

21:18

And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden

of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned

in his stead.

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21:19

Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and

he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was

Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

21:20

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his

father Manasseh did.

21:21

And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served

the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

21:22

And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in

the way of the LORD.

21:23

And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the

king in his own house.

21:24

And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against

king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in

his stead.

21:25

Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not

written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

21:26

And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and

Josiah his son reigned in his stead.

CHAPTER 22

22:

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned

thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was

Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.

22:

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and

walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to

the right hand or to the left.

22:

And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the

king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the

scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,

22:

Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which

is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the

door have gathered of the people:

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And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that

have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it

to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to

repair the breaches of the house,

22:

Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and

hewn stone to repair the house.

22:

Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money

that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.

22:

And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have

found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah

gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

22:

And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king

word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that

was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them

that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the

LORD.

22:10

And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest

hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

22:11

And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the

book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

22:12

And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son

of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the

scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king’s, saying,

22:13

Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all

Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is

the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our

fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do

according unto all that which is written concerning us.

22:14

So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and

Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum

the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe;

(now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed

with her.

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22:15

And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell

the man that sent you to me,

22:16

Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and

upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which

the king of Judah hath read:

22:17

Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto

other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works

of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this

place, and shall not be quenched.

22:18

But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD,

thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As

touching the words which thou hast heard;

22:19

Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself

before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this

place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become

a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before

me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.

22:20

Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt

be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all

the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the

king word again.

CHAPTER 23

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And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of

Judah and of Jerusalem.

23:

And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men

of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the

priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great:

and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant

which was found in the house of the LORD.

23:

And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the

LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments

and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their

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soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in

this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

23:

And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of

the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of

the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal,

and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned

them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the

ashes of them unto Bethel.

23:

And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah

had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of

Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that

burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the

planets, and to all the host of heaven.

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And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD,

without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the

brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the

powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.

23:

And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the

house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the

grove.

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And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled

the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to

Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in

the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which

were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.

23:

Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar

of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened

bread among their brethren.

23:10

And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of

Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass

through the fire to Molech.

23:11

And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to

the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the

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chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the

suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

23:12 And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz,

which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh

had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king

beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of

them into the brook Kidron.

23:13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the

right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of

Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians,

and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom

the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

23:14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and

filled their places with the bones of men.

23:15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which

Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both

that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high

place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.

23:16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were

there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the

sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it,

according to the word of the LORD which the man of God

proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

23:17 Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city

told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from

Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the

altar of Bethel.

23:18 And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let

his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of

Samaria.

23:19 And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of

Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord to

anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts

that he had done in Bethel.

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23:20

And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon

the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them, and returned to

Jerusalem.

23:21

And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover

unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this

covenant.

23:22

Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the

judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel,

nor of the kings of Judah;

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But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover

was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.

23:24

Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and

the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied

in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he

might perform the words of the law which were written in the

book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.

23:25

And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the

LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his

might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose

there any like him.

23:26

Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his

great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah,

because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him

withal.

23:27

And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I

have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I

have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be

there.

23:28

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not

written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

23:29

In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king

of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against

him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

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23:30

And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and

brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre.

And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and

anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.

23:31

Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign;

and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name

was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

23:32

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according

to all that his fathers had done.

23:33

And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of

Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a

tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

23:34

And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the

room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and

took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.

23:35

And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed

the land to give the money according to the commandment of

Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the

land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto

Pharaohnechoh.

23:36

Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign;

and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name

was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according

to all that his fathers had done.

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24:

In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and

Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and

rebelled against him.

24:

And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands

of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the

children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it,

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according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his

servants the prophets.

24:

Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah,

to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh,

according to all that he did;

24:

And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled

Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not

pardon.

24:

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they

not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

24:

So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned

in his stead.

24:

And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for

the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the

river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.

24:

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he

reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name was

Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

24:

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according

to all that his father had done.

24:10

At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came

up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

24:11

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and

his servants did besiege it.

24:12

And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon,

he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his

officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his

reign.

24:13

And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the

LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all

the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the

temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.

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24:14

And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the

mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the

craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the

people of the land.

24:15

And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother,

and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land,

those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

24:16

And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and

smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them

the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

24:17

And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king

in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

24:18

Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign,

and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name

was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

24:19

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according

to all that Jehoiakim had done.

24:20

For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem

and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that

Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

CHAPTER 25

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And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth

month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of

Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched

against it; and they built forts against it round about.

25:

And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

25:

And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in

the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

25:

And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night

by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s

garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and

the king went the way toward the plain.

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25:

And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook

him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from

him.

25:

So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon

to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.

25:

And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out

the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and

carried him to Babylon.

25:

And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is

the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came

Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of

Babylon, unto Jerusalem:

25:

And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all

the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he

with fire.

25:10

And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the

guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

25:11

Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the

fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of

the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry

away.

25:12

But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of the land

to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

25:13

And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and

the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD,

did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to

Babylon.

25:14

And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons,

and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they

away.

25:15

And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold,

in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.

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25:16

The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made

for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was

without weight.

25:17

The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter

upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and

the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round

about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with

wreathen work.

25:18

And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and

Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

25:19

And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of

war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence, which

were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which

mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people

of the land that were found in the city:

25:20

And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought

them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:

25:21

And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in

the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.

25:22

And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made

Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.

25:23

And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard

that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came

to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and

Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the

Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and

their men.

25:24

And Gedaliah swear to them, and to their men, and said unto them,

Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and

serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.

25:25

But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of

Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten

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men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and

the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.

25:26

And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the

armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the

Chaldees.

25:27

And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity

of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and

twentieth day of the month, that 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;

25:28

And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of

the kings that were with him in Babylon;

25:29

And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually

before him all the days of his life.

25:30

And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king,

a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.

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The First Book of the

CHRONICLES

CHAPTER 1

Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,

Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan,

and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and

Dodanim.

The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah,

and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

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And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

1:11

And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and

Naphtuhim,

1:12

And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and

Caphthorim.

1:13

And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,

1:14

The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

1:15

And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

1:16

And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.

1:17

The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and

Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

1:18

And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.

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1:19 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg;

because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name

was Joktan.

1:20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and

Jerah,

1:21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,

1:22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

1:23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of

Joktan.

1:24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,

1:25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,

1:26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,

1:27 Abram; the same is Abraham.

1:28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.

1:29 These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth;

then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

1:30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,

1:31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.

1:32 Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran,

and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And

the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.

1:33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and

Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.

1:34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.

1:35 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and

Korah.

1:36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz,

and Timna, and Amalek.

1:37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

1:38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,

and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan.

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1:39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan’s

sister.

1:40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and

Onam. and the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.

1:41 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and

Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

1:42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of

Dishan; Uz, and Aran.

1:43 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before

any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor:

and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

1:44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah

reigned in his stead.

1:45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites

reigned in his stead.

1:46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which

smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the

name of his city was Avith.

1:47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his

stead.

1:48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river

reigned in his stead.

1:49 And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in

his stead.

1:50 And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the

name of his city was Pai; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the

daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

1:51 Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke

Aliah, duke Jetheth,

1:52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,

1:53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,

1:54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.

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CHAPTER 2

2:1 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

Issachar, and Zebulun,

2:2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

2:3 The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were

born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the

firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew

him.

2:4 And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the

sons of Judah were five.

2:5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.

2:6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol,

and Dara: five of them in all.

2:7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who

transgressed in the thing accursed.

2:8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.

2:9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and

Ram, and Chelubai.

2:10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon,

prince of the children of Judah;

2:11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

2:12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,

2:13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and

Shimma the third,

2:14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

2:15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:

2:16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah;

Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

2:17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the

Ishmeelite.

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2:18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife,

and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

2:19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which

bare him Hur.

2:20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.

2:21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father

of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and

she bare him Segub.

2:22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land

of Gilead.

2:23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them,

with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All

these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

2:24 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah

Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.

2:25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the

firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.

2:26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was

the mother of Onam.

2:27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and

Jamin, and Eker.

2:28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of

Shammai; Nadab and Abishur.

2:29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him

Ahban, and Molid.

2:30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without

children.

2:31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And

the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.

2:32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan:

and Jether died without children.

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2:33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons

of Jerahmeel.

2:34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a

servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

2:35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she

bare him Attai.

2:36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,

2:37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,

2:38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,

2:39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,

2:40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,

2:41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.

2:42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his

firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah

the father of Hebron.

2:43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and

Shema.

2:44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat

Shammai.

2:45 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of

Bethzur.

2:46 And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez:

and Haran begat Gazez.

2:47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and

Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.

2:48 Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.

2:49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of

Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was

Achsa.

2:50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of

Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim.

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2:51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.

2:52 And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half

of the Manahethites.

2:53 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and

the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites,

and the Eshtaulites,

2:54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the

house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.

2:55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the

Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites

that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

CHAPTER 3

3:1 Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in

Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the

second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:

3:2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai

king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:

3:3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his

wife.

3:4 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned

seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and

three years.

3:5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab,

and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of

Ammiel:

3:6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,

3:7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

3:8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.

3:9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the

concubines, and Tamar their sister.

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3:10 And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son,

Jehoshaphat his son,

3:11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

3:12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,

3:13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

3:14 Amon his son, Josiah his son.

3:15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second

Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

3:16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.

3:17 And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,

3:18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama,

and Nedabiah.

3:19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the

sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their

sister:

3:20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah,

Jushabhesed, five.

3:21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of

Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of

Shechaniah.

3:22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah;

Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.

3:23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam,

three.

3:24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah,

and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.

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4:1 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and

Shobal.

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4:2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat

Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

4:3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and

Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:

4:4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah.

These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of

Bethlehem.

4:5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

4:6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and

Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

4:7 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.

4:8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the

son of Harum.

4:9 And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother

called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou

wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine

hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil,

that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he

requested.

4:11 And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the

father of Eshton.

4:12 And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father

of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah.

4:13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of

Othniel; Hathath.

4:14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of

the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.

4:15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam:

and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.

4:16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.

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4:17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and

Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of

Eshtemoa.

4:18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber

the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these

are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.

4:19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of

Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

4:20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and

Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.

4:21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah,

and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of

them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,

4:22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who

had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are

ancient things.

4:23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and

hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

4:24 The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and

Shaul:

4:25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.

4:26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei

his son.

4:27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters: but his brethren

had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to

the children of Judah.

4:28 And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,

4:29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,

4:30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

4:31 And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at

Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.

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4:32

And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and

Ashan, five cities:

4:33

And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto

Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.

4:34

And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,

4:35

And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son

of Asiel,

4:36

And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and

Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,

4:37

And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah,

the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;

4:38

These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and

the house of their fathers increased greatly.

4:39

And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of

the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

4:40

And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and

quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

4:41

And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of

Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found

there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their

rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.

4:42

And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men,

went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah,

and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

4:43

And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and

dwelt there unto this day.

CHAPTER 5

Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the

firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his

birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and

the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

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5:2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief

ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)

5:3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch,

and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

5:4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

5:5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,

5:6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away

captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.

5:7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their

generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

5:8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who

dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:

5:9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness

from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the

land of Gilead.

5:10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell

by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east

land of Gilead.

5:11 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of

Bashan unto Salcah:

5:12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in

Bashan.

5:13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and

Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber,

seven.

5:14 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah,

the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son

of Jahdo, the son of Buz;

5:15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their

fathers.

5:16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all

the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.

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5:17

All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king

of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

5:18

The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of

Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and

to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty

thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.

5:19

And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish,

and Nodab.

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And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were

delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they

cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because

they put their trust in him.

5:21

And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand,

and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two

thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.

5:22

For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And

they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.

5:23

And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land:

they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto

mount Hermon.

5:24

And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher,

and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and

Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house

of their fathers.

5:25

And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a

whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God

destroyed before them.

5:26

And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria,

and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried

them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe

of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara,

and to the river Gozan, unto this day.

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CHAPTER 6

6:1 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

6:2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

6:3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The

sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

6:4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,

6:5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,

6:6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,

6:7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

6:8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,

6:9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,

6:10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s

office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)

6:11 And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

6:12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,

6:13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,

6:14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,

6:15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away

Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

6:16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

6:17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.

6:18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and

Uzziel.

6:19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families

of the Levites according to their fathers.

6:20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

6:21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.

6:22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his

son,

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6:23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,

6:24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

6:25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.

6:26 As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath

his son,

6:27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

6:28 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.

6:29 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his

son,

6:30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

6:31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the

house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.

6:32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of

the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of

the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office

according to their order.

6:33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of

the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of

Shemuel,

6:34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of

Toah,

6:35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son

of Amasai,

6:36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of

Zephaniah,

6:37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son

of Korah,

6:38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of

Israel.

6:39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph

the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

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6:40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,

6:41 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

6:42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

6:43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

6:44 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan

the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

6:45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,

6:46 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,

6:47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of

Levi.

6:48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of

service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

6:49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering,

and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of

the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according

to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

6:50 And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son,

Abishua his son,

6:51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

6:52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

6:53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

6:54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their

coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for

theirs was the lot.

6:55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs

thereof round about it.

6:56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to

Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

6:57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely,

Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir,

and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,

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6:58 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,

6:59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:

6:60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and

Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All

their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

6:61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that

tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half

tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

6:62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the

tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe

of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen

cities.

6:63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their

families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad,

and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

6:64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their

suburbs.

6:65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and

out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of

the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their

names.

6:66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of

their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.

6:67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount

Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,

6:68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,

6:69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:

6:70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and

Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons

of Kohath.

6:71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half

tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and

Ashtaroth with her suburbs:

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6:72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs,

Daberath with her suburbs,

6:73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:

6:74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and

Abdon with her suburbs,

6:75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:

6:76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her

suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her

suburbs.

6:77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe

of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:

6:78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan,

were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness

with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,

6:79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:

6:80 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs,

and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

6:81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.

CHAPTER 7

7:1 Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and

Shimrom, four.

7:2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai,

and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father’s house, to wit, of

Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose

number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six

hundred.

7:3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael,

and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.

7:4 And with them, by their generations, after the house of their

fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand

men: for they had many wives and sons.

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7:5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant

men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and

seven thousand.

7:6 The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

7:7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth,

and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of

valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two

thousand and thirty and four.

7:8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and

Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and

Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.

7:9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations,

heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was

twenty thousand and two hundred.

7:10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and

Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish,

and Ahishahar.

7:11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty

men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers,

fit to go out for war and battle.

7:12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the

sons of Aher.

7:13 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum,

the sons of Bilhah.

7:14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine

the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:

7:15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim,

whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second

was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

7:16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his

name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his

sons were Ulam and Rakem.

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7:17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the

son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

7:18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and

Mahalah.

7:19 And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi,

and Aniam.

7:20 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and

Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,

7:21 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead,

whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because

they came down to take away their cattle.

7:22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren

came to comfort him.

7:23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son,

and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.

7:24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and

the upper, and Uzzensherah.)

7:25 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and

Tahan his son.

7:26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son.

7:27 Non his son, Jehoshuah his son.

7:28 And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns

thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the

towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and

the towns thereof:

7:29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and

her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor

and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of

Israel.

7:30 The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and

Serah their sister.

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7:31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of

Birzavith.

7:32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their

sister.

7:33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These

are the children of Japhlet.

7:34 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.

7:35 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and

Shelesh, and Amal.

7:36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri,

and Imrah,

7:37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.

7:38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.

7:39 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.

7:40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father’s house,

choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the

number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war

and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.

CHAPTER 8

8:1 Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and

Aharah the third,

8:2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

8:3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,

8:4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,

8:5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.

8:6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers

of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:

8:7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat

Uzza, and Ahihud.

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8:8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had

sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.

8:9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha,

and Malcham,

8:10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of

the fathers.

8:11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.

8:12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built

Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:

8:13 Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the

inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:

8:14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,

8:15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,

8:16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;

8:17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,

8:18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;

8:19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,

8:20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,

8:21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;

8:22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,

8:23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,

8:24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,

8:25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;

8:26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,

8:27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.

8:28 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men.

These dwelt in Jerusalem.

8:29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name was

Maachah:

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8:30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and

Nadab,

8:31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.

8:32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their

brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.

8:33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan,

and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

8:34 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat

Micah.

8:35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and

Ahaz.

8:36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and

Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,

8:37 And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel

his son:

8:38 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru,

and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were

the sons of Azel.

8:39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush

the second, and Eliphelet the third.

8:40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had

many sons, and sons’ sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of

the sons of Benjamin.

CHAPTER 9

9:1 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were

written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were

carried away to Babylon for their transgression.

9:2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their

cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.

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9:3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the

children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and

Manasseh;

9:4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the

son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.

9:5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.

9:6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and

ninety.

9:7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son

of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,

9:8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son

of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of

Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;

9:9 And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and

fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of

their fathers.

9:10 And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,

9:11 And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of

Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the

house of God;

9:12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of

Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the

son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

9:13 And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand

and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of

the service of the house of God.

9:14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of

Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

9:15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of

Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;

9:16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of

Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that

dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

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9:17 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and

Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;

9:18 Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were porters

in the companies of the children of Levi.

9:19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of

Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites,

were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the

tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD,

were keepers of the entry.

9:20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time

past, and the LORD was with him.

9:21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of

the tabernacle of the congregation.

9:22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two

hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in

their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their

set office.

9:23 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the

house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by

wards.

9:24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and

south.

9:25 And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after

seven days from time to time with them.

9:26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office,

and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

9:27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge

was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained

to them.

9:28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that

they should bring them in and out by tale.

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9:29

Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all

the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine,

and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

9:30

And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the

spices.

9:31

And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of

Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were

made in the pans.

9:32

And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were

over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.

9:33

And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who

remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in

that work day and night.

9:34

These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their

generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.

9:35

And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife’s

name was Maachah:

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And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and

Ner, and Nadab.

9:37

And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.

9:38

And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their

brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.

9:39

And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan,

and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

9:40

And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat

Micah.

9:41

And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and

Ahaz.

9:42

And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth,

and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;

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And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son,

Azel his son.

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9:44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru,

and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the

sons of Azel.

CHAPTER 10

10:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled

from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

10:2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and

the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the

sons of Saul.

10:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and

he was wounded of the archers.

10:4 Then said Saul to his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me

through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me.

But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took

a sword, and fell upon it.

10:5 And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise

on the sword, and died.

10:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.

10:7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that

they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook

their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

10:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to

strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount

Gilboa.

10:9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his

armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to

carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.

10:10 And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his

head in the temple of Dagon.

10:11 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to

Saul,

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10:12

They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul,

and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried

their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

10:13

So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the

LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not,

and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to

enquire of it;

10:14

And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned

the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

CHAPTER 11

11:

Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying,

Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

11:

And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he

that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God

said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be

ruler over my people Israel.

11:

Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and

David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD;

and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of

the LORD by Samuel.

11:

And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where

the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

11:

And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come

hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the

city of David.

11:

And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be

chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and

was chief.

11:

And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of

David.

11:

And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about:

and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

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11:

So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was

with him.

11:10

These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who

strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all

Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD

concerning Israel.

11:11

And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had;

Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up

his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.

11:12

And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was

one of the three mighties.

11:13

He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were

gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of

barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.

11:14

And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered

it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great

deliverance.

11:15

Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David,

into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped

in the valley of Rephaim.

11:16

And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines’ garrison was

then at Bethlehem.

11:17

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of

the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!

11:18

And the three brake through the host 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 the LORD.

11:19

And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I

drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy?

for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he

would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.

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11:20

And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for

lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a

name among the three.

11:21

Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their

captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.

11:22

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel,

who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also

he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.

11:23

And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high;

and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and

he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the

Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.

11:24

These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name

among the three mighties.

11:25

Behold, he was honorable among the thirty, but attained not to the

first three: and David set him over his guard.

11:26

Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of

Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

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Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

11:28

Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,

11:29

Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

11:30

Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the

Netophathite,

11:31

Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of

Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

11:32

Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

11:33

Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

11:34

The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the

Hararite,

11:35

Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,

11:36

Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,

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11:37

Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,

11:38

Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,

11:39

Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armorbearer of

Joab the son of Zeruiah,

11:40

Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

11:41

Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,

11:42

Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites,

and thirty with him,

11:43

Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,

11:44

Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the

Aroerite,

11:45

Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

11:46

Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam,

and Ithmah the Moabite,

11:47

Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.

CHAPTER 12

12:

Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet

kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were

among the mighty men, helpers of the war.

12:

They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and

the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of

Saul’s brethren of Benjamin.

12:

The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the

Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and

Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite.

12:

And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and

over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and

Josabad the Gederathite,

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Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah

the Haruphite,

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12:

Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the

Korhites,

12:

And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

12:

And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the

hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the

battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like

the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the

mountains;

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Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

12:10

Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,

12:11

Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,

12:12

Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,

12:13

Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.

12:14

These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the

least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.

12:15

These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it

had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the

valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.

12:16

And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold

unto David.

12:17

And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto

them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall

be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies,

seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look

thereon, and rebuke it.

12:18

Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains,

and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of

Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for

thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them

captains of the band.

12:19

And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the

Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the

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lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He

will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.

12:20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and

Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and

Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.

12:21 And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they

were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.

12:22 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until

it was a great host, like the host of God.

12:23 And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to

the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul

to him, according to the word of the LORD.

12:24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand

and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.

12:25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven

thousand and one hundred.

12:26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.

12:27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were

three thousand and seven hundred;

12:28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father’s

house twenty and two captains.

12:29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three

thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward

of the house of Saul.

12:30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight

hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of

their fathers.

12:31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were

expressed by name, to come and make David king.

12:32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had

understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the

heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at

their commandment.

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12:33

Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all

instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they

were not of double heart.

12:34

And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield

and spear thirty and seven thousand.

12:35

And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and

six hundred.

12:36

And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty

thousand.

12:37

And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the

Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of

instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.

12:38

All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect

heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest

also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

12:39

And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking:

for their brethren had prepared for them.

12:40

Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and

Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and

on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches

of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for

there was joy in Israel.

CHAPTER 13

13:

And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds,

and with every leader.

13:

And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good

unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad

unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel,

and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their

cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:

13:

And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not

at it in the days of Saul.

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13:4 And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing

was right in the eyes of all the people.

13:5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even

unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from

Kirjathjearim.

13:6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to

Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark

of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose

name is called on it.

13:7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of

Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.

13:8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might,

and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with

timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

13:9 And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put

forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.

13:10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he

smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died

before God.

13:11 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach

upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day.

13:12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring

the ark of God home to me?

13:13 So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David,

but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.

13:14 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his

house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of

Obededom, and all that he had.

CHAPTER 14

14:1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of

cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.

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And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over

Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people

Israel.

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And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more

sons and daughters.

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Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem;

Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,

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And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,

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And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

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And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.

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And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over

all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David

heard of it, and went out against them.

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And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of

Rephaim.

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And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the

Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the

LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine

hand.

14:11

So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there.

Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine

hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the

name of that place Baalperazim.

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And when they had left their gods there, David gave a

commandment, and they were burned with fire.

14:13

And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the

valley.

14:14

Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go

not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over

against the mulberry trees.

14:15

And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops

of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God

is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

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14:16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the

host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.

14:17 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD

brought the fear of him upon all nations.

CHAPTER 15

15:1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a

place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

15:2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the

Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God,

and to minister unto him for ever.

15:3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the

ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.

15:4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:

15:5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred

and twenty:

15:6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two

hundred and twenty:

15:7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brethren an hundred

and thirty:

15:8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two

hundred:

15:9 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:

15:10 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an

hundred and twelve.

15:11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the

Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and

Amminadab,

15:12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites:

sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring

up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have

prepared for it.

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For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a

breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

15:14

So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the

ark of the LORD God of Israel.

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And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their

shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according

to the word of the LORD.

15:16

And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their

brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries

and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

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So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his

brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari

their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

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And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben,

and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and

Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and

Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.

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So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to

sound with cymbals of brass;

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And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni,

and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;

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And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and

Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.

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And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed

about the song, because he was skilful.

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And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

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And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and

Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the

trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were

doorkeepers for the ark.

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So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands,

went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the

house of Obededom with joy.

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15:26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the

ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks

and seven rams.

15:27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites

that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the

song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.

15:28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD

with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets,

and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.

15:29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came

to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out

at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised

him in her heart.

CHAPTER 16

16:1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent

that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and

peace offerings before God.

16:2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings

and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the

LORD.

16:3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every

one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.

16:4 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark

of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD

God of Israel:

16:5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and

Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah,

and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but

Asaph made a sound with cymbals;

16:6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually

before the ark of the covenant of God.

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Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the

LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.

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Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his

deeds among the people.

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Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous

works.

16:10

Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek

the LORD.

16:11

Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.

16:12

Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders,

and the judgments of his mouth;

16:13

O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen

ones.

16:14

He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

16:15

Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he

commanded to a thousand generations;

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Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his

oath unto Isaac;

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And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for

an everlasting covenant,

16:18

Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your

inheritance;

16:19

When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.

16:20

And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom

to another people;

16:21

He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for

their sakes,

16:22

Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

16:23

Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his

salvation.

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16:24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among

all nations.

16:25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be

feared above all gods.

16:26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the

heavens.

16:27 Glory and honor are in his presence; strength and gladness are in

his place.

16:28 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the

LORD glory and strength.

16:29 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an

offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of

holiness.

16:30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it

be not moved.

16:31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say

among the nations, The LORD reigneth.

16:32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and

all that is therein.

16:33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the

LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.

16:34 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy

endureth for ever.

16:35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us

together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks

to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.

16:36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the

people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.

16:37 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph

and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every

day’s work required:

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16:38 And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight;

Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:

16:39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the

tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,

16:40 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt

offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all

that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded

Israel;

16:41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were

chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD,

because his mercy endureth for ever;

16:42 And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals

for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments

of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.

16:43 And all the people departed every man to his house: and David

returned to bless his house.

CHAPTER 17

17:1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to

Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark

of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.

17:2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God

is with thee.

17:3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to

Nathan, saying,

17:4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt

not build me an house to dwell in:

17:5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up

Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one

tabernacle to another.

17:6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of

the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people,

saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

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Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus

saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even

from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my

people Israel:

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And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and

have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee

a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.

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Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them,

and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more;

neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at

the beginning,

17:10

And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people

Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell

thee that the LORD will build thee an house.

17:11

And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou

must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after

thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

17:12

He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.

17:13

I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my

mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:

17:14

But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and

his throne shall be established for evermore.

17:15

According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did

Nathan speak unto David.

17:16

And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who

am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast

brought me hitherto?

17:17

And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast

also spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and

hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O

LORD God.

17:18

What can David speak more to thee for the honor of thy servant?

for thou knowest thy servant.

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17:19

O LORD, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart,

hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great

things.

17:20

O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside

thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

17:21

And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom

God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of

greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy

people whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?

17:22

For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever;

and thou, LORD, becamest their God.

17:23

Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken

concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for

ever, and do as thou hast said.

17:24

Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for

ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God

to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established

before thee.

17:25

For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him

an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray

before thee.

17:26

And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness

unto thy servant:

17:27

Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant,

that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and

it shall be blessed for ever.

CHAPTER 18

18:

Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines,

and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of

the Philistines.

18:

And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David’s servants,

and brought gifts.

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And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he

went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

18:

And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand

horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all

the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.

18:

And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king

of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand

men.

18:

Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians

became David’s servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD

preserved David whithersoever he went.

18:

And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of

Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

18:

Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer,

brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the

brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.

18:

Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all

the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;

18:10

He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare,

and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer,

and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him

all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.

18:11

Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver

and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and

from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the

Philistines, and from Amalek.

18:12

Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the

valley of salt eighteen thousand.

18:13

And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became

David’s servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever

he went.

18:14

So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice

among all his people.

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18:15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat

the son of Ahilud, recorder.

18:16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar,

were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;

18:17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the

Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.

CHAPTER 19

19:1 Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children

of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.

19:2 And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of

Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent

messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of

David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to

comfort him.

19:3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest

thou that David doth honor thy father, that he hath sent

comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to

search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

19:4 Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved them, and cut

off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent

them away.

19:5 Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served.

And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And

the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then

return.

19:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made

themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon

sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen

out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.

19:7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of

Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba.

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And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from

their cities, and came to battle.

19:

And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the

mighty men.

19:

And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array

before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by

themselves in the field.

19:10

Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and

behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in

array against the Syrians.

19:11

And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai

his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of

Ammon.

19:12

And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt

help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then

I will help thee.

19:13

Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our

people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that

which is good in his sight.

19:14

So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the

Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.

19:15

And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled,

they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the

city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

19:16

And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before

Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were

beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of

Hadarezer went before them.

19:17

And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over

Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against

them. So when David had put the battle in array against the

Syrians, they fought with him.

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But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians

seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand

footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.

19:19

And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the

worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his

servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon

any more.

CHAPTER 20

20:

And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time

that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army,

and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and

besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote

Rabbah, and destroyed it.

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And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and

found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in

it; and it was set upon David’s head: and he brought also exceeding

much spoil out of the city.

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And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with

saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David

with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the

people returned to Jerusalem.

20:

And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with

the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai,

that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.

20:

And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son

of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear

staff was like a weaver’s beam.

20:

And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great

stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each

hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant.

20:

But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David’s

brother slew him.

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20:8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand

of David, and by the hand of his servants.

CHAPTER 21

21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number

Israel.

21:2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go,

number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number

of them to me, that I may know it.

21:3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times

so many more as they be: but, my Lord the king, are they not all

my lord’s servants? why then doth my Lord require this thing?

why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

21:4 Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore

Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to

Jerusalem.

21:5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David.

And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred

thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred

threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

21:6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king’s

word was abominable to Joab.

21:7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

21:8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have

done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of

thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

21:9 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,

21:10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three

things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

21:11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD,

Choose thee

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21:12

Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before

thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or

else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the

land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the

coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall

bring again to him that sent me.

21:13

And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into

the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me

not fall into the hand of man.

21:14

So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel

seventy thousand men.

21:15

And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was

destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and

said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand.

And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan

the Jebusite.

21:16

And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD

stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in

his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders

of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

21:17

And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people

to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed;

but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray

thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but

not on thy people, that they should be plagued.

21:18

Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that

David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the

threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

21:19

And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the

name of the LORD.

21:20

And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with

him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

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21:21

And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and

went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with

his face to the ground.

21:22

Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this

threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD:

thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be

stayed from the people.

21:23

And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my Lord the

king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also

for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and

the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.

21:24

And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the

full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor

offer burnt offerings without cost.

21:25

So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold

by weight.

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And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt

offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he

answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.

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And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword

again into the sheath thereof.

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At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in

the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.

21:29

For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the

wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season

in the high place at Gibeon.

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But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was

afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

CHAPTER 22

22:

Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is

the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

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22:

And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were

in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to

build the house of God.

22:

And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors

of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without

weight;

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Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre

brought much cedar wood to David.

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And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the

house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding

magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will

therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared

abundantly before his death.

22:

Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an

house for the LORD God of Israel.

22:

And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind

to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:

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But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed

blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build

an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon

the earth in my sight.

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Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and

I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name

shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in

his days.

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He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I

will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom

over Israel for ever.

22:11

Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and

build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.

22:12

Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee

charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the

LORD thy God.

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Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes

and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning

Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.

22:14

Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the

LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand

thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for

it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou

mayest add thereto.

22:15

Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and

workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for

every manner of work.

22:16

Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no

number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.

22:17

David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his

son, saying,

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Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you

rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into

mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before

his people.

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Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God;

arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to

bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of

God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.

CHAPTER 23

23:

So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son

king over Israel.

23:

And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests

and the Levites.

23:

Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and

upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty

and eight thousand.

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23:4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work

of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and

judges:

23:5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised

the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to

praise therewith.

23:6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi,

namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

23:7 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.

23:8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel,

three.

23:9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These

were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.

23:10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah.

These four were the sons of Shimei.

23:11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and

Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning,

according to their father’s house.

23:12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

23:13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated,

that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for

ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and

to bless in his name for ever.

23:14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of

the tribe of Levi.

23:15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.

23:16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.

23:17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had

none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

23:18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.

23:19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,

Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

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23:20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first and Jesiah the second.

23:21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli;

Eleazar, and Kish.

23:22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their

brethren the sons of Kish took them.

23:23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

23:24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even

the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names

by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the

LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.

23:25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his

people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:

23:26 And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle,

nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.

23:27 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from

twenty years old and above:

23:28 Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the

service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the

chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of

the service of the house of God;

23:29 Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering,

and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the

pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and

size;

23:30 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and

likewise at even:

23:31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in

the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the

order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:

23:32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the

congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the

sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the

LORD.

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CHAPTER 24

24:1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of

Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

24:2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children:

therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office.

24:3 And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar,

and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in

their service.

24:4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than

of the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided. Among the

sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their

fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house

of their fathers.

24:5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the

governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God,

were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.

24:6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites,

wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest,

and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the

fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being

taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

24:7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

24:8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

24:9 The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,

24:10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

24:11 The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah,

24:12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,

24:13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

24:14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

24:15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,

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24:16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,

24:17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,

24:18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to

Maaziah.

24:19 These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the

house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their

father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.

24:20 And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of

Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.

24:21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was

Isshiah.

24:22 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.

24:23 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,

Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.

24:24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.

24:25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah;

Zechariah.

24:26 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah;

Beno.

24:27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur,

and Ibri.

24:28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.

24:29 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.

24:30 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These

were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.

24:31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of

Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and

Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites,

even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.

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CHAPTER 25

25:

Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the

service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who

should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals:

and the number of the workmen according to their service was:

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Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and

Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which

prophesied according to the order of the king.

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Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and

Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their

father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to

praise the LORD.

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Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel,

Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and

Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:

25:

All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of

God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons

and three daughters.

25:

All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house

of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service

of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph,

Jeduthun, and Heman.

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So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in

the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two

hundred fourscore and eight.

25:

And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the

great, the teacher as the scholar.

25:

Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to

Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:

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The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

25:11

The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

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The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

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25:13 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

25:14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were

twelve:

25:15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

25:16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were

twelve:

25:17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

25:18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were

twelve:

25:19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were

twelve:

25:20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were

twelve:

25:21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were

twelve:

25:22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were

twelve:

25:23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were

twelve:

25:24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren,

were twelve:

25:25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were

twelve:

25:26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were

twelve:

25:27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were

twelve:

25:28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren,

were twelve:

25:29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren,

were twelve:

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25:30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his

brethren, were twelve:

25:31 The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his

brethren, were twelve.

CHAPTER 26

26:1 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was

Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

26:2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn,

Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

26:3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.

26:4 Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn,

Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and

Nethaneel the fifth.

26:5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for

God blessed him.

26:6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout

the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.

26:7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad,

whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.

26:8 All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their

brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and

two of Obededom.

26:9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.

26:10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief,

(for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the

chief;)

26:11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the

sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

26:12 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the

chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the

house of the LORD.

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26:13 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the

house of their fathers, for every gate.

26:14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son,

a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.

26:15 To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.

26:16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate

Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.

26:17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a

day, and toward Asuppim two and two.

26:18 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.

26:19 These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and

among the sons of Merari.

26:20 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of

God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.

26:21 As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite

Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.

26:22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over

the treasures of the house of the LORD.

26:23 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the

Uzzielites:

26:24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of

the treasures.

26:25 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his

son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.

26:26 Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the

dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the

captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the

host, had dedicated.

26:27 Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the

house of the LORD.

26:28 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner

the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and

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whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of

Shelomith, and of his brethren.

26:29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward

business over Israel, for officers and judges.

26:30 And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour,

a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel

on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and

in the service of the king.

26:31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the

Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the

fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there

were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.

26:32 And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven

hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the

Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every

matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.

CHAPTER 27

27:1 Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief

fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers

that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in

and went out month by month throughout all the months of the

year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.

27:2 Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of

Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

27:3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the

host for the first month.

27:4 And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite,

and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise

were twenty and four thousand.

27:5 The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the

son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and

four thousand.

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27:6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above

the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.

27:7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of

Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were

twenty and four thousand.

27:8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite:

and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

27:9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the

Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

27:10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite,

of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four

thousand.

27:11 The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the

Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four

thousand.

27:12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite,

of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four

thousand.

27:13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the

Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and

four thousand.

27:14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the

Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were

twenty and four thousand.

27:15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the

Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four

thousand.

27:16 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites

was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the

son of Maachah:

27:17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites,

Zadok:

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27:18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri

the son of Michael:

27:19 Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth

the son of Azriel:

27:20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half

tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:

27:21 Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah:

of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:

27:22 Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the

tribes of Israel.

27:23 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and

under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to

the stars of the heavens.

27:24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not,

because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number

put in the account of the chronicles of king David.

27:25 And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and

over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages,

and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:

27:26 And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the

ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:

27:27 And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the

increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the

Shiphmite:

27:28 And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the

low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil

was Joash:

27:29 And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite:

and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of

Adlai:

27:30 Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses

was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:

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27:31

And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the

rulers of the substance which was king David’s.

27:32

Also Jonathan David’s uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a

scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons:

27:33

And Ahithophel was the king’s counsellor: and Hushai the Archite

was the king’s companion:

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And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and

Abiathar: and the general of the king’s army was Joab.

CHAPTER 28

28:

And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the

tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the

king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains

over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and

possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with

the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.

28:

Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my

brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an

house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the

footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

28:

But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name,

because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.

28:

Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of

my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah

to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father;

and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over

all Israel:

28:

And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he

hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the

kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

28:

And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house

and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be

his father.

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28:

Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to

do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.

28:

Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the

LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the

commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this

good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you

for ever.

28:

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and

serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the

LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations

of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if

thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

28:10

Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house

for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

28:11

Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and

of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the

upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlors thereof, and of the

place of the mercy seat,

28:12

And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the

house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the

treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the

dedicated things:

28:13

Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the

work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the

vessels of service in the house of the LORD.

28:14

He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of

all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by

weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:

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Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of

gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof:

and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the

candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of

every candlestick.

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And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every

table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:

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Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups:

and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason;

and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:

28:18

And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the

pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings,

and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

28:19

All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by

his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.

28:20

And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage,

and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my

God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until

thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the

LORD.

28:21

And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they

shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there

shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing

skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the

people will be wholly at thy commandment.

CHAPTER 29

29:

Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon

my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender,

and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the

LORD God.

29:

Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God

the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of

silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron,

and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set,

glistering stones, and of divers colors, and all manner of precious

stones, and marble stones in abundance.

29:

Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my

God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I

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have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have

prepared for the holy house.

29:

Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and

seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the

houses withal:

29:

The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and

for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And

who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the

LORD?

29:

Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel and

the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the

king’s work, offered willingly,

29:

And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand

talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents,

and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand

talents of iron.

29:

And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the

treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the

Gershonite.

29:

Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because

with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David

the king also rejoiced with great joy.

29:10

Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation:

and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father,

for ever and ever.

29:11

Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and

the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the

earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted

as head above all.

29:12

Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and

in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make

great, and to give strength unto all.

29:13

Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious

name.

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29:14

But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to

offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of

thine own have we given thee.

29:15

For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our

fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none

abiding.

29:16

O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build

thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all

thine own.

29:17

I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure

in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have

willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy

people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

29:18

O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep

this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy

people, and prepare their heart unto thee:

29:19

And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy

commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all

these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made

provision.

29:20

And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your

God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their

fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD,

and the king.

29:21

And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt

offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a

thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with

their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:

29:22

And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great

gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the

second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief

governor, and Zadok to be priest.

29:23

Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of

David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

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29:24

And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise

of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.

29:25

And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all

Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been

on any king before him in Israel.

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Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.

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And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven

years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in

Jerusalem.

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And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and

Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

29:29

Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are

written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan

the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,

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With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him,

and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.

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The Second Book of the

CHRONICLES

CHAPTER 1

1:1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom,

and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him

exceedingly.

1:2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands

and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all

Israel, the chief of the fathers.

1:3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high

place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the

congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had

made in the wilderness.

1:4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the

place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for

it at Jerusalem.

1:5 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of

Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and

Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.

1:6 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD,

which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a

thousand burnt offerings upon it.

1:7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him,

Ask what I shall give thee.

1:8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto

David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.

1:9 Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be

established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust

of the earth in multitude.

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1:10

Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come

in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so

great?

1:11

And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and

thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of thine

enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom

and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over

whom I have made thee king:

1:12

Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee

riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had

that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have

the like.

1:13

Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at

Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the

congregation, and reigned over Israel.

1:14

And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a

thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand

horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king

at Jerusalem.

1:15

And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as

stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in

the vale for abundance.

1:16

And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the

king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

1:17

And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for

six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty:

and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and

for the kings of Syria, by their means.

CHAPTER 2

And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the

LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

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And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear

burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three

thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou

didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build

him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.

Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to

dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for

the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and

evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the

solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever

to Israel.

And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all

gods.

But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and

heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I

should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?

Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in

silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and

blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with

me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon:

for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon;

and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,

Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am

about to build shall be wonderful great.

2:10

And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber,

twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand

measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and

twenty thousand baths of oil.

2:11

Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent

to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath

made thee king over them.

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2:12

Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that

made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise

son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an

house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

2:13

And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of

Huram my father’s,

2:14

The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a

man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron,

in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in

crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every

device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with

the cunning men of my Lord David thy father.

2:15

Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine,

which my Lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:

2:16

And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need:

and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou

shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.

2:17

And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of

Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had

numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty

thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

2:18

And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of

burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and

three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.

CHAPTER 3

Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem

in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father,

in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan

the Jebusite.

And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in

the fourth year of his reign.

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Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the

building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first

measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it

was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the

height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with

pure gold.

And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid

with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and

the gold was gold of Parvaim.

He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls

thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on

the walls.

And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was

according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the

breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold,

amounting to six hundred talents.

And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he

overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

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And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image

work, and overlaid them with gold.

3:11

And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing

of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house:

and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of

the other cherub.

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And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the

wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining

to the wing of the other cherub.

3:13

The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty

cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.

3:14

And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine

linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.

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3:15

Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits

high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five

cubits.

3:16

And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of

the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on

the chains.

3:17

And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right

hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the

right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

CHAPTER 4

Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length

thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the

height thereof.

Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round

in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty

cubits did compass it round about.

And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it

round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two

rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.

It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and

three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south,

and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon

them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like

the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received

and held three thousand baths.

He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on

the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt

offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to

wash in.

And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and

set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

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He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the

right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of

gold.

Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court,

and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

4:10

And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the

south.

4:11

And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And

Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for

the house of God;

4:12

To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which

were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover

the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the

pillars;

4:13

And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of

pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the

chapiters which were upon the pillars.

4:14

He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;

4:15

One sea, and twelve oxen under it.

4:16

The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their

instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the

house of the LORD of bright brass.

4:17

In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground

between Succoth and Zeredathah.

4:18

Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the

weight of the brass could not be found out.

4:19

And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God,

the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was

set;

4:20

Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn

after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

4:21

And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold,

and that perfect gold;

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4:22

And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers,

of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for

the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple,

were of gold.

CHAPTER 5

Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD

was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his

father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the

instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of

the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto

Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of

the city of David, which is Zion.

Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king

in the feast which was in the seventh month.

And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.

And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the

congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle,

these did the priests and the Levites bring up.

Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were

assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen,

which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD

unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place,

even under the wings of the cherubims:

For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the

ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof

above.

And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the

staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not

seen without. And there it is unto this day.

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5:10

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put

therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the

children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

5:11

And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy

place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did

not then wait by course:

5:12

Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of

Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being

arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps,

stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and

twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)

5:13

It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to

make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD;

and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals

and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he

is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was

filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;

5:14

So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the

cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.

CHAPTER 6

Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in

the thick darkness.

But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy

dwelling for ever.

And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of

Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with

his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father

David, saying,

Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of

Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an

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house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to

be a ruler over my people Israel:

6:6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and

have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

6:7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for

the name of the LORD God of Israel.

6:8 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in

thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it

was in thine heart:

6:9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which

shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my

name.

6:10 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath

spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am

set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built

the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

6:11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD,

that he made with the children of Israel.

6:12 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all

the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:

6:13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and

five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst

of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his

knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his

hands toward heaven.

6:14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the

heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest

mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their

hearts:

6:15 Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that

which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and

hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.

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6:16

Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant

David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There

shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel;

yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law,

as thou hast walked before me.

6:17

Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which

thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.

6:18

But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold,

heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much

less this house which I have built!

6:19

Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his

supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the

prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:

6:20

That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon

the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name

there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth

toward this place.

6:21

Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of

thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear

thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou

hearest, forgive.

6:22

If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to

make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;

6:23

Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by

requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head;

and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his

righteousness.

6:24

And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy,

because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess

thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this

house;

6:25

Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people

Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to

them and to their fathers.

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6:26

When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have

sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess

thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;

6:27

Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants,

and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good

way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land,

which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.

6:28

If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be

blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege

them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever

sickness there be:

6:29

Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of

any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his

own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this

house:

6:30

Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and

render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart

thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of

men:)

6:31

That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live

in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

6:32

Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people

Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name’s sake,

and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and

pray in this house;

6:33

Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place,

and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all

people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy

people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is

called by thy name.

6:34

If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that

thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city

which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy

name;

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Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their

supplication, and maintain their cause.

6:36

If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,)

and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their

enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or

near;

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Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried

captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity,

saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt

wickedly;

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If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in

the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them

captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their

fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward

the house which I have built for thy name:

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Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place,

their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and

forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.

6:40

Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine

ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

6:41

Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou,

and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be

clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.

6:42

O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember

the mercies of David thy servant.

CHAPTER 7

Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came

down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the

sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.

And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD,

because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD’s house.

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And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down,

and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed

themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and

worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his

mercy endureth for ever.

Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the

LORD.

And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand

oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and

all the people dedicated the house of God.

And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with

instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had

made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever,

when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded

trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was

before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings,

and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which

Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and

the meat offerings, and the fat.

Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all

Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of

Hamath unto the river of Egypt.

And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept

the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

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And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent

the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the

goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon,

and to Israel his people.

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Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king’s

house: and all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in the house

of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.

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7:12

And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him,

I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for

an house of sacrifice.

7:13

If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the

locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my

people;

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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble

themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their

wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their

sin, and will heal their land.

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Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer

that is made in this place.

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For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name

may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there

perpetually.

7:17

And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father

walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and

shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;

7:18

Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have

covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee

a man to be ruler in Israel.

7:19

But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my

commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and

serve other gods, and worship them;

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Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I

have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my

name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb

and a byword among all nations.

7:21

And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every

one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD

done thus unto this land, and unto this house?

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And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of

their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,

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and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served

them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.

CHAPTER 8

8:1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon

had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

8:2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon

built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

8:3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.

8:4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities,

which he built in Hamath.

8:5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether,

fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

8:6 And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the

chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon

desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all

the land of his dominion.

8:7 As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the

Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites,

which were not of Israel,

8:8 But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom

the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to

pay tribute until this day.

8:9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his

work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and

captains of his chariots and horsemen.

8:10 And these were the chief of king Solomon’s officers, even two

hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.

8:11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city

of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My

wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because

the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.

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8:12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar

of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

8:13 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the

commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons,

and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast

of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of

tabernacles.

8:14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the

courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their

charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of

every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate:

for so had David the man of God commanded.

8:15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto

the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the

treasures.

8:16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the

foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So

the house of the LORD was perfected.

8:17 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in

the land of Edom.

8:18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and

servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the

servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and

fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

CHAPTER 9

9:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she

came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a

very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in

abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to

Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

9:2 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid

from Solomon which he told her not.

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And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon,

and the house that he had built,

And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the

attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also,

and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the

house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine

own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:

Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes

had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy

wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.

Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which

stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee

on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God

loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king

over them, to do judgment and justice.

And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and

of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there

any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.

9:10

And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon,

which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious

stones.

9:11

And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the

LORD, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for

singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

9:12

And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire,

whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the

king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her

servants.

9:13

Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six

hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;

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9:14

Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the

kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and

silver to Solomon.

9:15

And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six

hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.

9:16

And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred

shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the

house of the forest of Lebanon.

9:17

Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it

with pure gold.

9:18

And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold,

which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the

sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:

9:19

And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon

the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.

9:20

And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all

the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold:

none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days

of Solomon.

9:21

For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram:

every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold,

and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

9:22

And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and

wisdom.

9:23

And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to

hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.

9:24

And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and

vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and

mules, a rate year by year.

9:25

And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and

twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot

cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

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And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land

of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

9:27

And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees

made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in

abundance.

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And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of

all lands.

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Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not

written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of

Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against

Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

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And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

9:31

And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city

of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

CHAPTER 10

10:

And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel

come to make him king.

10:

And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in

Egypt, whither he fled from the presence of Solomon the king,

heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.

10:

And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and

spake to Rehoboam, saying,

10:

Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou

somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke

that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

10:

And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And

the people departed.

10:

And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood

before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel

give ye me to return answer to this people?

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10:

And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people,

and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy

servants for ever.

10:

But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took

counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that

stood before him.

10:

And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return

answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease

somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?

10:10

And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto

him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto

thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it

somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little

finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.

10:11

For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put

more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will

chastise you with scorpions.

10:12

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third

day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.

10:13

And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook

the counsel of the old men,

10:14

And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My

father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father

chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

10:15

So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of

God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by

the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

10:16

And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto

them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we

in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every

man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own

house. So all Israel went to their tents.

10:17

But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah,

Rehoboam reigned over them.

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10:18

Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and

the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king

Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to

Jerusalem.

10:19

And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.

CHAPTER 11

11:

And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the

house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand

chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he

might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

11:

But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God,

saying,

11:

Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to

all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

11:

Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your

brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of

me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from

going against Jeroboam.

11:

And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in

Judah.

11:

He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

11:

And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,

11:

And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

11:

And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

11:10

And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in

Benjamin fenced cities.

11:11

And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and

store of victual, and of oil and wine.

11:12

And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them

exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

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11:13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to

him out of all their coasts.

11:14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to

Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off

from executing the priest’s office unto the LORD:

11:15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils,

and for the calves which he had made.

11:16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts

to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice

unto the LORD God of their fathers.

11:17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam

the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked

in the way of David and Solomon.

11:18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the

son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of

Jesse;

11:19 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.

11:20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which

bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

11:21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all

his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and

threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and

threescore daughters.)

11:22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be

ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

11:23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all

the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and

he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.

CHAPTER 12

12:1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom,

and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD,

and all Israel with him.

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12:

And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam

Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had

transgressed against the LORD,

12:

With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen:

and the people were without number that came with him out of

Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.

12:

And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came

to Jerusalem.

12:

Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes

of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of

Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have

forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of

Shishak.

12:

Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves;

and they said, The LORD is righteous.

12:

And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word

of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled

themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them

some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon

Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

12:

Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my

service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

12:

So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took

away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of

the king’s house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of

gold which Solomon had made.

12:10

Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and

committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept

the entrance of the king’s house.

12:11

And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard

came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard

chamber.

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12:12

And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned

from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in

Judah things went well.

12:13

So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned:

for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign,

and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the

LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name

there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

12:14

And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the

LORD.

12:15

Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in

the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning

genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and

Jeroboam continually.

12:16

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of

David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

CHAPTER 13

13:

Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign

over Judah.

13:

He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was

Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war

between Abijah and Jeroboam.

13:

And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of

war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set

the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen

men, being mighty men of valour.

13:

And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount

Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;

13:

Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the

kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons

by a covenant of salt?

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13:

Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of

David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his Lord.

13:

And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial,

and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of

Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could

not withstand them.

13:

And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the

hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there

are with your golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.

13:

Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron,

and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the

nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate

himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a

priest of them that are no gods.

13:10

But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken

him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons

of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:

13:11

And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening

burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in

order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the

lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the

LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.

13:12

And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his

priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O

children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your

fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

13:13

But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them:

so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.

13:14

And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and

behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded

with the trumpets.

13:15

Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah

shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel

before Abijah and Judah.

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13:16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered

them into their hand.

13:17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so

there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

13:18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the

children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD

God of their fathers.

13:19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him,

Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns

thereof, and Ephraim with the towns thereof.

13:20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah:

and the LORD struck him, and he died.

13:21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat

twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

13:22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings,

are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.

CHAPTER 14

14:1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of

David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land

was quiet ten years.

14:2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the

LORD his God:

14:3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high

places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

14:4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers,

and to do the law and the commandment.

14:5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and

the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

14:6 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he

had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.

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14:

Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make

about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet

before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have

sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built

and prospered.

14:

And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of

Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare

shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all

these were mighty men of valour.

14:

And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host

of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto

Mareshah.

14:10

Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in

the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

14:11

And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is

nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that

have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee,

and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art

our God; let no man prevail against thee.

14:12

So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah;

and the Ethiopians fled.

14:13

And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto

Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not

recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and

before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.

14:14

And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the

LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there

was exceeding much spoil in them.

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They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and

camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

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And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:

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And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa,

and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be

with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye

forsake him, he will forsake you.

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Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and

without a teaching priest, and without law.

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But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of

Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

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And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to

him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants

of the countries.

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And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did

vex them with all adversity.

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Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your

work shall be rewarded.

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And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the

prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out

of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which

he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the

LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.

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And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with

them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they

fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the

LORD his God was with him.

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So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third

month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

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And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil

which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand

sheep.

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And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their

fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

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That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be

put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

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And they swear unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with

shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

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And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their

heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of

them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.

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And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he

removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a

grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at

the brook Kidron.

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But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless

the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

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And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had

dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and

vessels.

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And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the

reign of Asa.

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In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of

Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he

might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

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Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the

house of the LORD and of the king’s house, and sent to Benhadad

king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

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There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my

father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go,

break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart

from me.

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And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of

his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan,

and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.

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And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building

of Ramah, and let his work cease.

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Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones

of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building;

and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

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And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and

said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and

not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king

of Syria escaped out of thine hand.

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Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very

many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the

LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.

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For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole

earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is

perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore

from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

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Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house;

for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa

oppressed some of the people the same time.

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And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in

the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

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And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in

his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he

sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.

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And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth

year of his reign.

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And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for

himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was

filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the

apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.

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And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened

himself against Israel.

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And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set

garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which

Asa his father had taken.

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And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the

first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

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But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his

commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

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Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all

Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and

honor in abundance.

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And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he

took away the high places and groves out of Judah.

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Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to

Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and

to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.

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And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and

Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and

Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them

Elishama and Jehoram, priests.

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And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the

LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of

Judah, and taught the people.

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And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands

that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against

Jehoshaphat.

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Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and

tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand

and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he

goats.

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And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah

castles, and cities of store.

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And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of

war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.

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And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their

fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and

with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.

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And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two

hundred and fourscore thousand.

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And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly

offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred

thousand mighty men of valour.

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And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him

armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.

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And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and

fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.

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These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the

fenced cities throughout all Judah.

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Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and joined

affinity with Ahab.

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And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And

Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the

people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him

to Ramothgilead.

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And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt

thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as

thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in

the war.

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And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee,

at the word of the LORD to day.

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Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four

hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to

battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will

deliver it into the king’s hand.

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But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD

besides, that we might enquire of him?

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And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one

man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for

he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is

Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king

say so.

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And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch

quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.

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And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of

them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void

place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets

prophesied before them.

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And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron,

and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria

until they be consumed.

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And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to

Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the

hand of the king.

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And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying,

Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with

one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of

their’s, and speak thou good.

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And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith,

that will I speak.

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And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him,

Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear?

And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered

into your hand.

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And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that

thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?

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Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as

sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no

master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.

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And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that

he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?

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Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the

LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing

on his right hand and on his left.

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And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he

may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after

this manner, and another saying after that manner.

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Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said,

I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?

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And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all

his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou

shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.

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Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the

mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil

against thee.

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Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote

Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of

the LORD from me to speak unto thee?

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And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou

shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

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Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back

to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;

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And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and

feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I

return in peace.

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And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not

the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.

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So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to

Ramothgilead.

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And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise

myself, and I will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So

the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.

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Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots

that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save

only with the king of Israel.

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And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw

Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they

compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the

LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.

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For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots

perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again

from pursuing him.

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And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of

Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his

chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the

host; for I am wounded.

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And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed

himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and

about the time of the sun going down he died.

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And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace

to Jerusalem.

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And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and

said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and

love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from

before the LORD.

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Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast

taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine

heart to seek God.

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And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again

through the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought

them back unto the LORD God of their fathers.

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And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of

Judah, city by city,

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And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for

man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.

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Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed

and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor

respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

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Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of

the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the

judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned

to Jerusalem.

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And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the

LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.

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And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that

dwell in your cities, between blood and blood, between law and

commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them

that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon

you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.

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And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of

the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house

of Judah, for all the king’s matters: also the Levites shall be officers

before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the

good.

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It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the

children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites,

came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

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Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh

a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side

Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.

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And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and

proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

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And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD:

even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.

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And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and

Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,

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And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in

heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen?

and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able

to withstand thee?

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Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this

land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham

thy friend for ever?

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And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for

thy name, saying,

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If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or

pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy

presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our

affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

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And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount

Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came

out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and

destroyed them not;

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Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy

possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

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O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against

this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what

to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

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And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their

wives, and their children.

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Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the

son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph,

came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;

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And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of

Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto

you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude;

for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

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To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the

cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before

the wilderness of Jeruel.

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Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye

still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and

Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against

them: for the LORD will be with you.

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And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and

all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD,

worshipping the LORD.

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And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the

children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of

Israel with a loud voice on high.

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And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the

wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood

and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem;

Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe

his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

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And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers

unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as

they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for

his mercy endureth for ever.

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And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set

ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount

Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

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For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the

inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and

when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one

helped to destroy another.

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And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness,

they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies

fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

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And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil

of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the

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dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for

themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three

days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.

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And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of

Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of

the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.

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Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and

Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with

joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

20:28

And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and

trumpets unto the house of the LORD.

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And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries,

when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of

Israel.

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So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest

round about.

20:31

And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years

old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in

Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of

Shilhi.

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And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from

it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.

20:33

Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the

people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

20:34

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold,

they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is

mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.

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And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with

Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

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And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish:

and they made the ships in Eziongaber.

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Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against

Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with

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Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were

broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

CHAPTER 21

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Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his

fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his

stead.

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And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel,

and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these

were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

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And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of

precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave

he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.

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Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he

strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and

divers also of the princes of Israel.

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Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and

he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

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And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the

house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he

wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.

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Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David,

because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he

promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.

21:

In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of

Judah, and made themselves a king.

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Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with

him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which

compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.

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So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this

day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand;

because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.

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Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah and

caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and

compelled Judah thereto.

21:12

And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying,

Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast

not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways

of Asa king of Judah,

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But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made

Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the

whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren

of thy father’s house, which were better than thyself:

21:14

Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and

thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:

21:15

And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until

thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.

21:16

Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the

Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:

21:17

And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away

all the substance that was found in the king’s house, and his sons

also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save

Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

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And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an

incurable disease.

21:19

And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two

years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of

sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the

burning of his fathers.

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Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he

reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being

desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in

the sepulchres of the kings.

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CHAPTER 22

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And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son

king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians

to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram

king of Judah reigned.

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Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and

he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was

Athaliah the daughter of Omri.

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He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother

was his counsellor to do wickedly.

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Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of

Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to

his destruction.

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He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son

of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at

Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.

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And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds

which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king

of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went

down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was

sick.

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And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram:

for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the

son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house

of Ahab.

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And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon

the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of

the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.

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And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in

Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him,

they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat,

who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah

had no power to keep still the kingdom.

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22:10 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was

dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of

Judah.

22:11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of

Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain,

and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the

daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she

was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew

him not.

22:12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and

Athaliah reigned over the land.

CHAPTER 23

23:1 And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took

the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael

the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah

the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant

with him.

23:2 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all

the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they

came to Jerusalem.

23:3 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the

house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall

reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.

23:4 This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on

the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of

the doors;

23:5 And a third part shall be at the king’s house; and a third part at the

gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of

the house of the LORD.

23:6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests,

and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are

holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.

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And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man

with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the

house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he

cometh in, and when he goeth out.

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So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that

Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men

that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out

on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.

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Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds

spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David’s,

which were in the house of God.

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And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his

hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the

temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.

23:11

Then they brought out the king’s son, and put upon him the

crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And

Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.

23:12

Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and

praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the

LORD:

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And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the

entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all

the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also

the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing

praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.

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Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that

were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the

ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword.

For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.

23:15

So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering

of the horse gate by the king’s house, they slew her there.

23:16

And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the

people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD’s

people.

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23:17

Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down,

and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the

priest of Baal before the altars.

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Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by

the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in

the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD,

as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing,

as it was ordained by David.

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And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that

none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.

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And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the

governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought

down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came

through the high gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon

the throne of the kingdom.

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And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after

that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

CHAPTER 24

24:

Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned

forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Zibiah of

Beersheba.

24:

And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all

the days of Jehoiada the priest.

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And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and

daughters.

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And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the

house of the LORD.

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And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to

them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel

money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see

that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.

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And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why

hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and

out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of

Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel,

for the tabernacle of witness?

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For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the

house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the

LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.

24:

And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it

without at the gate of the house of the LORD.

24:

And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to

bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God

laid upon Israel in the wilderness.

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And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and

cast into the chest, until they had made an end.

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Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto

the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw

that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s

officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his

place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in

abundance.

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And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the

service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and

carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as

wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.

24:13

So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them,

and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

24:14

And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money

before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the

house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal,

and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt

offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of

Jehoiada.

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24:15

But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an

hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.

24:16

And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because

he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his

house.

24:17

Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and

made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

24:18

And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and

served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem

for this their trespass.

24:19

Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD;

and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.

24:20

And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada

the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them,

Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the

LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the

LORD, he hath also forsaken you.

24:21

And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the

commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.

24:22

Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada

his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he

said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.

24:23

And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria

came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and

destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and

sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.

24:24

For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men,

and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because

they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they

executed judgment against Joash.

24:25

And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great

diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of

the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he

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died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him

not in the sepulchres of the kings.

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And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of

Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a

Moabitess.

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Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid

upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are

written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son

reigned in his stead.

CHAPTER 25

25:

Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign,

and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his

mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

25:

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not

with a perfect heart.

25:

Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him,

that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.

25:

But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in

the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The

fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die

for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.

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Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them

captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to

the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and

he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found

them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war,

that could handle spear and shield.

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He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of

Israel for an hundred talents of silver.

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But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the

army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to

wit, with all the children of Ephraim.

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But if thou wilt go, do it; be strong for the battle: God shall make

thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast

down.

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And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the

hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the

man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more

than this.

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Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to

him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was

greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great

anger.

25:11

And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and

went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten

thousand.

25:12

And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry

away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast

them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in

pieces.

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But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they

should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from

Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them,

and took much spoil.

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Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the

slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children

of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself

before them, and burned incense unto them.

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Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah,

and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast

thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver

their own people out of thine hand?

25:16

And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto

him, Art thou made of the king’s counsel? forbear; why shouldest

thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that

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God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this,

and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

25:17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the

son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let

us see one another in the face.

25:18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying,

The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in

Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there

passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the

thistle.

25:19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart

lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou

meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah

with thee?

25:20 But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might

deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought

after the gods of Edom.

25:21 So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in

the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh,

which belongeth to Judah.

25:22 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every

man to his tent.

25:23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son

of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to

Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of

Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

25:24 And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were

found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures of

the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.

25:25 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death

of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

25:26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are

they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?

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25:27

Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the

LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he

fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him

there.

25:28

And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his

fathers in the city of Judah.

CHAPTER 26

26:

Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years

old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.

26:

He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept

with his fathers.

26:

Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he

reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also

was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

26:

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,

according to all that his father Amaziah did.

26:

And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had

understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the

LORD, God made him to prosper.

26:

And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake

down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of

Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

26:

And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the

Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims.

26:

And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread

abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself

exceedingly.

26:

Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and

at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.

26:10

Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he

had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains:

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husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in

Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

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Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to

war by bands, according to the number of their account by the

hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of

Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.

26:12

The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of

valour were two thousand and six hundred.

26:13

And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and

seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty

power, to help the king against the enemy.

26:14

And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and

spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast

stones.

26:15

And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be

on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great

stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was

marvellously helped, till he was strong.

26:16

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction:

for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the

temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

26:17

And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore

priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:

26:18

And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It

appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the

LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated

to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed;

neither shall it be for thine honor from the LORD God.

26:19

Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn

incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even

rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the

LORD, from beside the incense altar.

26:20

And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him,

and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him

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out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the

LORD had smitten him.

26:21

And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and

dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the

house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house,

judging the people of the land.

26:22

Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the

prophet, the son of Amoz, write.

26:23

So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his

fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for

they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

CHAPTER 27

27:

Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and

he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was

Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.

27:

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,

according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not

into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.

27:

He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of

Ophel he built much.

27:

Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the

forests he built castles and towers.

27:

He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed

against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year

an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat,

and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon

pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.

27:

So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before

the LORD his God.

27:

Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways,

lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

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27:

He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and

reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

27:

And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city

of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

CHAPTER 28

28:

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned

sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in

the sight of the LORD, like David his father:

28:

For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also

molten images for Baalim.

28:

Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and

burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen

whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

28:

He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the

hills, and under every green tree.

28:

Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the

king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great

multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And

he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote

him with a great slaughter.

28:

For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and

twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because

they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.

28:

And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s

son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was

next to the king.

28:

And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren

two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also

away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.

28:

But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and

he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto

them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth

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with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have

slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.

28:10

And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and

Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there

not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?

28:11

Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye

have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the

LORD is upon you.

28:12

Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the

son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah

the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against

them that came from the war,

28:13

And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for

whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to

add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great,

and there is fierce wrath against Israel.

28:14

So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes

and all the congregation.

28:15

And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the

captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among

them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and

to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon

asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their

brethren: then they returned to Samaria.

28:16

At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help

him.

28:17

For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried

away captives.

28:18

The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and

of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and

Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with

the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they

dwelt there.

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28:19

For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel;

for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.

28:20

And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed

him, but strengthened him not.

28:21

For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and

out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto

the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.

28:22

And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the

LORD: this is that king Ahaz.

28:23

For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and

he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore

will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the

ruin of him, and of all Israel.

28:24

And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and

cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the

doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every

corner of Jerusalem.

28:25

And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn

incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of

his fathers.

28:26

Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold,

they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

28:27

And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city,

even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of

the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

CHAPTER 29

29:

Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old,

and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his

mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

29:

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,

according to all that David his father had done.

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29:

He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the

doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.

29:

And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them

together into the east street,

29:

And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now

yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your

fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

29:

For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in

the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have

turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and

turned their backs.

29:

Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the

lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in

the holy place unto the God of Israel.

29:

Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem,

and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to

hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

29:

For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our

daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

29:10

Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of

Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

29:11

My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to

stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto

him, and burn incense.

29:12

Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the

son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of

Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and

of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of

Joah:

29:13

And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of

Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:

29:14

And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of

Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.

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29:15

And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and

came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of

the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

29:16

And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the

LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they

found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the

LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the

brook Kidron.

29:17

Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and

on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the

LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days;

and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

29:18

Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have

cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering,

with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the

vessels thereof.

29:19

Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast

away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and,

behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.

29:20

Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the

city, and went up to the house of the LORD.

29:21

And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven

lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and

for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests

the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

29:22

So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and

sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams,

they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs,

and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.

29:23

And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the

king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:

29:24

And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with

their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for

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the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering

should be made for all Israel.

29:25

And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals,

with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of

David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so

was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.

29:26

And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the

priests with the trumpets.

29:27

And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the

altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD

began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained

by David king of Israel.

29:28

And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the

trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering

was finished.

29:29

And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that

were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.

29:30

Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the

Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David,

and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and

they bowed their heads and worshipped.

29:31

Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated

yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and

thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation

brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a

free heart burnt offerings.

29:32

And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation

brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and

two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the

LORD.

29:33

And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three

thousand sheep.

29:34

But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the

burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them,

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till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified

themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify

themselves than the priests.

29:35

And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the

peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So

the service of the house of the LORD was set in order.

29:36

And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared

the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

CHAPTER 30

30:

And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to

Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the

LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of

Israel.

30:

For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the

congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second

month.

30:

For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not

sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered

themselves together to Jerusalem.

30:

And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.

30:

So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all

Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep

the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they

had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.

30:

So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes

throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment

of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD

God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the

remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of

Assyria.

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30:

And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which

trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore

gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

30:

Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield

yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he

hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the

fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.

30:

For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your

children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive,

so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your

God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from

you, if ye return unto him.

30:10

So the posts passed from city to city through the country of

Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them

to scorn, and mocked them.

30:11

Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun

humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

30:12

Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do

the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of

the LORD.

30:13

And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of

unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.

30:14

And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem,

and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into

the brook Kidron.

30:15

Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second

month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and

sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the

house of the LORD.

30:16

And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the

law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood,

which they received of the hand of the Levites.

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30:17

For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified:

therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers

for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.

30:18

For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and

Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet

did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But

Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every

one

30:19

That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his

fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of

the sanctuary.

30:20

And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

30:21

And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the

feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the

Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with

loud instruments unto the LORD.

30:22

And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught

the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the

feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession

to the LORD God of their fathers.

30:23

And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days:

and they kept other seven days with gladness.

30:24

For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand

bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the

congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a

great number of priests sanctified themselves.

30:25

And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites,

and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers

that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah,

rejoiced.

30:26

So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon

the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.

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30:27

Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their

voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling

place, even unto heaven.

CHAPTER 31

31:

Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went

out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut

down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out

of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until

they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel

returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

31:

And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites

after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests

and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister,

and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the

LORD.

31:

He appointed also the king’s portion of his substance for the burnt

offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and

the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and

for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.

31:

Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to

give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be

encouraged in the law of the LORD.

31:

And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of

Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil,

and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all

things brought they in abundantly.

31:

And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the

cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep,

and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the

LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.

31:

In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps,

and finished them in the seventh month.

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31:

And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they

blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.

31:

Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites

concerning the heaps.

31:10

And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him,

and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the

house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left

plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is

left is this great store.

31:11

Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of

the LORD; and they prepared them,

31:12

And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things

faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei

his brother was the next.

31:13

And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth,

and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah,

were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother,

at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of

the house of God.

31:14

And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east,

was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations

of the LORD, and the most holy things.

31:15

And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah,

Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set

office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to

the small:

31:16

Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward,

even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his

daily portion for their service in their charges according to their

courses;

31:17

Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers,

and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges

by their courses;

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31:18

And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their

sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their

set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:

31:19

Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of

the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were

expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the

priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the

Levites.

31:20

And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that

which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.

31:21

And in every work that he began in the service of the house of

God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he

did it with all his heart, and prospered.

CHAPTER 32

32:

After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king

of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the

fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.

32:

And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he

was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,

32:

He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the

waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did

help him.

32:

So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the

fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land,

saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much

water?

32:

Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was

broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without,

and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields

in abundance.

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32:

And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them

together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake

comfortably to them, saying,

32:

Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king

of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be

more with us than with him:

32:

With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to

help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves

upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

32:

After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to

Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his

power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah

that were at Jerusalem, saying,

32:10

Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that

ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?

32:11

Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by

famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us

out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

32:12

Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his

altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall

worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?

32:13

Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people

of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any

ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?

32:14

Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers

utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand,

that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?

32:15

Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on

this manner, neither yet believe him: for no God of any nation or

kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out

of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver

you out of mine hand?

32:16

And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and

against his servant Hezekiah.

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32:17

He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to

speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands

have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the

God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.

32:18

Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ speech unto the

people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to

trouble them; that they might take the city.

32:19

And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods

of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of

man.

32:20

And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the

son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.

32:21

And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of

valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of

Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And

when he was come into the house of his God, they that came forth

of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

32:22

Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem

from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the

hand of all other, and guided them on every side.

32:23

And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and

presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the

sight of all nations from thenceforth.

32:24

In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the

LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.

32:25

But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto

him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon

him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

32:26

Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his

heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath

of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

32:27

And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honor: and he made

himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones,

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and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant

jewels;

32:28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and

stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.

32:29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and

herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.

32:30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon,

and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David.

And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

32:31 Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of

Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire 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.

32:32 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold,

they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of

Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

32:33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the

chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and

the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And

Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

CHAPTER 33

33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he

reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:

33:2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the

abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before

the children of Israel.

33:3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had

broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves,

and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

33:4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD

had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

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33:

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of

the house of the LORD.

33:

And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of

the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used

enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit,

and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD,

to provoke him to anger.

33:

And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the

house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his

son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all

the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

33:

Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the

land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take

heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole

law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.

33:

So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err,

and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed

before the children of Israel.

33:10

And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they

would not hearken.

33:11

Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host

of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns,

and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

33:12

And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God,

and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

33:13

And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his

supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom.

Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.

33:14

Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the

west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish

gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great

height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.

33:15

And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house

of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of

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the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the

city.

33:16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon

peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve

the LORD God of Israel.

33:17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet

unto the LORD their God only.

33:18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his

God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of

the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of

the kings of Israel.

33:19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his

sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places,

and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled:

behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.

33:20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his

own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

33:21 Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and

reigned two years in Jerusalem.

33:22 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did

Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved

images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;

33:23 And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his

father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.

33:24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own

house.

33:25 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against

king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in

his stead.

CHAPTER 34

34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in

Jerusalem one and thirty years.

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34:

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and

walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the

right hand, nor to the left.

34:

For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he

began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth

year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places,

and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

34:

And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the

images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves,

and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces,

and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them

that had sacrificed unto them.

34:

And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and

cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

34:

And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon,

even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.

34:

And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had

beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols

throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

34:

Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the

land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and

Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the

recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

34:

And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the

money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites

that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and

Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and

Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.

34:10

And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight

of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that

wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:

34:11

Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone,

and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings

of Judah had destroyed.

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34:12

And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them

were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and

Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it

forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments

of musick.

34:13

Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of

all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the

Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

34:14

And when they brought out the money that was brought into the

house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of

the LORD given by Moses.

34:15

And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found

the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah

delivered the book to Shaphan.

34:16

And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king

word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants,

they do it.

34:17

And they have gathered together the money that was found in the

house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the

overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.

34:18

Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest

hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

34:19

And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law,

that he rent his clothes.

34:20

And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan,

and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a

servant of the king’s, saying,

34:21

Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel

and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for

great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us,

because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do

after all that is written in this book.

34:22

And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah

the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of

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Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the

college:) and they spake to her to that effect.

34:23

And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell

ye the man that sent you to me,

34:24

Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and

upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in

the book which they have read before the king of Judah:

34:25

Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto

other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works

of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this

place, and shall not be quenched.

34:26

And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the

LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of

Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;

34:27

Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself

before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and

against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me,

and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard

thee also, saith the LORD.

34:28

Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered

to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I

will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So

they brought the king word again.

34:29

Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and

Jerusalem.

34:30

And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men

of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the

Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears

all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the

house of the LORD.

34:31

And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the

LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments,

and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all

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his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in

this book.

34:32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to

stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the

covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

34:33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries

that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were

present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And

all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God

of their fathers.

CHAPTER 35

35:1 Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem:

and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first

month.

35:2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the

service of the house of the LORD,

35:3 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy

unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the

son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon

your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people

Israel,

35:4 And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your

courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and

according to the writing of Solomon his son.

35:5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the

families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the

division of the families of the Levites.

35:6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your

brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by

the hand of Moses.

35:7 And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for

the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of

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thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the

king’s substance.

35:

And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and

to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house

of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two

thousand and six hundred small cattle and three hundred oxen.

35:

Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and

Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto

the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and

five hundred oxen.

35:10

So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place,

and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s

commandment.

35:11

And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood

from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.

35:12

And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give

according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer

unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did

they with the oxen.

35:13

And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance:

but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and

in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people.

35:14

And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests:

because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of

burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites

prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.

35:15

And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to

the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun

the king’s seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might

not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites

prepared for them.

35:16

So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep

the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the

LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.

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35:17

And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at

that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.

35:18

And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days

of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such

a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all

Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of

Jerusalem.

35:19

In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover

kept.

35:20

After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of

Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and

Josiah went out against him.

35:21

But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with

thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but

against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to

make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me,

that he destroy thee not.

35:22

Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but

disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not

unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight

in the valley of Megiddo.

35:23

And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his

servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

35:24

His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in

the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem,

and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers.

And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

35:25

And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the

singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day,

and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written

in the lamentations.

35:26

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to

that which was written in the law of the LORD,

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35:27

And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book

of the kings of Israel and Judah.

CHAPTER 36

36:

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and

made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.

36:

Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign,

and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

36:

And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned

the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

36:

And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah

and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took

Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

36:

Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign,

and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was

evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

36:

Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound

him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

36:

Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the

LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

36:

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which

he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written

in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son

reigned in his stead.

36:

Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he

reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that

which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

36:10

And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and

brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of

the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and

Jerusalem.

36:11

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign,

and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

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36:12

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God,

and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking

from the mouth of the LORD.

36:13

And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made

him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his

heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.

36:14

Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed

very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted

the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

36:15

And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his

messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had

compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

36:16

But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words,

and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose

against his people, till there was no remedy.

36:17

Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who

slew their young men with the sword in the house of their

sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old

man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

36:18

And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the

treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king,

and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.

36:19

And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of

Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and

destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

36:20

And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to

Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the

reign of the kingdom of Persia:

36:21

To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until

the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate

she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

36:22

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the

LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished,

the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he

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made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in

writing, saying,

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Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath

the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to

build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there

among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and

let him go up.

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The Book of

EZRA

CHAPTER 1

1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the ~560 BC

LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD

stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a

proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing,

saying,

1:2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath

given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to

build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

1:3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him,

and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the REBUILD THE TEMPLE

house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in

Jerusalem.

1:4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the

men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with

goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of

God that is in Jerusalem.

1:5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and

the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had

raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in

Jerusalem.

1:6 And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with

vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with

precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.

1:7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the

LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem,

and had put them in the house of his gods;

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Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of

Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar,

the prince of Judah.

And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand

chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,

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Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred

and ten, and other vessels a thousand.

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All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four

hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the

captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.

CHAPTER 2

Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the

captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom

Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto

Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto

his city;

Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah,

Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number

of the men of the people of Israel:

The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.

The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.

The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab,

two thousand eight hundred and twelve.

The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.

The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.

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The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.

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The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.

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The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.

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The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.

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The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.

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The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.

2:16

The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.

2:17

The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.

2:18

The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.

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The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.

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The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.

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The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three.

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The men of Netophah, fifty and six.

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The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.

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The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.

2:25

The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven

hundred and forty and three.

2:26

The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.

2:27

The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.

2:28

The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.

2:29

The children of Nebo, fifty and two.

2:30

The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.

2:31

The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and

four.

2:32

The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.

2:33

The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and

five.

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The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

2:35

The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.

2:36

The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine

hundred seventy and three.

2:37

The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.

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2:38

The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.

2:39

The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.

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The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of

Hodaviah, seventy and four.

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The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.

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The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of

Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of

Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine.

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The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the

children of Tabbaoth,

2:44

The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,

2:45

The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of

Akkub,

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The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of

Hanan,

2:47

The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of

Reaiah,

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The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of

Gazzam,

2:49

The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,

2:50

The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of

Nephusim,

2:51

The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of

Harhur,

2:52

The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of

Harsha,

2:53

The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of

Thamah,

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The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.

2:55

The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the

children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,

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2:56

The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of

Giddel,

2:57

The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of

Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.

2:58

All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were

three hundred ninety and two.

2:59

And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa,

Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s

house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:

2:60

The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of

Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.

2:61

And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the

children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the

daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:

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These sought their register among those that were reckoned by

genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as

polluted, put from the priesthood.

2:63

And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the

most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with

Thummim.

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The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three 42,360 Jews return to Israel

hundred and threescore,

2:65

Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven

thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among

them two hundred singing men and singing women.

2:66

Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two

hundred forty and five;

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Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand

seven hundred and twenty.

2:68

And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house

of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of

God to set it up in his place:

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They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work

threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand

pound of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.

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So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the

singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities,

and all Israel in their cities.

CHAPTER 3

And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel

were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one

man to Jerusalem.

Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the

priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and

builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings

thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.

And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them

because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt

offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning

and evening.

They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered

the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as

the duty of every day required;

And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new

moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were

consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill

offering unto the LORD.

From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt

offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the

LORD was not yet laid.

They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and

meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre,

to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to

the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

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Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at

Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of

Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their

brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come

out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites,

from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the

house of the LORD.

Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his

sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in

the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their

brethren the Levites.

And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the

LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the

Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD,

after the ordinance of David king of Israel.

And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks

unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for

ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout,

when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house

of the LORD was laid.

But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who

were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the

foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a

loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy

from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people

shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.

CHAPTER 4

Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the

children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God

of Israel;

Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and

said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye

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do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king

of Assur, which brought us up hither.

But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers

of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an

house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the

LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath

commanded us.

Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of

Judah, and troubled them in building,

And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all

the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king

of Persia.

And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote

they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and

Jerusalem.

And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel,

and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia;

and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and

interpreted in the Syrian tongue.

Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against

Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:

Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the

rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the

Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the

Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,

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And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper

brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are

on this side the river, and at such a time.

4:11

This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto

Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river,

and at such a time.

4:12

Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee

to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad

city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.

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4:13

Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the

walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom,

and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.

4:14

Now because we have maintenance from the king’s palace, and it

was not meet for us to see the king’s dishonor, therefore have we

sent and certified the king;

4:15

That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers:

so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this

city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and

that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for

which cause was this city destroyed.

4:16

We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls

thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this

side the river.

4:17

Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to

Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell

in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a

time.

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The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.

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And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that

this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that

rebellion and sedition have been made therein.

4:20

There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have

ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and

custom, was paid unto them.

4:21

Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that

this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given

from me.

4:22

Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage

grow to the hurt of the kings?

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Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before

Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went

up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by

force and power.

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Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem.

So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of

Persia.

CHAPTER 5

Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of

Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem

in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.

Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son

of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at

Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.

At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the

river, and Shetharboznai and their companions, and said thus unto

them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make

up this wall?

Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of

the men that make this building?

But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that

they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius:

and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.

The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river,

and Shetharboznai and his companions the Apharsachites, which

were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:

They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto

Darius the king, all peace.

Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of

Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great

stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on,

and prospereth in their hands.

Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who

commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?

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We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the

names of the men that were the chief of them.

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And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of

the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded

these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set

up.

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But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto

wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of

Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the

people away into Babylon.

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But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king

Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

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And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which

Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and

brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king

take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto

one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;

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And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the

temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in

his place.

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Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the

house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until

now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.

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Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made

in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it

be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house

of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us

concerning this matter.

CHAPTER 6

Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the

house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the

province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus

written:

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In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a

decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be

builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the

foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore

cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;

With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let

the expenses be given out of the king’s house:

And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God,

which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at

Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought

again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place,

and place them in the house of God.

Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai,

and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the

river, be ye far from thence:

Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the

Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his

place.

Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these

Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s

goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be

given unto these men, that they be not hindered.

And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams,

and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat,

salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests

which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without

fail:

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That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savors unto the God of

heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

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Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let

timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be

hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

Copy

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Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and

their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent,

so they did speedily.

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And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through

the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of

Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the

commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the

commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

6:15

And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, TEMPLE WAS BUILT

which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

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And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest

of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of

God with joy.

6:17

And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred

bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin

offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of

the tribes of Israel.

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And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their

courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is

written in the book of Moses.

6:19

And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the

fourteenth day of the first month.

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For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them

were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the

captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

6:21

And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity,

and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the

filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of

Israel, did eat,

6:22

And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for

the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king

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of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the

house of God, the God of Israel.

CHAPTER 7

Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia,

Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,

The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,

The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,

The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the

son of Aaron the chief priest:

This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the

law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the

king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD

his God upon him.

And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the in the seventh year of Artaxerxes

priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the

Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the

king.

And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the EZRA COMES TO JERUSALEM 457 BC

seventh year of the king.

9 EZRA BRINGS A DECREE OF ARTAXERXES TO ISRAEL (A DECREE OF ASSISTANCE NOT TO BUILD)

For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from

Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to

Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

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For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and

to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

7:11

Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave

unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the

commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.

7:12

Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law

of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.

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7:13

I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his

priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own

freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.

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Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven

counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according

to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;

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And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors

have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in

Jerusalem,

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And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province

of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the

priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in

Jerusalem:

7:17

That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams,

lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer

them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in

Jerusalem.

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And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do

with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of

your God.

7:19

The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of

thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.

7:20

And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God,

which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the

king’s treasure house.

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And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the

treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the

priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of

you, it be done speedily,

7:22

Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of

wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of

oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

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Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be

diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should

there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?

7:24

Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites,

singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it

shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.

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And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand,

set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are

beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach

ye them that know them not.

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And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the

king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be

unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to

imprisonment.

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Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a

thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the LORD

which is in Jerusalem:

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And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his

counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was

strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and

I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

CHAPTER 8

These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy

of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of

Artaxerxes the king.

Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel:

of the sons of David; Hattush.

Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and

with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and

fifty.

Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and

with him two hundred males.

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8:5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three

hundred males.

8:6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him

fifty males.

8:7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with

him seventy males.

8:8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and

with him fourscore males.

8:9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two

hundred and eighteen males.

8:10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him

an hundred and threescore males.

8:11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him

twenty and eight males.

8:12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with

him an hundred and ten males.

8:13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these,

Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.

8:14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them

seventy males.

8:15 And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava;

and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people,

and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

8:16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan,

and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah,

and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan,

men of understanding.

8:17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the

place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo,

and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they

should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

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And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man

of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of

Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

8:19

And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his

brethren and their sons, twenty;

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Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed

for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims:

all of them were expressed by name.

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Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might

afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us,

and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

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For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and

horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had

spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all

them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against

all them that forsake him.

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So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated

of us.

8:24

Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah,

Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

8:25

And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels,

even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his

counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:

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I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of

silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred

talents;

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Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels

of fine copper, precious as gold.

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And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are

holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the

LORD God of your fathers.

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8:29

Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of

the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at

Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.

8:30

So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the

gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of

our God.

8:31

Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of

the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was

upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of

such as lay in wait by the way.

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And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

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Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels

weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son

of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas;

and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son

of Binnui, Levites;

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By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was

written at that time.

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Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were

come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of

Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy

and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a

burnt offering unto the LORD.

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And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s

lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they

furthered the people, and the house of God.

CHAPTER 9

Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, MID 457 BC

The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not

separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according

to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the

Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the

Egyptians, and the Amorites.

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For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their

sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the

people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath

been chief in this trespass.

And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and

plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down

astonied.

Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the

words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those

that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening

sacrifice.

And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and

having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and

spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,

And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to

thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and

our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto

this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests,

been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword,

to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this

day.

And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD

our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in

his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a

little reviving in our bondage.

For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our

bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings

of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and

to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and

in Jerusalem.

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And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have

forsaken thy commandments,

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Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying,

The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with

the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations,

which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.

9:12

Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take

their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth

for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and

leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

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And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our

great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than

our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;

9:14

Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity

with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be

angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be

no remnant nor escaping?

9:15

O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet

escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our

trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

CHAPTER 10

10:

Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping

and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled

unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women

and children: for the people wept very sore.

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And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam,

answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God,

and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now

there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

10:

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away

all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the

counsel of my Lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment

of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

10:

Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with

thee: be of good courage, and do it.

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10:

Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all

Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And

they swear.

10:

Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into

the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came

thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned

because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.

10:

And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto

all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves

together unto Jerusalem;

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And that whosoever would not come within three days, according

to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance

should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of

those that had been carried away.

10:

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves

together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, 20^TH KISLEV 457 BC

on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the

street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and

for the great rain.

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And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have

transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass

of Israel.

10:11

Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your

fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the

people of the land, and from the strange wives.

10:12

Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As

thou hast said, so must we do.

10:13

But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are

not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two:

for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.

10:14

Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them

which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed

times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges

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thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned

from us.

10:15

Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah

were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai

the Levite helped them.

10:16

And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with

certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all

of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first

day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

10:17

And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange

wives by the first day of the first month.

10:18

And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken

strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak,

and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

10:19

And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives;

and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.

10:20

And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.

10:21

And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and

Jehiel, and Uzziah.

10:22

And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel,

Jozabad, and Elasah.

10:23

Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is

Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

10:24

Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and

Telem, and Uri.

10:25

Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and

Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.

10:26

And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and

Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.

10:27

And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and

Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

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10:28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and

Athlai.

10:29 And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub,

and Sheal, and Ramoth.

10:30 And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah,

Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

10:31 And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah,

Shimeon,

10:32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.

10:33 Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet,

Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.

10:34 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,

10:35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,

10:36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

10:37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,

10:38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,

10:39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,

10:40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,

10:41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,

10:42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.

10:43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and

Joel, Benaiah.

10:44 All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by

whom they had children.

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The Book of

NEHEMIAH

CHAPTER 1

1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass

in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan

the palace,

1:2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of

Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped,

which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

1:3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity

there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of

Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned

with fire.

1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down

and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before

the God of heaven,

1:5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and

terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love

him and observe his commandments:

1:6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou

mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee

now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and

confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned

against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.

1:7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the

commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou

commandedst thy servant Moses.

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Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy

servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad

among the nations:

But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them;

though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the

heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them

unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

1:10

Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast

redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.

1:11

O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the

prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who

desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this

day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the

king’s cupbearer.

CHAPTER 2

And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of SAME AS EZRA’S 7^TH YEAR

Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the SEE CHAPTER 11

wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad 456BC

in his presence.

Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad,

seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart.

Then I was very sore afraid,

And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not

my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’

sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with

fire?

Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I

prayed to the God of heaven.

And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant REQUEST BY NEHEMIAH

have found favor in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto TO REBUILD JERUSALEM

Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it. GRANTED 457 BC

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And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For

how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it

pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be

given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey

me over till I come into Judah;

And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he

may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace

which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and

for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me,

according to the good hand of my God upon me.

Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the

king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and

horsemen with me.

2:10

When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the

Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was

come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

2:11

So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. AV OF 456 BC

2:12

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told

I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem:

neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode

upon.

2:13

And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the

dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of

Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were

consumed with fire.

2:14

Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool:

but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

2:15

Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and

turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.

2:16

And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had

I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles,

nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

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2:17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Nehemia’s command to rebuild Jerusalem

Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire:

come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more

a reproach.

2:18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me;

as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they

said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for

this good work.

2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the

Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to

scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will

ye rebel against the king?

2:20 Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he

will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but

ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

CHAPTER 3

3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests,

and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the

doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto

the tower of Hananeel.

3:2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them

builded Zaccur the son of Imri.

3:3 But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the

beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and

the bars thereof.

3:4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son

of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of

Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired

Zadok the son of Baana.

3:5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not

their necks to the work of their LORD.

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Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and

Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and

set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars

thereof.

And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon

the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the

throne of the governor on this side the river.

Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the

goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of

the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.

And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of

the half part of Jerusalem.

3:10

And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even

over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son

of Hashabniah.

3:11

Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab,

repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.

3:12

And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler

of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.

3:13

The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah;

they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and

the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung

gate.

3:14

But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of

part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the

locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

3:15

But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh,

the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up

the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the

wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs

that go down from the city of David.

3:16

After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the

half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of

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David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the

mighty.

3:17

After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto

him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his

part.

3:18

After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the

ruler of the half part of Keilah.

3:19

And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of

Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armory at

the turning of the wall.

3:20

After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other

piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of

Eliashib the high priest.

3:21

After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz

another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the

end of the house of Eliashib.

3:22

And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.

3:23

After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house.

After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of

Ananiah by his house.

3:24

After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from

the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the

corner.

3:25

Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the

tower which lieth out from the king’s high house, that was by the

court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.

3:26

Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over

against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.

3:27

After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the

great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.

3:28

From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over

against his house.

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3:29

After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his

house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the

keeper of the east gate.

3:30

After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the

sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam

the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.

3:31

After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith’s son unto the place of

the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate

Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.

3:32

And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate

repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.

CHAPTER 4

But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the

wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the

Jews.

And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and

said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will

they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the

stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that

which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their

stone wall.

Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach

upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of

captivity:

And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out

from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the

builders.

So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the

half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the

Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the

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walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be

stopped, then they were very wroth,

And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against

Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch

against them day and night, because of them.

4:10

And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed,

and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.

4:11

And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we

come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work

to cease.

4:12

And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them

came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall

return unto us they will be upon you.

4:13

Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the

higher places, I even set the people after their families with their

swords, their spears, and their bows.

4:14

And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the

rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them:

remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your

brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your

houses.

4:15

And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known

unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we

returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.

4:16

And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my

servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both

the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the

rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

4:17

They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with

those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the

work, and with the other hand held a weapon.

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4:18

For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so

builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

4:19

And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the

people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the

wall, one far from another.

4:20

In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye

thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.

4:21

So we labored in the work: and half of them held the spears from

the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

4:22

Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one

with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may

be a guard to us, and labor on the day.

4:23

So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the

guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving

that every one put them off for washing.

CHAPTER 5

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against

their brethren the Jews.

For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are

many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and

live.

Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands,

vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the

dearth.

There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s

tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as

their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our

daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought

unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them;

for other men have our lands and vineyards.

And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

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Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the

rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his

brother. And I set a great assembly against them.

And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our

brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye

even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held

they their peace, and found nothing to answer.

Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the

fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our

enemies?

5:10

I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them

money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

5:11

Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their

vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth

part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye

exact of them.

5:12

Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of

them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and

took an oath of them, that they should do according to this

promise.

5:13

Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from

his house, and from his labor, that performeth not this promise,

even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation

said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according

to this promise.

5:14

Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor

in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two

and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I

and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.

5:15

But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable

unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside

forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the

people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

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5:16

Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we

any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.

5:17

Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews

and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen

that are about us.

5:18

Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six

choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten

days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the

bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this

people.

5:19

Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have

done for this people.

CHAPTER 6

Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the

Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the

wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time

I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)

That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us

meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But

they thought to do me mischief.

And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work,

so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I

leave it, and come down to you?

Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered

them after the same manner.

Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth

time with an open letter in his hand;

Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and

Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which

cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king,

according to these words.

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And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at

Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be

reported to the king according to these words. Come now

therefore, and let us take counsel together.

Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as

thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened

from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God,

strengthen my hands.

6:10

Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah

the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet

together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the

doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the

night will they come to slay thee.

6:11

And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that,

being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not

go in.

6:12

And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he

pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat

had hired him.

6:13

Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin,

and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might

reproach me.

6:14

My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these

their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the

prophets, that would have put me in fear.

6:15

So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month CONSTRUCTION FINISHED

Elul, in fifty and two days. 456 BC

6:16

And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and

all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were

much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this

work was wrought of our God.

6:17

Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto

Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

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6:18

For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the

son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had

taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

6:19

Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my

words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

CHAPTER 7

Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the

doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were

appointed,

That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the

palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared

God above many.

And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened

until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the

doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of

Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against

his house.

Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein,

and the houses were not builded.

And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and

the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by

genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which

came up at the first, and found written therein,

These are the children of the province, that went up out of the

captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom

Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came

again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;

Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah,

Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah.

The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;

The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.

The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

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7:10

The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.

7:11

The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab,

two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.

7:12

The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

7:13

The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.

7:14

The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.

7:15

The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.

7:16

The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.

7:17

The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and

two.

7:18

The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.

7:19

The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.

7:20

The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.

7:21

The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.

7:22

The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.

7:23

The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.

7:24

The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.

7:25

The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.

7:26

The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and

eight.

7:27

The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.

7:28

The men of Bethazmaveth, forty and two.

7:29

The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred

forty and three.

7:30

The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.

7:31

The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.

7:32

The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.

7:33

The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.

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7:34 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and

four.

7:35 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.

7:36 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

7:37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and

one.

7:38 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

7:39 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine

hundred seventy and three.

7:40 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.

7:41 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.

7:42 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.

7:43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children

of Hodevah, seventy and four.

7:44 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.

7:45 The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the

children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita,

the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.

7:46 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the

children of Tabbaoth,

7:47 The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,

7:48 The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of

Shalmai,

7:49 The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of

Gahar,

7:50 The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of

Nekoda,

7:51 The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of

Phaseah,

7:52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of

Nephishesim,

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7:53

The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of

Harhur,

7:54

The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of

Harsha,

7:55

The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of

Tamah,

7:56

The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.

7:57

The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the

children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,

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The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of

Giddel,

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The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of

Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.

7:60

All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were

three hundred ninety and two.

7:61

And these were they which went up also from Telmelah,

Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew

their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.

7:62

The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of

Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.

7:63

And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz,

the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of

Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.

7:64

These sought their register among those that were reckoned by

genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted,

put from the priesthood.

7:65

And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the

most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and

Thummim.

7:66

The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three

hundred and threescore,

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Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there

were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had

two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.

7:68

Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two

hundred forty and five:

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Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven

hundred and twenty asses.

7:70

And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The

Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty

basons, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.

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And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the

work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two

hundred pound of silver.

7:72

And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand

drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore

and seven priests’ garments.

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So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers,

and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in

their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of

Israel were in their cities.

CHAPTER 8

And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into READING OF THE TORAH 456 BC

the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra

the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD

had commanded to Israel.

And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both

of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding,

upon the first day of the seventh month.

And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate

from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and

those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were

attentive unto the book of the law.

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And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had

made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and

Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his

right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and

Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and

Meshullam.

And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he

was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people

stood up:

And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people

answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they

bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to

the ground.

Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai,

Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and

the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the

people stood in their place.

So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the

sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the

scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the

people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not,

nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of

the law.

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Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the

sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared:

for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the

joy of the LORD is your strength.

8:11

So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for

the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

8:12

And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send

portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the

words that were declared unto them.

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And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the

fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the

scribe, even to understand the words of the law.

8:14

And they found written in the law which the LORD had

commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in

booths in the feast of the seventh month:

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And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in

Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive

branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm

branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is

written.

8:16

So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves

booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts,

and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water

gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.

8:17

And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the

captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days

of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of

Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.

8:18

Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in

the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days;

and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the

manner.

CHAPTER 9

Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of

Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth

upon them.

And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and

stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law

of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another

fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.

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Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani,

Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried

with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah,

Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and

bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy

glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the

heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that

are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest

them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and

broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the

name of Abraham;

And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant

with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the

Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the

Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy

words; for thou art righteous:

And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest

their cry by the Red sea;

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And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his

servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that

they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as

it is this day.

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And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went

through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors

thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

9:12

Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in

the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein

they should go.

9:13

Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them

from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good

statutes and commandments:

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And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst

them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy

servant:

9:15

And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and

broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and

promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which

thou hadst sworn to give them.

9:16

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks,

and hearkened not to thy commandments,

9:17

And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that

thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their

rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou

art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger,

and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

9:18

Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy

God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great

provocations;

9:19

Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the

wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day,

to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew

them light, and the way wherein they should go.

9:20

Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest

not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their

thirst.

9:21

Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that

they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet

swelled not.

9:22

Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide

them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the

land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

9:23

Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and

broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst

promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

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9:24 So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst

before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest

them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land,

that they might do with them as they would.

9:25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses

full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit

trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat,

and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

9:26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and

cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which

testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great

provocations.

9:27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies,

who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried

unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy

manifold mercies thou gavest them saviors, who saved them out of

the hand of their enemies.

9:28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore

leftest thou them in the land of their enemies, so that they had the

dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee,

thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver

them according to thy mercies;

9:29 And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again

unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy

commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man

do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened

their neck, and would not hear.

9:30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against

them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear:

therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

9:31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly

consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and

merciful God.

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9:32

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible

God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem

little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our

princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our

fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of

Assyria unto this day.

9:33

Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast

done right, but we have done wickedly:

9:34

Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers,

kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy

testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.

9:35

For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great

goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which

thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked

works.

9:36

Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest

unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof,

behold, we are servants in it:

9:37

And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set

over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our

bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great

distress.

9:38

And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and

our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.

CHAPTER 10

10:

Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of

Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,

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Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

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Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,

10:

Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

10:

Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

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Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

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Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

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Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.

10:

And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the

sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;

10:10

And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

10:11

Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,

10:12

Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

10:13

Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.

10:14

The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,

10:15

Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

10:16

Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,

10:17

Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,

10:18

Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,

10:19

Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

10:20

Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

10:21

Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,

10:22

Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

10:23

Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,

10:24

Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,

10:25

Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

10:26

And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,

10:27

Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

10:28

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the

singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves

from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their

sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having

understanding;

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10:29

They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse,

and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses

the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments

of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

10:30

And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the

land, not take their daughters for our sons:

10:31

And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the

sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the

sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh

year, and the exaction of every debt.

10:32

Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with

the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;

10:33

For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the

continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the

set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make

an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our

God.

10:34

And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the

people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our

God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by

year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written

in the law:

10:35

And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all

fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:

10:36

Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in

the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to

the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of

our God:

10:37

And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our

offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil,

unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the

tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might

have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

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10:38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when

the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of

the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the

treasure house.

10:39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the

offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the

chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests

that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not

forsake the house of our God.

CHAPTER 11

11:1 And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the

people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the

holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.

11:2 And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered

themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.

11:3 Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem:

but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their

cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the

Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants.

11:4 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the

children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of

Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of

Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;

11:5 And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of

Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of

Zechariah, the son of Shiloni.

11:6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred

threescore and eight valiant men.

11:7 And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam,

the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of

Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah.

11:8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.

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11:

And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of

Senuah was second over the city.

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Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.

11:11

Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of

Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the

house of God.

11:12

And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight

hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son

of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of

Pashur, the son of Malchiah.

11:13

And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two:

and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of

Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

11:14

And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and

eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great

men.

11:15

Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of

Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

11:16

And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the

oversight of the outward business of the house of God.

11:17

And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of

Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and

Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of

Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

11:18

All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and

four.

11:19

Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that

kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.

11:20

And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all

the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

11:21

But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over

the Nethinims.

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11:22

The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of

Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of

Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of

the house of God.

11:23

For it was the king’s commandment concerning them, that a certain

portion should be for the singers, due for every day.

11:24

And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah

the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning

the people.

11:25

And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah

dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and

in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,

11:26

And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet,

11:27

And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages thereof,

11:28

And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,

11:29

And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,

11:30

Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields

thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt

from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.

11:31

The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and

Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages.

11:32

And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

11:33

Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

11:34

Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

11:35

Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.

11:36

And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.

CHAPTER 12

12:

Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with

Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah,

Ezra,

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Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

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Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

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Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,

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Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

12:

Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

12:

Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests

and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

12:

Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah,

and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his

brethren.

12:

Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in

the watches.

12:10

And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib

begat Joiada,

12:11

And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

12:12

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of

Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

12:13

Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

12:14

Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;

12:15

Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;

12:16

Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

12:17

Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai:

12:18

Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

12:19

And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

12:20

Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

12:21

Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.

12:22

The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and

Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the

reign of Darius the Persian.

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12:23

The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book

of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of

Eliashib.

12:24

And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the

son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise

and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the

man of God, ward over against ward.

12:25

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub,

were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.

12:26

These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of

Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra

the priest, the scribe.

12:27

And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the

Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep

the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with

singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

12:28

And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out

of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages

of Netophathi;

12:29

Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and

Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about

Jerusalem.

12:30

And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified

the people, and the gates, and the wall.

12:31

Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and

appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof

one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:

12:32

And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,

12:33

And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

12:34

Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,

12:35

And certain of the priests’ sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah

the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah,

the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:

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And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai,

Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of

David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.

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And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went

up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall,

above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.

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And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against

them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall,

from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;

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And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and

above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of

Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison

gate.

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So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house

of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:

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And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai,

Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;

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And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and

Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers

sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.

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Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God

had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the

children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar

off.

12:44

And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the

treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to

gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the

law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests

and for the Levites that waited.

12:45

And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God,

and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of

David, and of Solomon his son.

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For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the

singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

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12:47

And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of

Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every

day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites;

and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.

CHAPTER 13

13:

On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the

people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the

Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;

13:

Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with

water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them:

howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

13:

Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they

separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

13:

And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the

chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:

13:

And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime

they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and

the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was

commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the

porters; and the offerings of the priests.

13:

But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and

thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king,

and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:

13:

And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib

did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the

house of God.

13:

And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff

to Tobiah out of the chamber.

13:

Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither

brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat

offering and the frankincense.

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And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given

them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled

every one to his field.

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Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of

God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their

place.

13:12

Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and

the oil unto the treasuries.

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And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and

Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was

Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were

counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their

brethren.

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Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my

good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the

offices thereof.

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In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the

sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine,

grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought

into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in

the day wherein they sold victuals.

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There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all

manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of

Judah, and in Jerusalem.

13:17

Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them,

What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

13:18

Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil

upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel

by profaning the sabbath.

13:19

And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be

dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be

shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the

sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there

should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

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13:20

So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without

Jerusalem once or twice.

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Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye

about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From

that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.

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And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves,

and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the

sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and

spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

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In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod,

of Ammon, and of Moab:

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And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could

not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of

each people.

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And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of

them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God,

saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take

their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

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Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among

many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his

God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him

did outlandish women cause to sin.

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Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to

transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

13:28

And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest,

was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him

from me.

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Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the

priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

13:30

Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards

of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;

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And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the

firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

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The Book of

ESTHER

CHAPTER 1

1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus

which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and

seven and twenty provinces:)

1:2 That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of

his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

1:3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes

and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and

princes of the provinces, being before him:

1:4 When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor

of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore

days.

1:5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all

the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great

and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s

palace;

1:6 Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords

of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the

beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and

white, and black, marble.

1:7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being

diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according

to the state of the king.

1:8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so

the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they

should do according to every man’s pleasure.

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Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal

house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.

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On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with

wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and

Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in

the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

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To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to

shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to

look on.

1:12

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment

by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his

anger burned in him.

1:13

Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so

was the king’s manner toward all that knew law and judgment:

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And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish,

Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and

Media, which saw the king’s face, and which sat the first in the

kingdom;)

1:15

What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because

she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus

by the chamberlains?

1:16

And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti

the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the

princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the

king Ahasuerus.

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For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so

that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall

be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to

be brought in before him, but she came not.

1:18

Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all

the king’s princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus

shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.

1:19

If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him,

and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes,

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that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king

Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that

is better than she.

1:20

And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published

throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to

their husbands honor, both to great and small.

1:21

And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did

according to the word of Memucan:

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For he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province

according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their

language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and

that it should be published according to the language of every

people.

CHAPTER 2

After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was

appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what

was decreed against her.

Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there

be fair young virgins sought for the king:

And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his

kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins

unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the

custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and

let their things for purification be given them:

And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of

Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name

was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a

Benjamite;

Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity

which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom

Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.

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And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter:

for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and

beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead,

took for his own daughter.

So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree

was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto

Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was

brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper

of the women.

And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him;

and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such

things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to

be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her

maids unto the best place of the house of the women.

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Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai

had charged her that she should not shew it.

2:11

And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s

house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

2:12

Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus,

after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of

the women, (for so were the days of their purifications

accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months

with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the

women;)

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Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she

desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women

unto the king’s house.

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In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the

second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the

king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto

the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she

were called by name.

2:15

Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of

Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in

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unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s

chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther

obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

2:16

So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in

the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of

his reign.

2:17

And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained

grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set

the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of

Vashti.

2:18

Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his

servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the

provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

2:19

And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then

Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.

2:20

Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai

had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like

as when she was brought up with him.

2:21

In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the

king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the

door, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.

2:22

And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the

queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai’s name.

2:23

And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out;

therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the

book of the chronicles before the king.

CHAPTER 3

After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of

Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above

all the princes that were with him.

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And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bowed,

and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning

him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.

Then the king’s servants, which were in the king’s gate, said unto

Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment?

Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he

hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether

Mordecai’s matters would stand: for he had told them that he was

a Jew.

And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him

reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had

shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to

destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of

Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of

king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from

day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that

is, the month Adar.

And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people

scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the

provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all

people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the

king’s profit to suffer them.

If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed:

and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those

that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s

treasuries.

3:10

And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman

the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.

3:11

And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the

people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.

3:12

Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the

first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had

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3:14

3:15

4:1

4:2

4:3

4:4

4:5

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commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that

were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of

every province according to the writing thereof, and to every

people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it

written, and sealed with the king’s ring.

And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to

destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and

old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth

day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the

spoil of them for a prey.

The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every

province was published unto all people, that they should be ready

against that day.

The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s commandment,

and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and

Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.

CHAPTER 4

When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his

clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the

midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;

And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the

king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.

And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment

and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and

fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and

ashes.

So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then

was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe

Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he

received it not.

Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king’s chamberlains,

whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a

commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.

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So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city,

which was before the king’s gate.

And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of

the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the

king’s treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.

Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was

given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to

declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the

king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before

him for her people.

And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

4:10

Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto

Mordecai;

4:11

All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do

know, that whosoever, whether man or women, shall come unto

the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of

his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold

out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called

to come in unto the king these thirty days.

4:12

And they told to Mordecai Esther’s words.

4:13

Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with

thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the

Jews.

4:14

For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall

there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another

place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who

knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as

this?

4:15

Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,

4:16

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and

fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I

also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the

king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

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4:17

So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had

commanded him.

CHAPTER 5

Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal

apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over

against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in

the royal house, over against the gate of the house.

And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the

court, that she obtained favor in his sight: and the king held out to

Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew

near, and touched the top of the sceptre.

Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and

what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the

kingdom.

And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king

and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared

for him.

Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as

Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that

Esther had prepared.

And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy

petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even

to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;

If 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 shall prepare for them, and I

will do to morrow as the king hath said.

Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but

when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he stood not

up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.

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5:10

Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he

sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.

5:11

And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude

of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted

him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants

of the king.

5:12

Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come

in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but

myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.

5:13

Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew

sitting at the king’s gate.

5:14

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a

gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou

unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou

in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased

Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

CHAPTER 6

On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring

the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the

king.

And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and

Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door,

who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

And the king said, What honor and dignity hath been done to

Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered

unto him, There is nothing done for him.

And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into

the outward court of the king’s house, to speak unto the king to

hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in

the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

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So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done

unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor? Now Haman

thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor

more than to myself?

And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king

delighteth to honor,

Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and

the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is

set upon his head:

And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of

the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man withal

whom the king delighteth to honor, and bring him on horseback

through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall

it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honor.

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Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and

the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew,

that sitteth at the king’s gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast

spoken.

6:11

Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed

Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the

city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the

man whom the king delighteth to honor.

6:12

And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to

his house mourning, and having his head covered.

6:13

And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that

had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto

him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou

hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt

surely fall before him.

6:14

And while they were yet talking with him, came the king’s

chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that

Esther had prepared.

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CHAPTER 7

So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the

banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be

granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed,

even to the half of the kingdom.

Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in

thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me

at my petition, and my people at my request:

For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and

to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I

had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the

king’s damage.

Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen,

Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do

so?

And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman.

Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went

into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his

life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined

against him by the king.

Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of

the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon

Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before

me in the house? As the word went out of king’s mouth, they

covered Haman’s face.

And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king,

Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made

for Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house

of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.

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So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for

Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

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CHAPTER 8

8:1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the

Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before

the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.

8:2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman,

and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the

house of Haman.

8:3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his

feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of

Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the

Jews.

8:4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther

arose, and stood before the king,

8:5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have favor in his sight, and

the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes,

let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of

Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews

which are in all the king’s provinces:

8:6 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my

people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

8:7 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to

Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of

Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he

laid his hand upon the Jews.

8:8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and

seal it with the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in the

king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no man reverse.

8:9 Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month,

that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof;

and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto

the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the

provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty

and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing

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thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews

according to their writing, and according to their language.

8:10

And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’ name, and sealed it with the

king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on

mules, camels, and young dromedaries:

8:11

Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to

gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy,

to slay and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and

province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and

to take the spoil of them for a prey,

8:12

Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely,

upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month

Adar.

8:13

The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every

province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should

be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

8:14

So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being

hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. And the

decree was given at Shushan the palace.

8:15

And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal

apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with

a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced

and was glad.

8:16

The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honor.

8:17

And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s

commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness,

a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became

Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.

CHAPTER 9

Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the

thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s commandment and his

decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies

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of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned

to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)

The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all

the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought

their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them

fell upon all people.

And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the

deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear

of Mordecai fell upon them.

For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out

throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater

and greater.

Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the

sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would

unto those that hated them.

And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five

hundred men.

And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,

And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,

And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,

9:10

The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the

Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.

9:11

On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the

palace was brought before the king.

9:12

And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and

destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten

sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king’s

provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee:

or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

9:13

Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews

which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this

day’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the

gallows.

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9:14

And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given

at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.

9:15

For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on

the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred

men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.

9:16

But the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered

themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from

their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but

they laid not their hands on the prey,

9:17

On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth

day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and

gladness.

9:18

But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the

thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the

fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting

and gladness.

9:19

Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled

towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of

gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one

to another.

9:20

And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the

Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both

nigh and far,

9:21

To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth

day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

9:22

As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the

month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from

mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of

feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts

to the poor.

9:23

And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai

had written unto them;

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9:24

Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of

all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had

cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

9:25

But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters

that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should

return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be

hanged on the gallows.

9:26

Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur.

Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they

had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,

9:27

The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and

upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not

fail, that they would keep these two days according to their

writing, and according to their appointed time every year;

9:28

And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout

every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and

that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor

the memorial of them perish from their seed.

9:29

Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the

Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of

Purim.

9:30

And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty

and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of

peace and truth,

9:31

To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according

as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and

as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters

of the fastings and their cry.

9:32

And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it

was written in the book.

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CHAPTER 10

10:1 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the

isles of the sea.

10:2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration

of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are

they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of

Media and Persia?

10:3 For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great

among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren,

seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

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The Book of

JOB

CHAPTER 1

1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that

man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and

eschewed evil.

1:2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

1:3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand

camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses,

and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all

the men of the east.

1:4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day;

and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with

them.

1:5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about,

that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning,

and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for

Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in

their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present

themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

1:7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan

answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth,

and from walking up and down in it.

1:8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant

Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an

upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

1:9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for

nought?

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1:10

Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and

about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of

his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

1:11

But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he

will curse thee to thy face.

1:12

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy

power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went

forth from the presence of the LORD.

1:13

And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating

and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:

1:14

And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were

plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

1:15

And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they

have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am

escaped alone to tell thee.

1:16

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The

fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep,

and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone

to tell thee.

1:17

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The

Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and

have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge

of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

1:18

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy

sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their

eldest brother’s house:

1:19

And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and

smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young

men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

1:20

Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell

down upon the ground, and worshipped,

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1:21

And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall

I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away;

blessed be the name of the LORD.

1:22

In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

CHAPTER 2

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present

themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to

present himself before the LORD.

And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And

Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the

earth, and from walking up and down in it.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant

Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an

upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he

holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him,

to destroy him without cause.

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all

that a man hath will he give for his life.

But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh,

and he will curse thee to thy face.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but

save his life.

So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote

Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat

down among the ashes.

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity?

curse God, and die.

2:10

But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women

speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and

shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

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2:11

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come

upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the

Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for

they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with

him and to comfort him.

2:12

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not,

they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his

mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

2:13

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven

nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief

was very great.

CHAPTER 3

After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

And Job spake, and said,

Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it

was said, There is a man child conceived.

Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither

let the light shine upon it.

Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell

upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined

unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the

months.

Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their

mourning.

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but

have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

3:10

Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid

sorrow from mine eyes.

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3:11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost

when I came out of the belly?

3:12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should

suck?

3:13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept:

then had I been at rest,

3:14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate

places for themselves;

3:15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

3:16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which

never saw light.

3:17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at

rest.

3:18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the

oppressor.

3:19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his

master.

3:20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the

bitter in soul;

3:21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than

for hid treasures;

3:22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the

grave?

3:23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath

hedged in?

3:24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out

like the waters.

3:25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that

which I was afraid of is come unto me.

3:26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet

trouble came.

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CHAPTER 4

4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

4:2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who

can withhold himself from speaking?

4:3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the

weak hands.

4:4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast

strengthened the feeble knees.

4:5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee,

and thou art troubled.

4:6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness

of thy ways?

4:7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or

where were the righteous cut off?

4:8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness,

reap the same.

4:9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils

are they consumed.

4:10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the

teeth of the young lions, are broken.

4:11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps

are scattered abroad.

4:12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a

little thereof.

4:13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth

on men,

4:14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to

shake.

4:15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

4:16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was

before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

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4:17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure

than his maker?

4:18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged

with folly:

4:19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose

foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

4:20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever

without any regarding it.

4:21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even

without wisdom.

CHAPTER 5

5:1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the

saints wilt thou turn?

5:2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

5:3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his

habitation.

5:4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate,

neither is there any to deliver them.

5:5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the

thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

5:6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth

trouble spring out of the ground;

5:7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

5:8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

5:9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things

without number:

5:10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the

fields:

5:11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may

be exalted to safety.

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5:12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands

cannot perform their enterprise.

5:13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the

froward is carried headlong.

5:14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the

noonday as in the night.

5:15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and

from the hand of the mighty.

5:16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

5:17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise

not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

5:18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands

make whole.

5:19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil

touch thee.

5:20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the

power of the sword.

5:21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou

be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

5:22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be

afraid of the beasts of the earth.

5:23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the

beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

5:24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and

thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

5:25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine

offspring as the grass of the earth.

5:26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn

cometh in in his season.

5:27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for

thy good.

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CHAPTER 6

But Job answered and said,

Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in

the balances together!

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my

words are swallowed up.

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof

drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in

array against me.

Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over

his fodder?

Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? or is there any

taste in the white of an egg?

The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful

meat.

Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the

thing that I long for!

Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let

loose his hand, and cut me off!

6:10

Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in

sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the

Holy One.

6:11

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end,

that I should prolong my life?

6:12

Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

6:13

Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

6:14

To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but

he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

6:15

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of

brooks they pass away;

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6:16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is

hid:

6:17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are

consumed out of their place.

6:18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and

perish.

6:19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for

them.

6:20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither,

and were ashamed.

6:21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.

6:22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your

substance?

6:23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the

hand of the mighty?

6:24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand

wherein I have erred.

6:25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

6:26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is

desperate, which are as wind?

6:27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

6:28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you

if I lie.

6:29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my

righteousness is in it.

6:30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse

things?

CHAPTER 7

7:1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days

also like the days of an hireling?

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As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling

looketh for the reward of his work:

So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights

are appointed to me.

When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone?

and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is

broken, and become loathsome.

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent

without hope.

O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes

are upon me, and I am not.

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth

down to the grave shall come up no more.

7:10

He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know

him any more.

7:11

Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish

of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

7:12

Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

7:13

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my

complaints;

7:14

Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through

visions:

7:15

So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

7:16

I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are

vanity.

7:17

What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou

shouldest set thine heart upon him?

7:18

And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him

every moment?

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7:19

How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I

swallow down my spittle?

7:20

I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men?

why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden

to myself?

7:21

And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away

my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek

me in the morning, but I shall not be.

CHAPTER 8

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the

words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them

away for their transgression;

If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy

supplication to the Almighty;

If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for

thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly

increase.

For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to

the search of their fathers:

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days

upon earth are a shadow:)

8:10

Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their

heart?

8:11

Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without

water?

8:12

Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth

before any other herb.

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8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope

shall perish:

8:14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s

web.

8:15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it

fast, but it shall not endure.

8:16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his

garden.

8:17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of

stones.

8:18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I

have not seen thee.

8:19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others

grow.

8:20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help

the evil doers:

8:21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

8:22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling

place of the wicked shall come to nought.

CHAPTER 9

9:1 Then Job answered and said,

9:2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

9:3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a

thousand.

9:4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened

himself against him, and hath prospered?

9:5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which

overturneth them in his anger.

9:6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof

tremble.

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9:7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the

stars.

9:8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the

waves of the sea.

9:9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of

the south.

9:10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders

without number.

9:11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I

perceive him not.

9:12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto

him, What doest thou?

9:13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop

under him.

9:14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to

reason with him?

9:15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I

would make supplication to my judge.

9:16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe

that he had hearkened unto my voice.

9:17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds

without cause.

9:18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with

bitterness.

9:19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall

set me a time to plead?

9:20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I

am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

9:21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would

despise my life.

9:22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and

the wicked.

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9:23

If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the

innocent.

9:24

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the

faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

9:25

Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no

good.

9:26

They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth

to the prey.

9:27

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness,

and comfort myself:

9:28

I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me

innocent.

9:29

If I be wicked, why then labor I in vain?

9:30

If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so

clean;

9:31

Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall

abhor me.

9:32

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we

should come together in judgment.

9:33

Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand

upon us both.

9:34

Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

9:35

Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

CHAPTER 10

10:

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon

myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

10:

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou

contendest with me.

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10:

Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou

shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the

counsel of the wicked?

10:

Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

10:

Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,

10:

That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?

10:

Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can

deliver out of thine hand.

10:

Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about;

yet thou dost destroy me.

10:

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and

wilt thou bring me into dust again?

10:10

Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

10:11

Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with

bones and sinews.

10:12

Thou hast granted me life and favor, and thy visitation hath

preserved my spirit.

10:13

And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is

with thee.

10:14

If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from

mine iniquity.

10:15

If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift

up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine

affliction;

10:16

For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou

shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

10:17

Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine

indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

10:18

Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh

that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

10:19

I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been

carried from the womb to the grave.

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10:20

Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take

comfort a little,

10:21

Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness

and the shadow of death;

10:22

A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death,

without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

CHAPTER 11

11:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

11:2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man

full of talk be justified?

11:3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou

mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

11:4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine

eyes.

11:5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

11:6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are

double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee

less than thine iniquity deserveth.

11:7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the

Almighty unto perfection?

11:8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what

canst thou know?

11:9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the

sea.

11:10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder

him?

11:11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not

then consider it?

11:12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s

colt.

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11:13

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward

him;

11:14

If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness

dwell in thy tabernacles.

11:15

For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt

be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

11:16

Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters

that pass away:

11:17

And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine

forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

11:18

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig

about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

11:19

Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea,

many shall make suit unto thee.

11:20

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and

their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

CHAPTER 12

12:

And Job answered and said,

12:

No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

12:

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you:

yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

12:

I am as one mocked of his neighbor, who calleth upon God, and he

answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

12:

He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the

thought of him that is at ease.

12:

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are

secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

12:

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of

the air, and they shall tell thee:

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12:

Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the

sea shall declare unto thee.

12:

Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath

wrought this?

12:10

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all

mankind.

12:11

Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?

12:12

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

12:13

With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and

understanding.

12:14

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth

up a man, and there can be no opening.

12:15

Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he

sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

12:16

With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are

his.

12:17

He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

12:18

He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

12:19

He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.

12:20

He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the

understanding of the aged.

12:21

He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of

the mighty.

12:22

He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to

light the shadow of death.

12:23

He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the

nations, and straiteneth them again.

12:24

He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth,

and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

12:25

They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to

stagger like a drunken man.

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CHAPTER 13

13:1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood

it.

13:2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto

you.

13:3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with

God.

13:4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

13:5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your

wisdom.

13:6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

13:7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

13:8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

13:9 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh

another, do ye so mock him?

13:10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

13:11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon

you?

13:12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of

clay.

13:13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on

me what will.

13:14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine

hand?

13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine

own ways before him.

13:16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come

before him.

13:17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

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13:18

Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be

justified.

13:19

Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I

shall give up the ghost.

13:20

Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from

thee.

13:21

Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me

afraid.

13:22

Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou

me.

13:23

How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my

transgression and my sin.

13:24

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

13:25

Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the

dry stubble?

13:26

For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to

possess the iniquities of my youth.

13:27

Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto

all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

13:28

And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth

eaten.

CHAPTER 14

14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.

14:2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a

shadow, and continueth not.

14:3 And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me

into judgment with thee?

14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

14:5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with

thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

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14:

Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an

hireling, his day.

14:

For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout

again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

14:

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof

die in the ground;

14:

Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs

like a plant.

14:10

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost,

and where is he?

14:11

As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth

up:

14:12

So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they

shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

14:13

O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest

keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest

appoint me a set time, and remember me!

14:14

If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time

will I wait, till my change come.

14:15

Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to

the work of thine hands.

14:16

For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my

sin?

14:17

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine

iniquity.

14:18

And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rock is

removed out of his place.

14:19

The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which

grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of

man.

14:20

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest

his countenance, and sendest him away.

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14:21 His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; and they are

brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

14:22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him

shall mourn.

CHAPTER 15

15:1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

15:2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the

east wind?

15:3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches

wherewith he can do no good?

15:4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

15:5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the

tongue of the crafty.

15:6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips

testify against thee.

15:7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the

hills?

15:8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom

to thyself?

15:9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou,

which is not in us?

15:10 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder

than thy father.

15:11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret

thing with thee?

15:12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink

at,

15:13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go

out of thy mouth?

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15:14

What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a

woman, that he should be righteous?

15:15

Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not

clean in his sight.

15:16

How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh

iniquity like water?

15:17

I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

15:18

Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

15:19

Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed

among them.

15:20

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number

of years is hidden to the oppressor.

15:21

A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall

come upon him.

15:22

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is

waited for of the sword.

15:23

He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth

that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

15:24

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail

against him, as a king ready to the battle.

15:25

For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth

himself against the Almighty.

15:26

He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of

his bucklers:

15:27

Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops

of fat on his flanks.

15:28

And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man

inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

15:29

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither

shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

15:30

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his

branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

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15:31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his

recompence.

15:32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be

green.

15:33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off

his flower as the olive.

15:34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall

consume the tabernacles of bribery.

15:35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly

prepareth deceit.

CHAPTER 16

16:1 Then Job answered and said,

16:2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

16:3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou

answerest?

16:4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I

could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

16:5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my

lips should asswage your grief.

16:6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear,

what am I eased?

16:7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my

company.

16:8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against

me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

16:9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me

with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

16:10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me

upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves

together against me.

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16:11

God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the

hands of the wicked.

16:12

I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me

by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

16:13

His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins

asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the

ground.

16:14

He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like

a giant.

16:15

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the

dust.

16:16

My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of

death;

16:17

Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

16:18

O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

16:19

Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on

high.

16:20

My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

16:21

O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for

his neighbor!

16:22

When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall

not return.

CHAPTER 17

17:1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for

me.

17:2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in

their provocation?

17:3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will

strike hands with me?

17:4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt

thou not exalt them.

17:5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his

children shall fail.

17:6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was

as a tabret.

17:7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are

as a shadow.

17:8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up

himself against the hypocrite.

17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean

hands shall be stronger and stronger.

17:10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find

one wise man among you.

17:11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts

of my heart.

17:12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of

darkness.

17:13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the

darkness.

17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou

art my mother, and my sister.

17:15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

17:16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is

in the dust.

CHAPTER 18

18:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

18:2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and

afterwards we will speak.

18:3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

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18:

He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee?

and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

18:

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his

fire shall not shine.

18:

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put

out with him.

18:

The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel

shall cast him down.

18:

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a

snare.

18:

The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail

against him.

18:10

The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the

way.

18:11

Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to

his feet.

18:12

His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at

his side.

18:13

It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death

shall devour his strength.

18:14

His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall

bring him to the king of terrors.

18:15

It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone

shall be scattered upon his habitation.

18:16

His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be

cut off.

18:17

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no

name in the street.

18:18

He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the

world.

18:19

He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any

remaining in his dwellings.

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18:20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that

went before were affrighted.

18:21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of

him that knoweth not God.

CHAPTER 19

19:1 Then Job answered and said,

19:2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

19:3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that

ye make yourselves strange to me.

19:4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with

myself.

19:5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against

me my reproach:

19:6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me

with his net.

19:7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but

there is no judgment.

19:8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set

darkness in my paths.

19:9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my

head.

19:10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope

hath he removed like a tree.

19:11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto

him as one of his enemies.

19:12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and

encamp round about my tabernacle.

19:13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are

verily estranged from me.

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19:14

My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten

me.

19:15

They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a

stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

19:16

I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with

my mouth.

19:17

My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the

children’s sake of mine own body.

19:18

Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against

me.

19:19

All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are

turned against me.

19:20

My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped

with the skin of my teeth.

19:21

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the

hand of God hath touched me.

19:22

Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my

flesh?

19:23

Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in

a book!

19:24

That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for

ever!

19:25

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the

latter day upon the earth:

19:26

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my

flesh shall I see God:

19:27

Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not

another; though my reins be consumed within me.

19:28

But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the

matter is found in me?

19:29

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of

the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

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CHAPTER 20

20:

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

20:

Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make

haste.

20:

I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my

understanding causeth me to answer.

20:

Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

20:

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the

hypocrite but for a moment?

20:

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach

unto the clouds;

20:

Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have

seen him shall say, Where is he?

20:

He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall

be chased away as a vision of the night.

20:

The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his

place any more behold him.

20:10

His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall

restore their goods.

20:11

His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with

him in the dust.

20:12

Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under

his tongue;

20:13

Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his

mouth:

20:14

Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within

him.

20:15

He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again:

God shall cast them out of his belly.

20:16

He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.

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20:17

He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and

butter.

20:18

That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it

down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he

shall not rejoice therein.

20:19

Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he

hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

20:20

Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of

that which he desired.

20:21

There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for

his goods.

20:22

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of

the wicked shall come upon him.

20:23

When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his

wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

20:24

He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall

strike him through.

20:25

It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword

cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

20:26

All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall

consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

20:27

The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up

against him.

20:28

The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow

away in the day of his wrath.

20:29

This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage

appointed unto him by God.

CHAPTER 21

21:

But Job answered and said,

21:

Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

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21:3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

21:4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should

not my spirit be troubled?

21:5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

21:6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on

my flesh.

21:7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in

power?

21:8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their

offspring before their eyes.

21:9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon

them.

21:10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth

not her calf.

21:11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children

dance.

21:12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the

organ.

21:13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the

grave.

21:14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not

the knowledge of thy ways.

21:15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit

should we have, if we pray unto him?

21:16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far

from me.

21:17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh

their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

21:18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm

carrieth away.

21:19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and

he shall know it.

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21:20

His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath

of the Almighty.

21:21

For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number

of his months is cut off in the midst?

21:22

Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are

high.

21:23

One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

21:24

His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with

marrow.

21:25

And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth

with pleasure.

21:26

They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover

them.

21:27

Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye

wrongfully imagine against me.

21:28

For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the

dwelling places of the wicked?

21:29

Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know

their tokens,

21:30

That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be

brought forth to the day of wrath.

21:31

Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him

what he hath done?

21:32

Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

21:33

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man

shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

21:34

How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there

remaineth falsehood?

CHAPTER 22

22:

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

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22:2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be

profitable unto himself?

22:3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it

gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

22:4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into

judgment?

22:5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

22:6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and

stripped the naked of their clothing.

22:7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast

withholden bread from the hungry.

22:8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man

dwelt in it.

22:9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the

fatherless have been broken.

22:10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth

thee;

22:11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters

cover thee.

22:12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the

stars, how high they are!

22:13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the

dark cloud?

22:14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he

walketh in the circuit of heaven.

22:15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

22:16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was

overflown with a flood:

22:17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty

do for them?

22:18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the

wicked is far from me.

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22:19

The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to

scorn.

22:20

Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them

the fire consumeth.

22:21

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good

shall come unto thee.

22:22

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words

in thine heart.

22:23

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt

put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

22:24

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the

stones of the brooks.

22:25

Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty

of silver.

22:26

For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift

up thy face unto God.

22:27

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and

thou shalt pay thy vows.

22:28

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee:

and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

22:29

When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up;

and he shall save the humble person.

22:30

He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the

pureness of thine hands.

CHAPTER 23

23:1 Then Job answered and said,

23:2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my

groaning.

23:3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to

his seat!

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23:

I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with

arguments.

23:

I would know the words which he would answer me, and

understand what he would say unto me.

23:

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would

put strength in me.

23:

There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be

delivered for ever from my judge.

23:

Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I

cannot perceive him:

23:

On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he

hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

23:10

But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall

come forth as gold.

23:11

My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

23:12

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have

esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

23:13

But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul

desireth, even that he doeth.

23:14

For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many

such things are with him.

23:15

Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am

afraid of him.

23:16

For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

23:17

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he

covered the darkness from my face.

CHAPTER 24

24:

Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that

know him not see his days?

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24:

Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and

feed thereof.

24:

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s

ox for a pledge.

24:

They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide

themselves together.

24:

Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work;

rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and

for their children.

24:

They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the

vintage of the wicked.

24:

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no

covering in the cold.

24:

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the

rock for want of a shelter.

24:

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the

poor.

24:10

They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away

the sheaf from the hungry;

24:11

Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and

suffer thirst.

24:12

Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth

out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

24:13

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the

ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

24:14

The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and

in the night is as a thief.

24:15

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No

eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

24:16

In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for

themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

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24:17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one

know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

24:18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he

beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

24:19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave

those which have sinned.

24:20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he

shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a

tree.

24:21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good

to the widow.

24:22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no

man is sure of life.

24:23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his

eyes are upon their ways.

24:24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low;

they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops

of the ears of corn.

24:25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my

speech nothing worth?

CHAPTER 25

25:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

25:2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high

places.

25:3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his

light arise?

25:4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean

that is born of a woman?

25:5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not

pure in his sight.

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25:6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is

a worm?

CHAPTER 26

26:1 But Job answered and said,

26:2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou

the arm that hath no strength?

26:3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast

thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

26:4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from

thee?

26:5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants

thereof.

26:6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the

earth upon nothing.

26:8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not

rent under them.

26:9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud

upon it.

26:10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and

night come to an end.

26:11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

26:12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he

smiteth through the proud.

26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed

the crooked serpent.

26:14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of

him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

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CHAPTER 27

27:

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

27:

As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the

Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

27:

All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my

nostrils;

27:

My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

27:

God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove

mine integrity from me.

27:

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall

not reproach me so long as I live.

27:

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me

as the unrighteous.

27:

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when

God taketh away his soul?

27:

Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?

27:10

Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon

God?

27:11

I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the

Almighty will I not conceal.

27:12

Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus

altogether vain?

27:13

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of

oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

27:14

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring

shall not be satisfied with bread.

27:15

Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows

shall not weep.

27:16

Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the

clay;

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27:17

He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent

shall divide the silver.

27:18

He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper

maketh.

27:19

The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he

openeth his eyes, and he is not.

27:20

Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in

the night.

27:21

The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm

hurleth him out of his place.

27:22

For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out

of his hand.

27:23

Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his

place.

CHAPTER 28

28:1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they

fine it.

28:2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.

28:3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the

stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

28:4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters

forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from

men.

28:5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up

as it were fire.

28:6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.

28:7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s

eye hath not seen:

28:8 The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by

it.

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28:

He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the

mountains by the roots.

28:10

He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every

precious thing.

28:11

He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid

bringeth he forth to light.

28:12

But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of

understanding?

28:13

Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land

of the living.

28:14

The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.

28:15

It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the

price thereof.

28:16

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx,

or the sapphire.

28:17

The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall

not be for jewels of fine gold.

28:18

No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of

wisdom is above rubies.

28:19

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued

with pure gold.

28:20

Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of

understanding?

28:21

Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the

fowls of the air.

28:22

Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with

our ears.

28:23

God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place

thereof.

28:24

For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole

heaven;

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28:25

To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by

measure.

28:26

When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of

the thunder:

28:27

Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched

it out.

28:28

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is

wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

CHAPTER 29

29:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

29:2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God

preserved me;

29:3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I

walked through darkness;

29:4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was

upon my tabernacle;

29:5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were

about me;

29:6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out

rivers of oil;

29:7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my

seat in the street!

29:8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose,

and stood up.

29:9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

29:10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of

their mouth.

29:11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw

me, it gave witness to me:

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29:12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him

that had none to help him.

29:13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I

caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a

robe and a diadem.

29:15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

29:16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I

searched out.

29:17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of

his teeth.

29:18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as

the sand.

29:19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night

upon my branch.

29:20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

29:21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

29:22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped

upon them.

29:23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their

mouth wide as for the latter rain.

29:24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my

countenance they cast not down.

29:25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the

army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

CHAPTER 30

30:1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose

fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my

flock.

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30:2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom

old age was perished?

30:3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness

in former time desolate and waste.

30:4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their

meat.

30:5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as

after a thief;)

30:6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the

rocks.

30:7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were

gathered together.

30:8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were

viler than the earth.

30:9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

30:10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my

face.

30:11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also

let loose the bridle before me.

30:12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and

they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

30:13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no

helper.

30:14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the

desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

30:15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and

my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

30:16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction

have taken hold upon me.

30:17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews

take no rest.

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30:18

By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth

me about as the collar of my coat.

30:19

He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

30:20

I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou

regardest me not.

30:21

Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest

thyself against me.

30:22

Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it,

and dissolvest my substance.

30:23

For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house

appointed for all living.

30:24

Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they

cry in his destruction.

30:25

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul

grieved for the poor?

30:26

When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited

for light, there came darkness.

30:27

My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented

me.

30:28

I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the

congregation.

30:29

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

30:30

My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

30:31

My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice

of them that weep.

CHAPTER 31

31:

I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a

maid?

31:

For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance

of the Almighty from on high?

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Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the

workers of iniquity?

31:

Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

31:

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

31:

Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine

integrity.

31:

If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after

mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

31:

Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be

rooted out.

31:

If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait

at my neighbor’s door;

31:10

Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down

upon her.

31:11

For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished

by the judges.

31:12

For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out

all mine increase.

31:13

If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant,

when they contended with me;

31:14

What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth,

what shall I answer him?

31:15

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one

fashion us in the womb?

31:16

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the

eyes of the widow to fail;

31:17

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not

eaten thereof;

31:18

(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father,

and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)

31:19

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without

covering;

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31:20

If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with

the fleece of my sheep;

31:21

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my

help in the gate:

31:22

Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be

broken from the bone.

31:23

For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his

highness I could not endure.

31:24

If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art

my confidence;

31:25

If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand

had gotten much;

31:26

If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in

brightness;

31:27

And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed

my hand:

31:28

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should

have denied the God that is above.

31:29

If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up

myself when evil found him:

31:30

Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his

soul.

31:31

If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh!

we cannot be satisfied.

31:32

The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to

the traveler.

31:33

If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in

my bosom:

31:34

Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify

me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

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31:35

Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the

Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a

book.

31:36

Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to

me.

31:37

I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince

would I go near unto him.

31:38

If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof

complain;

31:39

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the

owners thereof to lose their life:

31:40

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley.

The words of Job are ended.

CHAPTER 32

32:1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous

in his own eyes.

32:2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the

Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled,

because he justified himself rather than God.

32:3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they

had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

32:4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder

than he.

32:5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these

three men, then his wrath was kindled.

32:6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am

young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not

shew you mine opinion.

32:7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach

wisdom.

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But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty

giveth them understanding.

32:

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand

judgment.

32:10

Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.

32:11

Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst

ye searched out what to say.

32:12

Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that

convinced Job, or that answered his words:

32:13

Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth

him down, not man.

32:14

Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I

answer him with your speeches.

32:15

They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.

32:16

When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and

answered no more;)

32:17

I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.

32:18

For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.

32:19

Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst

like new bottles.

32:20

I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and

answer.

32:21

Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me

give flattering titles unto man.

32:22

For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would

soon take me away.

CHAPTER 33

33:

Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all

my words.

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33:

Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in

my mouth.

33:

My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips

shall utter knowledge clearly.

33:

The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty

hath given me life.

33:

If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand

up.

33:

Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am

formed out of the clay.

33:

Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand

be heavy upon thee.

33:

Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice

of thy words, saying,

33:

I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there

iniquity in me.

33:10

Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his

enemy,

33:11

He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

33:12

Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is

greater than man.

33:13

Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any

of his matters.

33:14

For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

33:15

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon

men, in slumberings upon the bed;

33:16

Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,

33:17

That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from

man.

33:18

He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing

by the sword.

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33:19

He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of

his bones with strong pain:

33:20

So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

33:21

His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones

that were not seen stick out.

33:22

Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the

destroyers.

33:23

If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a

thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

33:24

Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going

down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

33:25

His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days

of his youth:

33:26

He shall pray unto God, and he will be favorable unto him: and he

shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his

righteousness.

33:27

He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted

that which was right, and it profited me not;

33:28

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see

the light.

33:29

Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,

33:30

To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light

of the living.

33:31

Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will

speak.

33:32

If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to

justify thee.

33:33

If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee

wisdom.

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CHAPTER 34

34:

Furthermore Elihu answered and said,

34:

Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have

knowledge.

34:

For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

34:

Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is

good.

34:

For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my

judgment.

34:

Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without

transgression.

34:

What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?

34:

Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh

with wicked men.

34:

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight

himself with God.

34:10

Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from

God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he

should commit iniquity.

34:11

For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every

man to find according to his ways.

34:12

Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty

pervert judgment.

34:13

Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed

the whole world?

34:14

If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and

his breath;

34:15

All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

34:16

If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of

my words.

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34:17

Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him

that is most just?

34:18

Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are

ungodly?

34:19

How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes,

nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work

of his hands.

34:20

In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at

midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away

without hand.

34:21

For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

34:22

There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of

iniquity may hide themselves.

34:23

For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter

into judgment with God.

34:24

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set

others in their stead.

34:25

Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the

night, so that they are destroyed.

34:26

He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

34:27

Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of

his ways:

34:28

So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he

heareth the cry of the afflicted.

34:29

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when

he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done

against a nation, or against a man only:

34:30

That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

34:31

Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have born chastisement, I

will not offend any more:

34:32

That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will

do no more.

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34:33

Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether

thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak

what thou knowest.

34:34

Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto

me.

34:35

Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without

wisdom.

34:36

My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his

answers for wicked men.

34:37

For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among

us, and multiplieth his words against God.

CHAPTER 35

35:1 Elihu spake moreover, and said,

35:2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness

is more than God’s?

35:3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What

profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

35:4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

35:5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are

higher than thou.

35:6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy

transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

35:7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of

thine hand?

35:8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness

may profit the son of man.

35:9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the

oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

35:10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the

night;

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35:11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us

wiser than the fowls of heaven?

35:12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of

evil men.

35:13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard

it.

35:14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is

before him; therefore trust thou in him.

35:15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he

knoweth it not in great extremity:

35:16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words

without knowledge.

CHAPTER 36

36:1 Elihu also proceeded, and said,

36:2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on

God’s behalf.

36:3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness

to my Maker.

36:4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in

knowledge is with thee.

36:5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in

strength and wisdom.

36:6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the

poor.

36:7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are

they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they

are exalted.

36:8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of

affliction;

36:9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that

they have exceeded.

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36:10

He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they

return from iniquity.

36:11

If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in

prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

36:12

But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they

shall die without knowledge.

36:13

But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he

bindeth them.

36:14

They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

36:15

He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in

oppression.

36:16

Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad

place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on

thy table should be full of fatness.

36:17

But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and

justice take hold on thee.

36:18

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his

stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

36:19

Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of

strength.

36:20

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

36:21

Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather

than affliction.

36:22

Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

36:23

Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast

wrought iniquity?

36:24

Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.

36:25

Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.

36:26

Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number

of his years be searched out.

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36:27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain

according to the vapor thereof:

36:28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.

36:29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise

of his tabernacle?

36:30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of

the sea.

36:31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.

36:32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine

by the cloud that cometh betwixt.

36:33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning

the vapor.

CHAPTER 37

37:1 At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.

37:2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth

out of his mouth.

37:3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the

ends of the earth.

37:4 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his

excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

37:5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he,

which we cannot comprehend.

37:6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the

small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

37:7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his

work.

37:8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.

37:9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.

37:10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters

is straitened.

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37:11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his

bright cloud:

37:12 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do

whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the

earth.

37:13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for

mercy.

37:14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous

works of God.

37:15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of

his cloud to shine?

37:16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works

of him which is perfect in knowledge?

37:17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the

south wind?

37:18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a

molten looking glass?

37:19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our

speech by reason of darkness.

37:20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be

swallowed up.

37:21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but

the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

37:22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.

37:23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in

power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

37:24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of

heart.

CHAPTER 38

38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

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38:

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

38:

Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and

answer thou me.

38:

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare,

if thou hast understanding.

38:

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath

stretched the line upon it?

38:

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the

corner stone thereof;

38:

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God

shouted for joy?

38:

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had

issued out of the womb?

38:

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a

swaddlingband for it,

38:10

And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

38:11

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall

thy proud waves be stayed?

38:12

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the

dayspring to know his place;

38:13

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked

might be shaken out of it?

38:14

It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

38:15

And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm

shall be broken.

38:16

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked

in the search of the depth?

38:17

Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen

the doors of the shadow of death?

38:18

Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou

knowest it all.

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38:19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where

is the place thereof,

38:20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou

shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

38:21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the

number of thy days is great?

38:22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen

the treasures of the hail,

38:23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day

of battle and war?

38:24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind

upon the earth?

38:25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a

way for the lightning of thunder;

38:26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the

wilderness, wherein there is no man;

38:27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of

the tender herb to spring forth?

38:28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

38:29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven,

who hath gendered it?

38:30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is

frozen.

38:31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the

bands of Orion?

38:32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou

guide Arcturus with his sons?

38:33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the

dominion thereof in the earth?

38:34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of

waters may cover thee?

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38:35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee,

Here we are?

38:36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given

understanding to the heart?

38:37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the

bottles of heaven,

38:38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast

together?

38:39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the

young lions,

38:40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in

wait?

38:41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry

unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

CHAPTER 39

39:1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring

forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

39:2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou

the time when they bring forth?

39:3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast

out their sorrows.

39:4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they

go forth, and return not unto them.

39:5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands

of the wild ass?

39:6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his

dwellings.

39:7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the

crying of the driver.

39:8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after

every green thing.

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39:9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

39:10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he

harrow the valleys after thee?

39:11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou

leave thy labor to him?

39:12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather

it into thy barn?

39:13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and

feathers unto the ostrich?

39:14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

39:15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast

may break them.

39:16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not

her’s: her labor is in vain without fear;

39:17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he

imparted to her understanding.

39:18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and

his rider.

39:19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with

thunder?

39:20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his

nostrils is terrible.

39:21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on

to meet the armed men.

39:22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back

from the sword.

39:23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

39:24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither

believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.

39:25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle

afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

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39:26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward

the south?

39:27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on

high?

39:28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock,

and the strong place.

39:29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

39:30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there

is she.

CHAPTER 40

40:1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,

40:2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that

reproveth God, let him answer it.

40:3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

40:4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand

upon my mouth.

40:5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will

proceed no further.

40:6 Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

40:7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and

declare thou unto me.

40:8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that

thou mayest be righteous?

40:9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like

him?

40:10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself

with glory and beauty.

40:11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is

proud, and abase him.

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40:12

Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread

down the wicked in their place.

40:13

Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.

40:14

Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can

save thee.

40:15

Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as

an ox.

40:16

Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of

his belly.

40:17

He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are

wrapped together.

40:18

His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of

iron.

40:19

He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his

sword to approach unto him.

40:20

Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of

the field play.

40:21

He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

40:22

The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the

brook compass him about.

40:23

Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he

can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

40:24

He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

CHAPTER 41

41:1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a

cord which thou lettest down?

41:2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with

a thorn?

41:3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft

words unto thee?

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41:4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant

for ever?

41:5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for

thy maidens?

41:6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him

among the merchants?

41:7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish

spears?

41:8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

41:9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even

at the sight of him?

41:10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand

before me?

41:11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is

under the whole heaven is mine.

41:12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely

proportion.

41:13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him

with his double bridle?

41:14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round

about.

41:15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

41:16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

41:17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they

cannot be sundered.

41:18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids

of the morning.

41:19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.

41:20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

41:21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

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41:22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before

him.

41:23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in

themselves; they cannot be moved.

41:24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether

millstone.

41:25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of

breakings they purify themselves.

41:26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the

dart, nor the habergeon.

41:27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

41:28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him

into stubble.

41:29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

41:30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things

upon the mire.

41:31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot

of ointment.

41:32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to

be hoary.

41:33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.

41:34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of

pride.

CHAPTER 42

42:1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

42:2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be

withholden from thee.

42:3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I

uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I

knew not.

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42:

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and

declare thou unto me.

42:

I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye

seeth thee.

42:

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

42:

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto

Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled

against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of

me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

42:

Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and

go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering;

and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I

deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me

the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

42:

So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the

Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded

them: the LORD also accepted Job.

42:10

And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for

his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had

before.

42:11

Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and

all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread

with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him

over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man

also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

42:12

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning:

for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a

thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

42:13

He had also seven sons and three daughters.

42:14

And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the

second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.

42:15

And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters

of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

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42:16 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons,

and his sons’ sons, even four generations.

42:17 So Job died, being old and full of days.

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The

PSALMS

CHAPTER 1

1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,

nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the

scornful.

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But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he

meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that

bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither;

and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind

driveth away.

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners

in the congregation of the righteous.

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of

the ungodly shall perish.

CHAPTER 2

2:1

2:2

2:3

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel

together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from

us.

2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have

them in derision.

2:5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his

sore displeasure.

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Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art

my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance,

and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in

pieces like a potter’s vessel.

2:10

Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the

earth.

2:11

Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

2:12

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when

his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their

trust in him.

CHAPTER 3

Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that

rise up against me.

Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in

God. Selah.

But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up

of mine head.

I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his

holy hill. Selah.

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set

themselves against me round about.

Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all

mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of

the ungodly.

Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy

people. Selah.

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CHAPTER 4

4:1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast

enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear

my prayer.

4:2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame?

how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

4:3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for

himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.

4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon

your bed, and be still. Selah.

4:5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the

LORD.

4:6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift

thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

4:7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that

their corn and their wine increased.

4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only

makest me dwell in safety.

CHAPTER 5

5:1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

5:2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto

thee will I pray.

5:3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning

will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

5:4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither

shall evil dwell with thee.

5:5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of

iniquity.

5:6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor

the bloody and deceitful man.

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But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy

mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;

make thy way straight before my face.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very

wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with

their tongue.

5:10

Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels;

cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have

rebelled against thee.

5:11

But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever

shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love

thy name be joyful in thee.

5:12

For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favor wilt thou

compass him as with a shield.

CHAPTER 6

O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy

hot displeasure.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me;

for my bones are vexed.

My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?

Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’

sake.

For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall

give thee thanks?

I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim;

I water my couch with my tears.

Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all

mine enemies.

Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath

heard the voice of my weeping.

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The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my

prayer.

6:10

Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return

and be ashamed suddenly.

CHAPTER 7

O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all

them that persecute me, and deliver me:

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is

none to deliver.

O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my

hands;

If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I

have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread

down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honor in the dust. Selah.

Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage

of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast

commanded.

So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for

their sakes therefore return thou on high.

The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according

to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish

the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

7:10

My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

7:11

God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every

day.

7:12

If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and

made it ready.

7:13

He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he

ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

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7:14

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief,

and brought forth falsehood.

7:15

He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he

made.

7:16

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing

shall come down upon his own pate.

7:17

I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing

praise to the name of the LORD most high.

CHAPTER 8

O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who

hast set thy glory above the heavens.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained

strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the

enemy and the avenger.

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon

and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man,

that thou visitest him?

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast

crowned him with glory and honor.

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;

thou hast put all things under his feet:

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth

through the paths of the seas.

O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

CHAPTER 9

I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth

all thy marvellous works.

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I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O

thou most High.

When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at

thy presence.

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the

throne judging right.

Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked,

thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou

hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne

for judgment.

And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister

judgment to the people in uprightness.

The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in

times of trouble.

9:10

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou,

LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

9:11

Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among

the people his doings.

9:12

When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he

forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

9:13

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I

suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates

of death:

9:14

That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of

Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

9:15

The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net

which they hid is their own foot taken.

9:16

The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the

wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

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9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget

God.

9:18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the

poor shall not perish for ever.

9:19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in

thy sight.

9:20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves

to be but men. Selah.

CHAPTER 10

10:1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in

times of trouble?

10:2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken

in the devices that they have imagined.

10:3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the

covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek

after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

10:5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of

his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

10:6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be

in adversity.

10:7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue

is mischief and vanity.

10:8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places

doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the

poor.

10:9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to

catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into

his net.

10:10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his

strong ones.

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10:11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he

will never see it.

10:12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

10:13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart,

Thou wilt not require it.

10:14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite

it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art

the helper of the fatherless.

10:15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his

wickedness till thou find none.

10:16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out

of his land.

10:17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare

their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

10:18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the

earth may no more oppress.

CHAPTER 11

11:1 In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird

to your mountain?

11:2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow

upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

11:3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

11:4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven:

his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

11:5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth

violence his soul hateth.

11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an

horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

11:7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance

doth behold the upright.

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CHAPTER 12

12:

Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from

among the children of men.

12:

They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips

and with a double heart do they speak.

12:

The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that

speaketh proud things:

12:

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our

own: who is Lord over us?

12:

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now

will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that

puffeth at him.

12:

The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace

of earth, purified seven times.

12:

Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from

this generation for ever.

12:

The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

CHAPTER 13

13:

How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt

thou hide thy face from me?

13:

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my

heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

13:

Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I

sleep the sleep of death;

13:

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that

trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

13:

But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy

salvation.

13:

I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with

me.

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CHAPTER 14

14:

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt,

they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

14:

The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to

see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

14:

They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is

none that doeth good, no, not one.

14:

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my

people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

14:

There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the

righteous.

14:

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his

refuge.

14:

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the

LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall

rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

CHAPTER 15

15:

Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy

holy hill?

15:

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and

speaketh the truth in his heart.

15:

He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his

neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor.

15:

In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoreth them

that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and

changeth not.

15:

He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward

against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be

moved.

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CHAPTER 16

16:

Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.

16:

O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my

goodness extendeth not to thee;

16:

But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom

is all my delight.

16:

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another God:

their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their

names into my lips.

16:

The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou

maintainest my lot.

16:

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly

heritage.

16:

I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also

instruct me in the night seasons.

16:

I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right

hand, I shall not be moved.

16:

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also

shall rest in hope.

16:10

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer

thine Holy One to see corruption.

16:11

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of

joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

CHAPTER 17

17:1

Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my

prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

17:2

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes

behold the things that are equal.

17:3

Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night;

thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my

mouth shall not transgress.

17:4

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept

me from the paths of the destroyer. ????

17:5

Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

17:6

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine

ear unto me, and hear my speech.

17:7

Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy

right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise

up against them.

17:8

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy

wings,

17:9

From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who

compass me about.

17:10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak

proudly.

17:11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their

eyes bowing down to the earth;

17:12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion

lurking in secret places.

17:13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul

from the wicked, which is thy sword:

17:14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world,

which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest

with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of

their substance to their babes.

17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be

satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

CHAPTER 18

18:

I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

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18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my

God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn

of my salvation, and my high tower.

18:3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I

be saved from mine enemies.

18:4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly

men made me afraid.

18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death

prevented me.

18:6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he

heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him,

even into his ears.

18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the

hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

18:8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his

mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was

under his feet.

18:10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the

wings of the wind.

18:11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him

were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

18:12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail

stones and coals of fire.

18:13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his

voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

18:14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out

lightnings, and discomfited them.

18:15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the

world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the

breath of thy nostrils.

18:16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

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18:17

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which

hated me: for they were too strong for me.

18:18

They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was

my stay.

18:19

He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me,

because he delighted in me.

18:20

The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according

to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

18:21

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly

departed from my God.

18:22

For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his

statutes from me.

18:23

I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine

iniquity.

18:24

Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my

righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his

eyesight.

18:25

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright

man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

18:26

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward

thou wilt shew thyself froward.

18:27

For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high

looks.

18:28

For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten

my darkness.

18:29

For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I

leaped over a wall.

18:30

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he

is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

18:31

For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?

18:32

It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way

perfect.

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18:33 He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high

places.

18:34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by

mine arms.

18:35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right

hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

18:36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

18:37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I

turn again till they were consumed.

18:38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are

fallen under my feet.

18:39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast

subdued under me those that rose up against me.

18:40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might

destroy them that hate me.

18:41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD,

but he answered them not.

18:42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast

them out as the dirt in the streets.

18:43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou

hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not

known shall serve me.

18:44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall

submit themselves unto me.

18:45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close

places.

18:46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my

salvation be exalted.

18:47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

18:48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above

those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the

violent man.

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18:49

Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the

heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.

18:50

Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his

anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

CHAPTER 19

19:

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth

his handywork.

19:

Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth

knowledge.

19:

There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.

19:

Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the

end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

19:

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth

as a strong man to run a race.

19:

His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto

the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

19:7

The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the

testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

19:

The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the

commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

19:

The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of

the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

19:10

More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold:

sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

19:11

Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them

there is great reward.

19:12

Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.

19:13

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not

have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be

innocent from the great transgression.

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19:14

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be

acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

CHAPTER 20

20:

The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of

Jacob defend thee;

20:

Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of

Zion;

20:

Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.

20:

Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

20:

We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we

will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.

20:

Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him

from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.

20:

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember

the name of the LORD our God.

20:

They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand

upright.

20:

Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.

CHAPTER 21

21:

The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation

how greatly shall he rejoice!

21:

Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the

request of his lips. Selah.

21:

For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou

settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

21:

He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days

for ever and ever.

21:

His glory is great in thy salvation: honor and majesty hast thou laid

upon him.

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For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him

exceeding glad with thy countenance.

21:

For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the

most High he shall not be moved.

21:

Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find

out those that hate thee.

21:

Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the

LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall

devour them.

21:10

Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from

among the children of men.

21:11

For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous

device, which they are not able to perform.

21:12

Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt

make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

21:13

Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and

praise thy power.

CHAPTER 22

22:

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so

far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

22:

O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the

night season, and am not silent.

22:

But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

22:

Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver

them.

22:

They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and

were not confounded.

22:

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of

the people.

22:

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they

shake the head, saying,

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22:8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver

him, seeing he delighted in him.

22:9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me

hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.

22:10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my

mother’s belly.

22:11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

22:12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset

me round.

22:13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring

lion.

22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my

heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to

my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have

inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

22:17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my

vesture.

22:19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee

to help me.

22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the

dog.

22:21 Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the

horns of the unicorns.

22:22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the

congregation will I praise thee.

22:23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify

him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

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22:24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;

neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him,

he heard.

22:25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my

vows before them that fear him.

22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD

that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD:

and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

22:28 For the kingdom is the LORD’s: and he is the governor among the

nations.

22:29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that

go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive

his own soul.

22:30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a

generation.

22:31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people

that shall be born, that he hath done this.

CHAPTER 23

23:1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside

the still waters.

23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness

for his name’s sake.

23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I

will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they

comfort me.

23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:

thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:

and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

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CHAPTER 24

24:1 The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and

they that dwell therein.

24:2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the

floods.

24:3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in

his holy place?

24:4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up

his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

24:5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness

from the God of his salvation.

24:6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O

Jacob. Selah.

24:7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting

doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

24:8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the

LORD mighty in battle.

24:9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting

doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

24:10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of

glory. Selah.

CHAPTER 25

25:1 Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

25:2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine

enemies triumph over me.

25:3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed

which transgress without cause.

25:4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.

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25:5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my

salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

25:6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy

lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.

25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions:

according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake,

O LORD.

25:8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in

the way.

25:9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his

way.

25:10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep

his covenant and his testimonies.

25:11 For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is

great.

25:12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the

way that he shall choose.

25:13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will

shew them his covenant.

25:15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet

out of the net.

25:16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and

afflicted.

25:17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my

distresses.

25:18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

25:19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with

cruel hatred.

25:20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put

my trust in thee.

25:21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

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25:22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

CHAPTER 26

26:1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have

trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.

26:2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

26:3

26:4

For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in

thy truth.

I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with

dissemblers.

26:5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the

wicked.

26:6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar,

O LORD:

26:7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all

thy wondrous works.

26:8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place

where thine honor dwelleth.

26:9

26:10

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

26:11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be

merciful unto me.

26:12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless

the LORD.

CHAPTER 27

27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the

LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

27:2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me

to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

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27:

Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear:

though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

27:

One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I

may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to

behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.

27:

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the

secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a

rock.

27:

And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round

about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I

will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.

27:

Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon

me, and answer me.

27:

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy

face, LORD, will I seek.

27:

Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger:

thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God

of my salvation.

27:10

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will

take me up.

27:11

Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because

of mine enemies.

27:12

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false

witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

27:13

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the

LORD in the land of the living.

27:14

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen

thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

CHAPTER 28

28:

Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if

thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

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28:

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I

lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

28:

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of

iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in

their hearts.

28:

Give them according to their deeds, and according to the

wickedness of their endeavors: give them after the work of their

hands; render to them their desert.

28:

Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation

of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

28:

Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my

supplications.

28:

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him,

and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my

song will I praise him.

28:

The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his

anointed.

28:

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and

lift them up for ever.

CHAPTER 29

29:

Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and

strength.

29:

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the

LORD in the beauty of holiness.

29:

The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory

thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.

29:

The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full

of majesty.

29:

The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD

breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.

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29:6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a

young unicorn.

29:7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.

29:8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh

the wilderness of Kadesh.

29:9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth

the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.

29:10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for

ever.

29:11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless

his people with peace.

CHAPTER 30

30:

I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not

made my foes to rejoice over me.

30:

O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

30:

O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast

kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

30:

Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the

remembrance of his holiness.

30:

For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping

may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

30:

And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

30:

LORD, by thy favor thou hast made my mountain to stand strong:

thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

30:

I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.

30:

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall

the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

30:10

Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my

helper.

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30:11

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put

off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

30:12

To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent.

O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

CHAPTER 31

31:

In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed:

deliver me in thy righteousness.

31:

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong

rock, for an house of defence to save me.

31:

For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s

sake lead me, and guide me.

31:

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou

art my strength.

31:

Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O

LORD God of truth.

31:

I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the

LORD.

31:

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my

trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

31:

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set

my feet in a large room.

31:

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is

consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

31:10

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my

strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are

consumed.

31:11

I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my

neighbors, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me

without fled from me.

31:12

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

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31:13

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while

they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away

my life.

31:14

But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.

31:15

My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine

enemies, and from them that persecute me.

31:16

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’

sake.

31:17

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let

the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

31:18

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things

proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

31:19

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them

that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee

before the sons of men!

31:20

Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride

of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife

of tongues.

31:21

Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous

kindness in a strong city.

31:22

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes:

nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I

cried unto thee.

31:23

O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the

faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

31:24

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that

hope in the LORD.

CHAPTER 32

32:

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

32:

Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity,

and in whose spirit there is no guile.

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32:

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all

the day long.

32:

For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is

turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

32:

I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I

said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou

forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

32:

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when

thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they

shall not come nigh unto him.

32:

Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble;

thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

32:

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I

will guide thee with mine eye.

32:

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no

understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle,

lest they come near unto thee.

32:10

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the

LORD, mercy shall compass him about.

32:11

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy,

all ye that are upright in heart.

CHAPTER 33

33:

Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the

upright.

33:

Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and

an instrument of ten strings.

33:

Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.

33:

For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in

truth.

33:

He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the

goodness of the LORD.

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33:

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host

of them by the breath of his mouth.

33:

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth

up the depth in storehouses.

33:

Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world

stand in awe of him.

33:

For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

33:10

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he

maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

33:11

The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his

heart to all generations.

33:12

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people

whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

33:13

The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.

33:14

From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants

of the earth.

33:15

He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.

33:16

There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is

not delivered by much strength.

33:17

An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by

his great strength.

33:18

Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon

them that hope in his mercy;

33:19

To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

33:20

Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.

33:21

For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his

holy name.

33:22

Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in

thee.

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CHAPTER 34

34:1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in

my mouth.

34:2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear

thereof, and be glad.

34:3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.

34:4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my

fears.

34:5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not

ashamed.

34:6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out

of all his troubles.

34:7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him,

and delivereth them.

34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that

trusteth in him.

34:9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that

fear him.

34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the

LORD shall not want any good thing.

34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the

LORD.

34:12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he

may see good?

34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

34:15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are

open unto their cry.

34:16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the

remembrance of them from the earth.

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34:17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out

of all their troubles.

34:18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth

such as be of a contrite spirit.

34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth

him out of them all.

34:20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be

desolate.

34:22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them

that trust in him shall be desolate.

CHAPTER 35

35:1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight

against them that fight against me.

35:2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

35:3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that

persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

35:4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul:

let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my

hurt.

35:5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the

LORD chase them.

35:6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD

persecute them.

35:7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which

without cause they have digged for my soul.

35:8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he

hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

35:9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his

salvation.

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35:10

All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which

deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the

poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

35:11

False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I

knew not.

35:12

They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

35:13

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I

humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine

own bosom.

35:14

I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I

bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

35:15

But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves

together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me,

and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

35:16

With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with

their teeth.

35:17

Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their

destructions, my darling from the lions.

35:18

I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee

among much people.

35:19

Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me:

neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

35:20

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against

them that are quiet in the land.

35:21

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha,

our eye hath seen it.

35:22

This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far

from me.

35:23

Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause,

my God and my Lord.

35:24

Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and

let them not rejoice over me.

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35:25

Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them

not say, We have swallowed him up.

35:26

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice

at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that

magnify themselves against me.

35:27

Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause:

yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which

hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

35:28

And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise

all the day long.

CHAPTER 36

36:1

The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is

no fear of God before his eyes.

36:

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be

found to be hateful.

36:

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to

be wise, and to do good.

36:

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that

is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

36:

Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness

reacheth unto the clouds.

36:

Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a

great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

36:

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children

of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

36:

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house;

and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

36:

For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

36:10

O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy

righteousness to the upright in heart.

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36:11

Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of

the wicked remove me.

36:12

There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and

shall not be able to rise.

CHAPTER 37

37:

Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious

against the workers of iniquity.

37:

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the

green herb.

37:

Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land,

and verily thou shalt be fed.

37:

Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires

of thine heart.

37:

Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall

bring it to pass.

37:

And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy

judgment as the noonday.

37:

Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself

because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man

who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

37:

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise

to do evil.

37:

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD,

they shall inherit the earth.

37:10

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt

diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

37:11

But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in

the abundance of peace.

37:12

The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with

his teeth.

37:13

The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

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37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to

cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright

conversation.

37:15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall

be broken.

37:16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many

wicked.

37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD

upholdeth the righteous.

37:18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance

shall be for ever.

37:19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of

famine they shall be satisfied.

37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be

as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they

consume away.

37:21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous

sheweth mercy, and giveth.

37:22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that

be cursed of him shall be cut off.

37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he

delighteth in his way.

37:24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD

upholdeth him with his hand.

37:25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the

righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

37:26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

37:27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

37:28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they

are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

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37:30

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue

talketh of judgment.

37:31

The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

37:32

The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

37:33

The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when

he is judged.

37:34

Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to

inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

37:35

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a

green bay tree.

37:36

Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he

could not be found.

37:37

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that

man is peace.

37:38

But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the

wicked shall be cut off.

37:39

But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their

strength in the time of trouble.

37:40

And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver

them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

CHAPTER 38

38:

O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot

displeasure.

38:

For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

38:

There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is

there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

38:

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden

they are too heavy for me.

38:

My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

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38:

I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day

long.

38:

For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no

soundness in my flesh.

38:

I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the

disquietness of my heart.

38:

Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from

thee.

38:10

My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine

eyes, it also is gone from me.

38:11

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my

kinsmen stand afar off.

38:12

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that

seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the

day long.

38:13

But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that

openeth not his mouth.

38:14

Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no

reproofs.

38:15

For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

38:16

For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me:

when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

38:17

For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

38:18

For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

38:19

But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate

me wrongfully are multiplied.

38:20

They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I

follow the thing that good is.

38:21

Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

38:22

Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

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CHAPTER 39

39:1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I

will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

39:2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my

sorrow was stirred.

39:3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned:

then spake I with my tongue,

39:4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days,

what it is: that I may know how frail I am.

39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age

is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is

altogether vanity. Selah.

39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are

disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who

shall gather them.

39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach

of the foolish.

39:9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.

39:10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of

thine hand.

39:11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou

makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man

is vanity. Selah.

39:12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy

peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as

all my fathers were.

39:13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be

no more.

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CHAPTER 40

40:

I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and

heard my cry.

40:

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay,

and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

40:

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our

God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

40:

Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and

respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

40:

Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou

hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be

reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of

them, they are more than can be numbered.

40:

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou

opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

40:

Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of

me,

40:

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my

heart.

40:

I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have

not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.

40:10

I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared

thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy

lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

40:11

Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy

lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

40:12

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities

have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are

more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

40:13

Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help

me.

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40:14

Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my

soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame

that wish me evil.

40:15

Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me,

Aha, aha.

40:16

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as

love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.

40:17

But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art

my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

CHAPTER 41

41:

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him

in time of trouble.

41:

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be

blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will

of his enemies.

41:

The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou

wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

41:

I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned

against thee.

41:

Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name

perish?

41:

And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth

iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

41:

All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they

devise my hurt.

41:

An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he

lieth he shall rise up no more.

41:

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of

my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

41:10

But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I

may requite them.

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41:11

By this I know that thou favorest me, because mine enemy doth

not triumph over me.

41:12

And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me

before thy face for ever.

41:13

Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to

everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

CHAPTER 42

42:

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul

after thee, O God.

42:

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come

and appear before God?

42:

My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually

say unto me, Where is thy God?

42:

When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had

gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God,

with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept

holyday.

42:

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted

in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of

his countenance.

42:

O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I

remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites,

from the hill Mizar.

42:

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy

waves and thy billows are gone over me.

42:

Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time,

and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the

God of my life.

42:

I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go

I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

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42:10

As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while

they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

42:11

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted

within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the

health of my countenance, and my God.

CHAPTER 43

43:

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O

deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

43:

For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off?

why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

43:

O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring

me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

43:

Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy:

yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.

43:

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted

within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the

health of my countenance, and my God.

CHAPTER 44

44:

We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us,

what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

44:

How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst

them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

44:

For they got not the land in possession by their own sword,

neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine

arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favor

unto them.

44:

Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

44:

Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name

will we tread them under that rise up against us.

44:

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

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44:7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to

shame that hated us.

44:8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever.

Selah.

44:9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth

with our armies.

44:10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate

us spoil for themselves.

44:11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast

scattered us among the heathen.

44:12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy

wealth by their price.

44:13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision

to them that are round about us.

44:14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the

head among the people.

44:15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face

hath covered me,

44:16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason

of the enemy and avenger.

44:17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither

have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

44:18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from

thy way;

44:19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and

covered us with the shadow of death.

44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our

hands to a strange God;

44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the

heart.

44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as

sheep for the slaughter.

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44:23

Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

44:24

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and

our oppression?

44:25

For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto

the earth.

44:26

Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.

CHAPTER 45

45:

My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I

have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready

writer.

45:

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy

lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

45:

Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory

and thy majesty.

45:

And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and

meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee

terrible things.

45:

Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby

the people fall under thee.

45:

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy

kingdom is a right sceptre.

45:

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God,

thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy

fellows.

45:

All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the

ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

45:

Kings’ daughters were among thy honorable women: upon thy

right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

45:10

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also

thine own people, and thy father’s house;

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45:11

So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and

worship thou him.

45:12

And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich

among the people shall intreat thy favor.

45:13

The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of

wrought gold.

45:14

She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the

virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

45:15

With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter

into the king’s palace.

45:16

Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest

make princes in all the earth.

45:17

I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore

shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

CHAPTER 46

46:

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

46:

Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and

though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

46:

Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the

mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

46:

There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of

God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

46:

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help

her, and that right early.

46:

The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice,

the earth melted.

46:

The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.

Selah.

46:

Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath

made in the earth.

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46:9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the

bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the

fire.

46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the

heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

46:11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.

Selah.

CHAPTER 47

47:1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of

triumph.

47:2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the

earth.

47:3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our

feet.

47:4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob

whom he loved. Selah.

47:5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a

trumpet.

47:6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing

praises.

47:7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with

understanding.

47:8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his

holiness.

47:9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of

the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God:

he is greatly exalted.

CHAPTER 48

48:1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our

God, in the mountain of his holiness.

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48:

Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion,

on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

48:

God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

48:

For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

48:

They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted

away.

48:

Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

48:

Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

48:

As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of

hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

48:

We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy

temple.

48:10

According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of

the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

48:11

Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because

of thy judgments.

48:12

Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

48:13

Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell

it to the generation following.

48:14

For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even

unto death.

CHAPTER 49

49:

Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

49:

Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

49:

My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart

shall be of understanding.

49:

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying

upon the harp.

49:

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of

my heels shall compass me about?

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49:

They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the

multitude of their riches;

49:

None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to

God a ransom for him:

49:

(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for

ever:)

49:

That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

49:10

For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish

person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

49:11

Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever,

and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands

after their own names.

49:12

Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not: he is like the beasts

that perish.

49:13

This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their

sayings. Selah.

49:14

Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and

the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their

beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

49:15

But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he

shall receive me. Selah.

49:16

Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his

house is increased;

49:17

For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not

descend after him.

49:18

Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee,

when thou doest well to thyself.

49:19

He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see

light.

49:20

Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that

perish.

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CHAPTER 50

50:1 The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the

earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

50:3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour

before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

50:4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he

may judge his people.

50:5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a

covenant with me by sacrifice.

50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge

himself. Selah.

50:7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify

against thee: I am God, even thy God.

50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to

have been continually before me.

50:9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy

folds.

50:10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a

thousand hills.

50:11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the

field are mine.

50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and

the fulness thereof.

50:13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most

High:

50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou

shalt glorify me.

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50:16

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare

my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy

mouth?

50:17

Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.

50:18

When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and

hast been partaker with adulterers.

50:19

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

50:20

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest

thine own mother’s son.

50:21

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest

that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee,

and set them in order before thine eyes.

50:22

Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces,

and there be none to deliver.

50:23

Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his

conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

CHAPTER 51

51:1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:

according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my

transgressions.

51:2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my

sin.

51:3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before

me.

51:4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy

sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be

clear when thou judgest.

51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother

conceive me.

51:6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden

part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

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51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be

whiter than snow.

51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast

broken may rejoice.

51:9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within

me.

51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy Holy Spirit

from me.

51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy

free spirit.

51:13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be

converted unto thee.

51:14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my

salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

51:15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy

praise.

51:16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest

not in burnt offering.

51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite

heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

51:18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of

Jerusalem.

51:19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness,

with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer

bullocks upon thine altar.

CHAPTER 52

52:

Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the

goodness of God endureth continually.

52:

The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working

deceitfully.

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52:

Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak

righteousness. Selah.

52:

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

52:

God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away,

and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the

land of the living. Selah.

52:

The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

52:

Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in

the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his

wickedness.

52:

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the

mercy of God for ever and ever.

52:

I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait

on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

CHAPTER 53

53:

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they,

and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

53:

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if

there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

53:

Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy;

there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

53:

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my

people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

53:

There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath

scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast

put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

53:

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God

bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and

Israel shall be glad.

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CHAPTER 54

54:1 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.

54:2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.

54:3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my

soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

54:4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my

soul.

54:5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.

54:6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD;

for it is good.

54:7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen

his desire upon mine enemies.

CHAPTER 55

55:1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my

supplication.

55:2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make

a noise;

55:3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of

the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate

me.

55:4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are

fallen upon me.

55:5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath

overwhelmed me.

55:6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly

away, and be at rest.

55:7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness.

Selah.

55:8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.

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55:

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence

and strife in the city.

55:10

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief

also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

55:11

Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from

her streets.

55:12

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have

born it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself

against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

55:13

But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine

acquaintance.

55:14

We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of

God in company.

55:15

Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell:

for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

55:16

As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.

55:17

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and

he shall hear my voice.

55:18

He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against

me: for there were many with me.

55:19

God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah.

Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.

55:20

He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him:

he hath broken his covenant.

55:21

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in

his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn

swords.

55:22

Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he

shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

55:23

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of

destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their

days; but I will trust in thee.

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CHAPTER 56

56:1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he

fighting daily oppresseth me.

56:2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that

fight against me, O thou most High.

56:3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

56:4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will

not fear what flesh can do unto me.

56:5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me

for evil.

56:6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark

my steps, when they wait for my soul.

56:7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people,

O God.

56:8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are

they not in thy book?

56:9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I

know; for God is for me.

56:10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.

56:11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do

unto me.

56:12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.

56:13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver

my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the

living?

CHAPTER 57

57:1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul

trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my

refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

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57:2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things

for me.

57:3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him

that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy

and his truth.

57:4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on

fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and

their tongue a sharp sword.

57:5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above

all the earth.

57:6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down:

they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are

fallen themselves. Selah.

57:7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give

praise.

57:8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will

awake early.

57:9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee

among the nations.

57:10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the

clouds.

57:11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above

all the earth.

CHAPTER 58

58:1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge

uprightly, O ye sons of men?

58:2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your

hands in the earth.

58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon

as they be born, speaking lies.

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58:

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf

adder that stoppeth her ear;

58:

Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so

wisely.

58:

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth

of the young lions, O LORD.

58:

Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he

bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

58:

As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the

untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

58:

Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as

with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

58:10

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall

wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

58:11

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous:

verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

CHAPTER 59

59:

Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them

that rise up against me.

59:

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody

men.

59:

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against

me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

59:

They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help

me, and behold.

59:

Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake

to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked

transgressors. Selah.

59:

They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round

about the city.

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59:7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips:

for who, say they, doth hear?

59:8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the

heathen in derision.

59:9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my

defence.

59:10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my

desire upon mine enemies.

59:11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power;

and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

59:12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even

be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

59:13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and

let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth.

Selah.

59:14 And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a

dog, and go round about the city.

59:15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not

satisfied.

59:16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in

the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day

of my trouble.

59:17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and

the God of my mercy.

CHAPTER 60

60:1 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast

been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.

60:2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the

breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

60:3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to

drink the wine of astonishment.

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60:

Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be

displayed because of the truth. Selah.

60:

That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and

hear me.

60:

God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide

Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

60:

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength

of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

60:

Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia,

triumph thou because of me.

60:

Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into

Edom?

60:10

Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God,

which didst not go out with our armies?

60:11

Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

60:12

Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread

down our enemies.

CHAPTER 61

61:

Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.

61:

From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is

overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

61:

For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the

enemy.

61:

I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of

thy wings. Selah.

61:

For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the

heritage of those that fear thy name.

61:

Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: and his years as many

generations.

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61:

He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth,

which may preserve him.

61:

So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily

perform my vows.

CHAPTER 62

62:

Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

62:

He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not

be greatly moved.

62:

How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain

all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

62:

They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they

delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse

inwardly. Selah.

62:

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from

him.

62:

He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not

be moved.

62:

In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and

my refuge, is in God.

62:

Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before

him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

62:

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a

lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

62:10

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches

increase, set not your heart upon them.

62:11

God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power

belongeth unto God.

62:12

Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to

every man according to his work.

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CHAPTER 63

63:1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth

for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where

no water is;

63:2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the

sanctuary.

63:3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise

thee.

63:4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy

name.

63:5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my

mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

63:6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the

night watches.

63:7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy

wings will I rejoice.

63:8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

63:9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower

parts of the earth.

63:10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

63:11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him

shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

CHAPTER 64

64:

Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of

the enemy.

64:

Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the

insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

64:

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot

their arrows, even bitter words:

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64:

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they

shoot at him, and fear not.

64:

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of

laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

64:

They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both

the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

64:

But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be

wounded.

64:

So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all

that see them shall flee away.

64:

And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they

shall wisely consider of his doing.

64:10

The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and

all the upright in heart shall glory.

CHAPTER 65

65:

Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the

vow be performed.

65:

O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.

65:

Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt

purge them away.

65:

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach

unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied

with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

65:

By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of

our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth,

and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

65:

Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with

power:

65:

Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and

the tumult of the people.

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65:8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy

tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to

rejoice.

65:9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it

with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them

corn, when thou hast so provided for it.

65:10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the

furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest

the springing thereof.

65:11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop

fatness.

65:12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills

rejoice on every side.

65:13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered

over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.

CHAPTER 66

66:1 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:

66:2 Sing forth the honor of his name: make his praise glorious.

66:3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the

greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto

thee.

66:4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall

sing to thy name. Selah.

66:5 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward

the children of men.

66:6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on

foot: there did we rejoice in him.

66:7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let

not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

66:8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be

heard:

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66:9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be

moved.

66:10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is

tried.

66:11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our

loins.

66:12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire

and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy

place.

66:13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my

vows,

66:14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I

was in trouble.

66:15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of

rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

66:16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath

done for my soul.

66:17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my

tongue.

66:18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

66:19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my

prayer.

66:20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his

mercy from me.

CHAPTER 67

67:1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine

upon us; Selah.

67:2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among

all nations.

67:3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

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67:

O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the

people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

67:

Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

67:

Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own

God, shall bless us.

67:

God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.

CHAPTER 68

68:

Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate

him flee before him.

68:

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth

before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

68:

But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let

them exceedingly rejoice.

68:

Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon

the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.

68:

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his

holy habitation.

68:

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are

bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

68:

O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou

didst march through the wilderness; Selah:

68:

The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God:

even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of

Israel.

68:

Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst

confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

68:10

Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared

of thy goodness for the poor.

68:11

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that

published it.

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68:12

Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided

the spoil.

68:13

Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings

of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

68:14

When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in

Salmon.

68:15

The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of

Bashan.

68:16

Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to

dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.

68:17

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of

angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

68:18

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou

hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the

LORD God might dwell among them.

68:19

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the

God of our salvation. Selah.

68:20

He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the

Lord belong the issues from death.

68:21

But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp

of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

68:22

The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my

people again from the depths of the sea:

68:23

That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the

tongue of thy dogs in the same.

68:24

They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God,

my King, in the sanctuary.

68:25

The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after;

among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

68:26

Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the

fountain of Israel.

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68:27

There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and

their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

68:28

Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that

which thou hast wrought for us.

68:29

Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto

thee.

68:30

Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with

the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces

of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.

68:31

Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out

her hands unto God.

68:32

Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the

Lord; Selah:

68:33

To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of

old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

68:34

Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his

strength is in the clouds.

68:35

O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is

he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.

CHAPTER 69

69:

Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

69:

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep

waters, where the floods overflow me.

69:

I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I

wait for my God.

69:

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine

head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully,

are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

69:

O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid

from thee.

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69:

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed

for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my

sake, O God of Israel.

69:

Because for thy sake I have born reproach; shame hath covered my

face.

69:

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my

mother’s children.

69:

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of

them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

69:10

When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my

reproach.

69:11

I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

69:12

They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of

the drunkards.

69:13

But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable

time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of

thy salvation.

69:14

Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered

from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

69:15

Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow

me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

69:16

Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me

according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

69:17

And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear

me speedily.

69:18

Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine

enemies.

69:19

Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor:

mine adversaries are all before thee.

69:20

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I

looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for

comforters, but I found none.

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69:21

They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me

vinegar to drink.

69:22

Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should

have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

69:23

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins

continually to shake.

69:24

Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger

take hold of them.

69:25

Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

69:26

For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to

the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

69:27

Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy

righteousness.

69:28

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be

written with the righteous.

69:29

But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up

on high.

69:30

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him

with thanksgiving.

69:31

This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that

hath horns and hoofs.

69:32

The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that

seek God.

69:33

For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

69:34

Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that

moveth therein.

69:35

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they

may dwell there, and have it in possession.

69:36

The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his

name shall dwell therein.

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CHAPTER 70

70:1 MAKE HASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE

TO HELP ME, O LORD.

70:2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let

them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my

hurt.

70:3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha,

aha.

70:4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such

as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

70:5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my

help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.

CHAPTER 71

71:1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to

confusion.

71:2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline

thine ear unto me, and save me.

71:3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort:

thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock

and my fortress.

71:4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the

hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

71:5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my

youth.

71:6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that

took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually

of thee.

71:7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.

71:8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honor all the

day.

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71:

Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my

strength faileth.

71:10

For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my

soul take counsel together,

71:11

Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is

none to deliver him.

71:12

O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

71:13

Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my

soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my

hurt.

71:14

But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and

more.

71:15

My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all

the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.

71:16

I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of

thy righteousness, even of thine only.

71:17

O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I

declared thy wondrous works.

71:18

Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not;

until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy

power to every one that is to come.

71:19

Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great

things: O God, who is like unto thee!

71:20

Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken

me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

71:21

Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

71:22

I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my

God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of

Israel.

71:23

My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul,

which thou hast redeemed.

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71:24

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for

they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek

my hurt.

CHAPTER 72

72:

Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto

the king’s son.

72:

He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with

judgment.

72:

The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills,

by righteousness.

72:

He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of

the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

72:

They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure,

throughout all generations.

72:

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers

that water the earth.

72:

In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so

long as the moon endureth.

72:

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river

unto the ends of the earth.

72:

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his

enemies shall lick the dust.

72:10

The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the

kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

72:11

Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

72:12

For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and

him that hath no helper.

72:13

He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the

needy.

72:14

He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious

shall their blood be in his sight.

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72:15

And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba:

prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be

praised.

72:16

There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the

mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of

the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

72:17

His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long

as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call

him blessed.

72:18

Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth

wondrous things.

72:19

And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth

be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

72:20

The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

CHAPTER 73

73:

Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

73:

But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh

slipped.

73:

For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the

wicked.

73:

For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

73:

They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like

other men.

73:

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence

covereth them as a garment.

73:

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could

wish.

73:

They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they

speak loftily.

73:

They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh

through the earth.

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73:10

Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are

wrung out to them.

73:11

And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the

most High?

73:12

Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they

increase in riches.

73:13

Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in

innocency.

73:14

For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every

morning.

73:15

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the

generation of thy children.

73:16

When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

73:17

Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their

end.

73:18

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them

down into destruction.

73:19

How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are

utterly consumed with terrors.

73:20

As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest,

thou shalt despise their image.

73:21

Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

73:22

So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

73:23

Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by

my right hand.

73:24

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to

glory.

73:25

Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that

I desire beside thee.

73:26

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart,

and my portion for ever.

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73:27

For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast

destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

73:28

But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in

the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.

CHAPTER 74

74:

O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger

smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

74:

Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the

rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount

Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

74:

Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the

enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

74:

Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up

their ensigns for signs.

74:

A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the

thick trees.

74:

But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with

axes and hammers.

74:

They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by

casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

74:

They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have

burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

74:

We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there

among us any that knoweth how long.

74:10

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy

blaspheme thy name for ever?

74:11

Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out

of thy bosom.

74:12

For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the

earth.

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74:13

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads

of the dragons in the waters.

74:14

Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be

meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

74:15

Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up

mighty rivers.

74:16

The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the

light and the sun.

74:17

Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer

and winter.

74:18

Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and

that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

74:19

O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the

wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

74:20

Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are

full of the habitations of cruelty.

74:21

O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy

praise thy name.

74:22

Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish

man reproacheth thee daily.

74:23

Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise

up against thee increaseth continually.

CHAPTER 75

75:

Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks:

for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.

75:

When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.

75:

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the

pillars of it. Selah.

75:

I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not

up the horn:

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75:5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

75:6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west,

nor from the south.

75:7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

75:8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it

is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs

thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink

them.

75:9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

75:10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the

righteous shall be exalted.

CHAPTER 76

76:1 In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.

76:2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.

76:3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword,

and the battle. Selah.

76:4 Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.

76:5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none

of the men of might have found their hands.

76:6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast

into a dead sleep.

76:7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight

when once thou art angry?

76:8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth

feared, and was still,

76:9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth.

Selah.

76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath

shalt thou restrain.

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76:11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round

about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

76:12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of

the earth.

CHAPTER 77

77:1 I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and

he gave ear unto me.

77:2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the

night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

77:3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit

was overwhelmed. Selah.

77:4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot

speak.

77:5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

77:6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine

own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

77:7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favorable no more?

77:8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for

evermore?

77:9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his

tender mercies? Selah.

77:10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of

the right hand of the most High.

77:11 I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember

thy wonders of old.

77:12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.

77:13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our

God?

77:14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy

strength among the people.

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77:15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob

and Joseph. Selah.

77:16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were

afraid: the depths also were troubled.

77:17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine

arrows also went abroad.

77:18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings

lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

77:19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy

footsteps are not known.

77:20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and

Aaron.

CHAPTER 78

78:1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words

of my mouth.

78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

78:3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

78:4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the

generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and

his wonderful works that he hath done.

78:5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in

Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make

them known to their children:

78:6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children

which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their

children:

78:7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of

God, but keep his commandments:

78:8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious

generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose

spirit was not stedfast with God.

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78:

The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned

back in the day of battle.

78:10

They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

78:11

And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.

78:12

Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of

Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

78:13

He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made

the waters to stand as an heap.

78:14

In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with

a light of fire.

78:15

He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of

the great depths.

78:16

He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run

down like rivers.

78:17

And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High

in the wilderness.

78:18

And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

78:19

Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in

the wilderness?

78:20

Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the

streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh

for his people?

78:21

Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was

kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;

78:22

Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

78:23

Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the

doors of heaven,

78:24

And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them

of the corn of heaven.

78:25

Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full.

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78:26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he

brought in the south wind.

78:27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as

the sand of the sea:

78:28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their

habitations.

78:29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own

desire;

78:30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was

yet in their mouths,

78:31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them,

and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

78:32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous

works.

78:33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in

trouble.

78:34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and

enquired early after God.

78:35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God

their redeemer.

78:36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied

unto him with their tongues.

78:37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast

in his covenant.

78:38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and

destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away,

and did not stir up all his wrath.

78:39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth

away, and cometh not again.

78:40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in

the desert!

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78:41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One

of Israel.

78:42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered

them from the enemy.

78:43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the

field of Zoan.

78:44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they

could not drink.

78:45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them;

and frogs, which destroyed them.

78:46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labor unto

the locust.

78:47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with

frost.

78:48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot

thunderbolts.

78:49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and

indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

78:50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death,

but gave their life over to the pestilence;

78:51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in

the tabernacles of Ham:

78:52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them

in the wilderness like a flock.

78:53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea

overwhelmed their enemies.

78:54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this

mountain, which his right hand had purchased.

78:55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an

inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their

tents.

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78:56

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not

his testimonies:

78:57

But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were

turned aside like a deceitful bow.

78:58

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved

him to jealousy with their graven images.

78:59

When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

78:60

So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he

placed among men;

78:61

And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the

enemy’s hand.

78:62

He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with

his inheritance.

78:63

The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not

given to marriage.

78:64

Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no

lamentation.

78:65

Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man

that shouteth by reason of wine.

78:66

And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a

perpetual reproach.

78:67

Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the

tribe of Ephraim:

78:68

But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

78:69

And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he

hath established for ever.

78:70

He chose David also his servant, and took him from the

sheepfolds:

78:71

From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed

Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

78:72

So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided

them by the skilfulness of his hands.

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CHAPTER 79

79:

O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy

temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

79:

The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto

the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of

the earth.

79:

Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and

there was none to bury them.

79:

We are become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to

them that are round about us.

79:

How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy

burn like fire?

79:

Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee,

and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

79:

For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.

79:

O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies

speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

79:

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and

deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.

79:10

Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be

known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the

blood of thy servants which is shed.

79:11

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the

greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to

die;

79:12

And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their

reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

79:13

So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks

for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.

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CHAPTER 80

80:1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a

flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

80:2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength,

and come and save us.

80:3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be

saved.

80:4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the

prayer of thy people?

80:5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to

drink in great measure.

80:6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors: and our enemies laugh

among themselves.

80:7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we

shall be saved.

80:8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the

heathen, and planted it.

80:9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep

root, and it filled the land.

80:10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs

thereof were like the goodly cedars.

80:11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the

river.

80:12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they

which pass by the way do pluck her?

80:13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the

field doth devour it.

80:14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven,

and behold, and visit this vine;

80:15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the

branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

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80:16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of

thy countenance.

80:17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of

man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

80:18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon

thy name.

80:19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and

we shall be saved.

CHAPTER 81

81:1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the

God of Jacob.

81:2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with

the psaltery.

81:3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on

our solemn feast day.

81:4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

81:5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out

through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I

understood not.

81:6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered

from the pots.

81:7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in

the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah.

Selah.

81:8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou

wilt hearken unto me;

81:9 There shall no strange God be in thee; neither shalt thou worship

any strange God.

81:10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of

Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

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81:11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would

none of me.

81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in

their own counsels.

81:13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked

in my ways!

81:14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand

against their adversaries.

81:15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto

him: but their time should have endured for ever.

81:16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and

with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

CHAPTER 82

82:1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among

the gods.

82:2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the

wicked? Selah.

82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and

needy.

82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the

wicked.

82:5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in

darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

82:6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most

High.

82:7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

82:8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.

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CHAPTER 83

83:1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still,

O God.

83:2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have

lifted up the head.

83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted

against thy hidden ones.

83:4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation;

that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

83:5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are

confederate against thee:

83:6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the

Hagarenes;

83:7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the

inhabitants of Tyre;

83:8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of

Lot. Selah.

83:9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at

the brook of Kison:

83:10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.

83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as

Zebah, and as Zalmunna:

83:12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in

possession.

83:13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

83:14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains

on fire;

83:15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with

thy storm.

83:16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O

LORD.

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83:17

Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put

to shame, and perish:

83:18

That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH,

art the most high over all the earth.

CHAPTER 84

84:

How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

84:

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD:

my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

84:

Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for

herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD

of hosts, my King, and my God.

84:

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising

thee. Selah.

84:

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the

ways of them.

84:

Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain

also filleth the pools.

84:

They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion

appeareth before God.

84:

O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob.

Selah.

84:

Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine

anointed.

84:10

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a

doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of

wickedness.

84:11

For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace

and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk

uprightly.

84:12

O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

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CHAPTER 85

85:1 Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land: thou hast brought

back the captivity of Jacob.

85:2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered

all their sin. Selah.

85:3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from

the fierceness of thine anger.

85:4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us

to cease.

85:5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger

to all generations?

85:6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?

85:7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.

85:8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace

unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to

folly.

85:9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may

dwell in our land.

85:10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have

kissed each other.

85:11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look

down from heaven.

85:12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall

yield her increase.

85:13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of

his steps.

CHAPTER 86

86:1 Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.

86:2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant

that trusteth in thee.

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86:

Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.

86:

Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up

my soul.

86:

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in

mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

86:

Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my

supplications.

86:

In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer

me.

86:

Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are

there any works like unto thy works.

86:

All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before

thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

86:10

For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.

86:11

Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my

heart to fear thy name.

86:12

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will

glorify thy name for evermore.

86:13

For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul

from the lowest hell.

86:14

O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of

violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before

them.

86:15

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious,

longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

86:16

O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto

thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

86:17

Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and

be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted

me.

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CHAPTER 87

87:1 His foundation is in the holy mountains.

87:2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of

Jacob.

87:3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.

87:4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me:

behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.

87:5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her:

and the highest himself shall establish her.

87:6 The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this

man was born there. Selah.

87:7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all

my springs are in thee.

CHAPTER 88

88:1 O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before

thee:

88:2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

88:3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the

grave.

88:4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man

that hath no strength:

88:5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou

rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

88:6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

88:7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all

thy waves. Selah.

88:8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast

made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot

come forth.

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88:

Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called

daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

88:10

Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and

praise thee? Selah.

88:11

Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy

faithfulness in destruction?

88:12

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in

the land of forgetfulness?

88:13

But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my

prayer prevent thee.

88:14

LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face

from me?

88:15

I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer

thy terrors I am distracted.

88:16

Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

88:17

They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me

about together.

88:18

Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance

into darkness.

CHAPTER 89

89:

I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth

will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

89:

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness

shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

89:

I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David

my servant,

89:

Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all

generations. Selah.

89:

And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy

faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

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89:6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who

among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

89:7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be

had in reverence of all them that are about him.

89:8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or

to thy faithfulness round about thee?

89:9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise,

thou stillest them.

89:10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast

scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

89:11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and

the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

89:12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and

Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

89:13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right

hand.

89:14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and

truth shall go before thy face.

89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk,

O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

89:16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness

shall they be exalted.

89:17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favor our horn

shall be exalted.

89:18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our

king.

89:19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid

help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the

people.

89:20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed

him:

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89:21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall

strengthen him.

89:22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness

afflict him.

89:23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that

hate him.

89:24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my

name shall his horn be exalted.

89:25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

89:26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of

my salvation.

89:27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the

earth.

89:28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall

stand fast with him.

89:29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the

days of heaven.

89:30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

89:31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

89:32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity

with stripes.

89:33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him,

nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

89:34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of

my lips.

89:35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

89:36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.

89:37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful

witness in heaven. Selah.

89:38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with

thine anointed.

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89:39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast

profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

89:40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong

holds to ruin.

89:41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his

neighbors.

89:42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made

all his enemies to rejoice.

89:43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made

him to stand in the battle.

89:44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the

ground.

89:45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him

with shame. Selah.

89:46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath

burn like fire?

89:47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all

men in vain?

89:48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver

his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

89:49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swearst

unto David in thy truth?

89:50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in

my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

89:51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith

they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

89:52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

CHAPTER 90

90:1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

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90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst

formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to

everlasting, thou art God.

90:3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children

of men.

90:4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is

past, and as a watch in the night.

90:5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the

morning they are like grass which groweth up.

90:6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is

cut down, and withereth.

90:7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we

troubled.

90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light

of thy countenance.

90:9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years

as a tale that is told.

90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by

reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength

labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

90:11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear,

so is thy wrath.

90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts

unto wisdom.

90:13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy

servants.

90:14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad

all our days.

90:15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us,

and the years wherein we have seen evil.

90:16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their

children.

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90:17

And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and

establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our

hands establish thou it.

CHAPTER 91

91:

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide

under the shadow of the Almighty.

91:

I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God;

in him will I trust.

91:

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from

the noisome pestilence.

91:

He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt

thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

91:

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow

that flieth by day;

91:

Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the

destruction that wasteth at noonday.

91:

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right

hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

91:

Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the

wicked.

91:

Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the

most High, thy habitation;

91:10

There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh

thy dwelling.

91:11

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy

ways.

91:12

They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot

against a stone.

91:13

Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the

dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

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91:14

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I

will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

91:15

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in

trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him.

91:16

With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

CHAPTER 92

92:

IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE

LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O

MOST HIGH:

92:

To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy

faithfulness every night,

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Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon

the harp with a solemn sound.

92:

For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will

triumph in the works of thy hands.

92:

O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very

deep.

92:

A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

92:

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of

iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

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But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.

92:

For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish;

all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

92:10

But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be

anointed with fresh oil.

92:11

Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears

shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.

92:12

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a

cedar in Lebanon.

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92:13

Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in

the courts of our God.

92:14

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and

flourishing;

92:15

To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no

unrighteousness in him.

CHAPTER 93

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The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is

clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world

also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

93:

Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.

93:

The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their

voice; the floods lift up their waves.

93:

The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea,

than the mighty waves of the sea.

93:

Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O

LORD, for ever.

CHAPTER 94

94:

O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom

vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

94:

Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the

proud.

94:

LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked

triumph?

94:

How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the

workers of iniquity boast themselves?

94:

They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine

heritage.

94:

They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

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94:

Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of

Jacob regard it.

94:

Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will

ye be wise?

94:

He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye,

shall he not see?

94:10

He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that

teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

94:11

The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

94:12

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest

him out of thy law;

94:13

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until

the pit be digged for the wicked.

94:14

For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake

his inheritance.

94:15

But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in

heart shall follow it.

94:16

Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up

for me against the workers of iniquity?

94:17

Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in

silence.

94:18

When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.

94:19

In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight

my soul.

94:20

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which

frameth mischief by a law?

94:21

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous,

and condemn the innocent blood.

94:22

But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my

refuge.

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94:23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut

them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall

cut them off.

CHAPTER 95

95:1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to

the rock of our salvation.

95:2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a

joyful noise unto him with psalms.

95:3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

95:4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills

is his also.

95:5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the

LORD our maker.

95:7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the

sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,

95:8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of

temptation in the wilderness:

95:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

95:10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a

people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my

ways:

95:11 Unto whom I swear in my wrath that they should not enter into

my rest.

CHAPTER 96

96:1 O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the

earth.

96:2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from

day to day.

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96:

Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all

people.

96:

For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared

above all gods.

96:

For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the

heavens.

96:

Honor and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his

sanctuary.

96:

Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the

LORD glory and strength.

96:

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an

offering, and come into his courts.

96:

O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all

the earth.

96:10

Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also

shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the

people righteously.

96:11

Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar,

and the fulness thereof.

96:12

Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees

of the wood rejoice

96:13

Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth:

he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with

his truth.

CHAPTER 97

97:

The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles

be glad thereof.

97:

Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and

judgment are the habitation of his throne.

97:

A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.

97:

His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

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97:

The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the

presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

97:

The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his

glory.

97:

Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast

themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.

97:

Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced

because of thy judgments, O LORD.

97:

For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far

above all gods.

97:10

Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his

saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

97:11

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in

heart.

97:12

Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the

remembrance of his holiness.

CHAPTER 98

98:

O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous

things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the

victory.

98:

The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath

he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.

98:

He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of

Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

98:

Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud

noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

98:

Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of

a psalm.

98:

With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the

LORD, the King.

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98:

Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that

dwell therein.

98:

Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together

98:

Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with

righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

CHAPTER 99

99:

The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the

cherubims; let the earth be moved.

99:

The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.

99:

Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.

99:

The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish

equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

99:

Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is

holy.

99:

Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that

call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered

them.

99:

He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies,

and the ordinance that he gave them.

99:

Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that

forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.

99:

Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the

LORD our God is holy.

CHAPTER 100

100:

Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.

100:

Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with

singing.

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100:

Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us,

and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his

pasture.

100:

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with

praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

100:

For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth

endureth to all generations.

CHAPTER 101

101:

I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I

sing.

101:

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou

come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

101:

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of

them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

101:

A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked

person.

101:

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I cut off: him

that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

101:

Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may

dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve

me.

101:

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that

telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

101:

I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off

all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

CHAPTER 102

102:

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.

102:

Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble;

incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me

speedily.

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102:

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned

as an hearth.

102:

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to

eat my bread.

102:

By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my

skin.

102:

I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the

desert.

102:

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

102:

Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad

against me are sworn against me.

102:

For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with

weeping.

102:10

Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted

me up, and cast me down.

102:11

My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like

grass.

102:12

But thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance

unto all generations.

102:13

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to

favor her, yea, the set time, is come.

102:14

For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favor the dust

thereof.

102:15

So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings

of the earth thy glory.

102:16

When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

102:17

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their

prayer.

102:18

This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people

which shall be created shall praise the LORD.

102:19

For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from

heaven did the LORD behold the earth;

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102:20

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are

appointed to death;

102:21

To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in

Jerusalem;

102:22

When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to

serve the LORD.

102:23

He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

102:24

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days:

thy years are throughout all generations.

102:25

Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens

are the work of thy hands.

102:26

They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall

wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and

they shall be changed:

102:27

But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

102:28

The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall

be established before thee.

CHAPTER 103

103:

Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his

holy name.

103:

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

103:

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

103:

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee

with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

103:

Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is

renewed like the eagle’s.

103:

The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are

oppressed.

103:

He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children

of Israel.

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103:8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous

in mercy.

103:9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.

103:10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us

according to our iniquities.

103:11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy

toward them that fear him.

103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our

transgressions from us.

103:13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them

that fear him.

103:14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

103:15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he

flourisheth.

103:16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof

shall know it no more.

103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting

upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s

children;

103:18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his

commandments to do them.

103:19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his

kingdom ruleth over all.

103:20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his

commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

103:21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do

his pleasure.

103:22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless

the LORD, O my soul.

CHAPTER 104

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104:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very

great; thou art clothed with honor and majesty.

104:2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who

stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

104:3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who

maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of

the wind:

104:4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:

104:5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be

removed for ever.

104:6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters

stood above the mountains.

104:7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted

away.

104:8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto

the place which thou hast founded for them.

104:9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they

turn not again to cover the earth.

104:10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the

hills.

104:11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench

their thirst.

104:12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation,

which sing among the branches.

104:13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied

with the fruit of thy works.

104:14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the

service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

104:15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his

face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.

104:16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon,

which he hath planted;

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104:17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are

her house.

104:18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the

conies.

104:19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going

down.

104:20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of

the forest do creep forth.

104:21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from

God.

104:22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them

down in their dens.

104:23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labor until the evening.

104:24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou

made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

104:25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping

innumerable, both small and great beasts.

104:26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made

to play therein.

104:27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat

in due season.

104:28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they

are filled with good.

104:29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their

breath, they die, and return to their dust.

104:30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou

renewest the face of the earth.

104:31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall

rejoice in his works.

104:32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills,

and they smoke.

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104:33

I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to

my God while I have my being.

104:34

My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.

104:35

Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked

be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the

LORD.

CHAPTER 105

105:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known

his deeds among the people.

105:2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous

works.

105:3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek

the LORD.

105:4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

105:5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders,

and the judgments of his mouth;

105:6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his

chosen.

105:7 He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.

105:8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he

commanded to a thousand generations.

105:9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

105:10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an

everlasting covenant:

105:11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your

inheritance:

105:12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and

strangers in it.

105:13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom

to another people;

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105:14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for

their sakes;

105:15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

105:16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the

whole staff of bread.

105:17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a

servant:

105:18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:

105:19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried

him.

105:20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and

let him go free.

105:21 He made him Lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:

105:22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators

wisdom.

105:23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of

Ham.

105:24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger

than their enemies.

105:25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his

servants.

105:26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.

105:27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of

Ham.

105:28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against

his word.

105:29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

105:30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of

their kings.

105:31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their

coasts.

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105:32

He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.

105:33

He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees

of their coasts.

105:34

He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that

without number,

105:35

And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit

of their ground.

105:36

He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their

strength.

105:37

He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was

not one feeble person among their tribes.

105:38

Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell

upon them.

105:39

He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the

night.

105:40

The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with

the bread of heaven.

105:41

He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the

dry places like a river.

105:42

For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.

105:43

And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with

gladness:

105:44

And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the

labor of the people;

105:45

That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise

ye the LORD.

CHAPTER 106

106:

Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is

good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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106:

Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew

forth all his praise?

106:

Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth

righteousness at all times.

106:

Remember me, O LORD, with the favor that thou bearest unto

thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;

106:

That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the

gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

106:

We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity,

we have done wickedly.

106:

Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they

remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him

at the sea, even at the Red sea.

106:

Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might

make his mighty power to be known.

106:

He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them

through the depths, as through the wilderness.

106:10

And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and

redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

106:11

And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them

left.

106:12

Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

106:13

They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

106:14

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the

desert.

106:15

And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

106:16

They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the

LORD.

106:17

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the

company of Abiram.

106:18

And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the

wicked.

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106:19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

106:20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that

eateth grass.

106:21 They forgat God their savior, which had done great things in

Egypt;

106:22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the

Red sea.

106:23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his

chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath,

lest he should destroy them.

106:24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

106:25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of

the LORD.

106:26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them

in the wilderness:

106:27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter

them in the lands.

106:28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices

of the dead.

106:29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the

plague brake in upon them.

106:30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the

plague was stayed.

106:31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all

generations for evermore.

106:32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill

with Moses for their sakes:

106:33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly

with his lips.

106:34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD

commanded them:

106:35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

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106:36

And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

106:37

Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,

106:38

And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of

their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan:

and the land was polluted with blood.

106:39

Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a

whoring with their own inventions.

106:40

Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his

people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

106:41

And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that

hated them ruled over them.

106:42

Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into

subjection under their hand.

106:43

Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with

their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.

106:44

Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:

106:45

And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented

according to the multitude of his mercies.

106:46

He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them

captives.

106:47

Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the

heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in

thy praise.

106:48

Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to

everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the

LORD.

CHAPTER 107

107:

O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy

endureth for ever.

107:

Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed

from the hand of the enemy;

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107:3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the

west, from the north, and from the south.

107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found

no city to dwell in.

107:5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

107:6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered

them out of their distresses.

107:7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a

city of habitation.

107:8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for

his wonderful works to the children of men!

107:9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with

goodness.

107:10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound

in affliction and iron;

107:11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned

the counsel of the most High:

107:12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; they fell down,

and there was none to help.

107:13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved

them out of their distresses.

107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and

brake their bands in sunder.

107:15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for

his wonderful works to the children of men!

107:16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in

sunder.

107:17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their

iniquities, are afflicted.

107:18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto

the gates of death.

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107:19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth

them out of their distresses.

107:20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their

destructions.

107:21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for

his wonderful works to the children of men!

107:22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare

his works with rejoicing.

107:23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great

waters;

107:24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.

107:25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth

up the waves thereof.

107:26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths:

their soul is melted because of trouble.

107:27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at

their wit’s end.

107:28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth

them out of their distresses.

107:29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

107:30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them

unto their desired haven.

107:31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for

his wonderful works to the children of men!

107:32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and

praise him in the assembly of the elders.

107:33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry

ground;

107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that

dwell therein.

107:35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground

into watersprings.

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107:36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare

a city for habitation;

107:37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits

of increase.

107:38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and

suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

107:39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression,

affliction, and sorrow.

107:40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander

in the wilderness, where there is no way.

107:41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him

families like a flock.

107:42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop

her mouth.

107:43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall

understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.

CHAPTER 108

108:

O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with

my glory.

108:

Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

108:

I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing

praises unto thee among the nations.

108:

For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth

unto the clouds.

108:

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above

all the earth;

108:

That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and

answer me.

108:

God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide

Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

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108:

Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of

mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

108:

Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over

Philistia will I triumph.

108:10

Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into

Edom?

108:11

Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O

God, go forth with our hosts?

108:12

Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

108:13

Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread

down our enemies.

CHAPTER 109

109:

Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

109:

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are

opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying

tongue.

109:

They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought

against me without a cause.

109:

For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto

prayer.

109:

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my

love.

109:

Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right

hand.

109:

When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his

prayer become sin.

109:

Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

109:

Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

109:10

Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek

their bread also out of their desolate places.

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109:11

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers

spoil his labor.

109:12

Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be

any to favor his fatherless children.

109:13

Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let

their name be blotted out.

109:14

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD;

and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

109:15

Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off

the memory of them from the earth.

109:16

Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted

the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in

heart.

109:17

As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not

in blessing, so let it be far from him.

109:18

As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let

it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

109:19

Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a

girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

109:20

Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and

of them that speak evil against my soul.

109:21

But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake:

because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.

109:22

For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

109:23

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and

down as the locust.

109:24

My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of

fatness.

109:25

I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me

they shaked their heads.

109:26

Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:

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109:27

That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD,

hast done it.

109:28

Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be

ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

109:29

Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover

themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

109:30

I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise

him among the multitude.

109:31

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from

those that condemn his soul.

CHAPTER 110

110:1 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I

make thine enemies thy footstool.

110:2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule

thou in the midst of thine enemies.

110:3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the

beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the

dew of thy youth.

110:4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for

ever after the order of Melchizedek.

110:5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day

of his wrath.

110:6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the

dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.

110:7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up

the head.

CHAPTER 111

111:1 Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole

heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.

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111:2 The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that

have pleasure therein.

111:3 His work is honorable and glorious: and his righteousness

endureth for ever.

111:4 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD

is gracious and full of compassion.

111:5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be

mindful of his covenant.

111:6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may

give them the heritage of the heathen.

111:7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his

commandments are sure.

111:8 They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and

uprightness.

111:9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his

covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.

111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good

understanding have all they that do his commandments: his

praise endureth for ever.

CHAPTER 112

112:

Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD,

that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

112:

His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright

shall be blessed.

112:

Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness

endureth for ever.

112:

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is

gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

112:

A good man sheweth favor, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs

with discretion.

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112:6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in

everlasting remembrance.

112:7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in

the LORD.

112:8 His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his

desire upon his enemies.

112:9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness

endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.

112:10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his

teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

CHAPTER 113

113:

Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise

the name of the LORD.

113:

Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for

evermore.

113:

From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the

LORD’s name is to be praised.

113:

The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the

heavens.

113:

Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,

113:

Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven,

and in the earth!

113:

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out

of the dunghill;

113:

That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his

people.

113:

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful

mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.

CHAPTER 114

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114:1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people

of strange language;

114:2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

114:3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.

114:4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.

114:5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that

thou wast driven back?

114:6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like

lambs?

114:7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence

of the God of Jacob;

114:8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a

fountain of waters.

CHAPTER 115

115:1 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give

glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.

115:2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?

115:3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath

pleased.

115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

115:5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they

see not:

115:6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they

smell not:

115:7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they

walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

115:8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that

trusteth in them.

115:9 O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.

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115:10

O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their

shield.

115:11

Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and

their shield.

115:12

The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will

bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.

115:13

He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.

115:14

The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your

children.

115:15

Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.

115:16

The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s: but the earth

hath he given to the children of men.

115:17

The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into

silence.

115:18

But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for

evermore. Praise the LORD.

CHAPTER 116

116:1 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my

supplications.

116:2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call

upon him as long as I live.

116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat

hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

116:4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech

thee, deliver my soul.

116:5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

116:6 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he

helped me.

116:7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt

bountifully with thee.

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116:

For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from

tears, and my feet from falling.

116:

I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

116:10

I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:

116:11

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

116:12

What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward

me?

116:13

I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the

LORD.

116:14

I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all

his people.

116:15

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

116:16

O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son

of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

116:17

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon

the name of the LORD.

116:18

I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all

his people.

116:19

In the courts of the LORD’s house, in the midst of thee, O

Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.

CHAPTER 117

117:

O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.

117:

For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the

LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.

CHAPTER 118

118:

O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy

endureth for ever.

118:

Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

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118:

Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for

ever.

118:

Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth

for ever.

118:

I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and

set me in a large place.

118:

The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto

me?

118:

The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore

shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.

118:

It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

118:

It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in

princes.

118:10

All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD

will I destroy them.

118:11

They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but

in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

118:12

They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the

fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

118:13

Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD

helped me.

118:14

The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.

118:15

The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the

righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.

118:16

The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the

LORD doeth valiantly.

118:17

I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.

118:18

The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me

over unto death.

118:19

Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I

will praise the LORD:

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118:20

This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.

118:21

I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my

salvation.

118:22

The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of

the corner.

118:23

This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.

118:24

This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and

be glad in it.

118:25

Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee,

send now prosperity.

118:26

Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have

blessed you out of the house of the LORD.

118:27

God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice

with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

118:28

Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will

exalt thee.

118:29

O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy

endureth for ever.

CHAPTER 119

119:1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the

LORD.

119:2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him

with the whole heart.

119:3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.

119:4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

119:5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

119:6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy

commandments.

119:7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have

learned thy righteous judgments.

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119:8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

119:9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed

thereto according to thy word.

119:10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander

from thy commandments.

119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against

thee.

119:12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.

119:13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

119:14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all

riches.

119:15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

119:16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

119:17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy

word.

119:18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of

thy law.

119:19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from

me.

119:20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments

at all times.

119:21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from

thy commandments.

119:22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy

testimonies.

119:23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did

meditate in thy statutes.

119:24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

119:25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to

thy word.

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119:26

I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy

statutes.

119:27

Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk

of thy wondrous works.

119:28

My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according

unto thy word.

119:29

Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law

graciously.

119:30

I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before

me.

119:31

I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to

shame.

119:32

I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt

enlarge my heart.

119:33

Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it

unto the end.

119:34

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall

observe it with my whole heart.

119:35

Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do

I delight.

119:36

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

119:37

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou

me in thy way.

119:38

Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.

119:39

Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are

good.

119:40

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy

righteousness.

119:41

Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy

salvation, according to thy word.

119:42

So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for

I trust in thy word.

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119:43

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I

have hoped in thy judgments.

119:44

So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.

119:45

And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.

119:46

I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be

ashamed.

119:47

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have

loved.

119:48

My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I

have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

119:49

Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast

caused me to hope.

119:50

This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened

me.

119:51

The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not

declined from thy law.

119:52

I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have

comforted myself.

119:53

Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that

forsake thy law.

119:54

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

119:55

I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have

kept thy law.

119:56

This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

119:57

Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep

thy words.

119:58

I intreated thy favor with my whole heart: be merciful unto me

according to thy word.

119:59

I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

119:60

I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

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119:61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not

forgotten thy law.

119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy

righteous judgments.

119:63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that

keep thy precepts.

119:64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.

119:65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto

thy word.

119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy

commandments.

119:67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy

word.

119:68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

119:69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy

precepts with my whole heart.

119:70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy

statutes.

119:72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold

and silver.

119:73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me

understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

119:74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have

hoped in thy word.

119:75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in

faithfulness hast afflicted me.

119:76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort,

according to thy word unto thy servant.

119:77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law

is my delight.

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119:78

Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me

without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.

119:79

Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known

thy testimonies.

119:80

Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

119:81

My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

119:82

Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort

me?

119:83

For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget

thy statutes.

119:84

How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute

judgment on them that persecute me?

119:85

The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

119:86

All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me

wrongfully; help thou me.

119:87

They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy

precepts.

119:88

Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the

testimony of thy mouth.

119:89

For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.

119:90

Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the

earth, and it abideth.

119:91

They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are

thy servants.

119:92

Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have

perished in mine affliction.

119:93

I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast

quickened me.

119:94

I am thine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts.

119:95

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider

thy testimonies.

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119:96

I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is

exceeding broad.

119:97

O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

119:98

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine

enemies: for they are ever with me.

119:99

I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy

testimonies are my meditation.

119:100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy

precepts.

119:101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep

thy word.

119:102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than

honey to my mouth!

119:104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every

false way.

119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

119:106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous

judgments.

119:107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto

thy word.

119:108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O

LORD, and teach me thy judgments.

119:109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy

precepts.

119:111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are

the rejoicing of my heart.

119:112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even

unto the end.

119:113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

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119:114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

119:115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments

of my God.

119:116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me

not be ashamed of my hope.

119:117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto

thy statutes continually.

119:118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for

their deceit is falsehood.

119:119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross:

therefore I love thy testimonies.

119:120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy

judgments.

119:121 I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine

oppressors.

119:122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

119:123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy

righteousness.

119:124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me

thy statutes.

119:125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy

testimonies.

119:126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy

law.

119:127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine

gold.

119:128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be

right; and I hate every false way.

119:129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep

them.

119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding

unto the simple.

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119:131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy

commandments.

119:132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do

unto those that love thy name.

119:133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have

dominion over me.

119:134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy

precepts.

119:135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy

statutes.

119:136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy

law.

119:137 Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.

119:138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and

very faithful.

119:139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have

forgotten thy words.

119:140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

119:141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.

119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is

the truth.

119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy

commandments are my delights.

119:144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me

understanding, and I shall live.

119:145`I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy

statutes.

119:146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.

119:147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy

word.

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119:148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in

thy word.

119:149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD,

quicken me according to thy judgment.

119:150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy

law.

119:151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.

119:152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast

founded them for ever.

119:153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy

law.

119:154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy

word.

119:155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

119:156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to

thy judgments.

119:157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline

from thy testimonies.

119:158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept

not thy word.

119:159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD,

according to thy lovingkindness.

119:160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy

righteous judgments endureth for ever.

119:161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart

standeth in awe of thy word.

119:162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

119:163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

119:164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous

judgments.

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119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall

offend them.

119:166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy

commandments.

119:167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

119:168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways

are before thee.

119:169 Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me

understanding according to thy word.

119:170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to

thy word.

119:171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy

statutes.

119:172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments

are righteousness.

119:173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

119:174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my

delight.

119:175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments

help me.

119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not

forget thy commandments.

CHAPTER 120

120:1 In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

120:2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful

tongue.

120:3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee,

thou false tongue?

120:4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

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120:5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of

Kedar!

120:6

120:7

My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

CHAPTER 121

121:1

121:2

121:3

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my

help.

My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will

not slumber.

121:4

121:5

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right

hand.

121:6

121:7

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy

soul.

121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from

this time forth, and even for evermore.

CHAPTER 122

122:1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of

the LORD.

122:2

122:3

122:4

122:5

Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:

Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the

testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.

For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of

David.

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122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love

thee.

122:7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

122:8 For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace

be within thee.

122:9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.

CHAPTER 123

123:1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the

heavens.

123:2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their

masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her

mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he

have mercy upon us.

123:3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are

exceedingly filled with contempt.

123:4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are

at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

CHAPTER 124

124:1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may

Israel say;

124:2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men

rose up against us:

124:3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was

kindled against us:

124:4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over

our soul:

124:5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

124:6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their

teeth.

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124:

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the

snare is broken, and we are escaped.

124:

Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and

earth.

CHAPTER 125

125:

They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which

cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

125:

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is

round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

125:

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the

righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

125:

Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are

upright in their hearts.

125:

As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD

shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall

be upon Israel.

CHAPTER 126

126:

When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like

them that dream.

126:

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with

singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done

great things for them.

126:

The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

126:

Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.

126:

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

126:

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall

doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with

him.

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CHAPTER 127

127:1 Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build

it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in

vain.

127:2

127:3

It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread

of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the

womb is his reward.

127:4

127:5

As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the

youth.

Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not

be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

CHAPTER 128

128:1

128:2

Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his

ways.

For thou shalt eat the labor of thine hands: happy shalt thou be,

and it shall be well with thee.

128:3

128:4

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house:

thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the

LORD.

128:5

128:6

The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the

good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.

CHAPTER 129

129:1

129:2

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel

now say:

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they

have not prevailed against me.

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129:3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their

furrows.

129:4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the

wicked.

129:5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

129:6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth

afore it groweth up:

129:7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth

sheaves his bosom.

129:8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be

upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.

CHAPTER 130

130:1 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.

130:2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my

supplications.

130:3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall

stand?

130:4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

130:5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I

hope.

130:6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the

morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

130:7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy,

and with him is plenteous redemption.

130:8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

CHAPTER 131

131:1 Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I

exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.

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131:2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is

weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.

131:3 Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.

CHAPTER 132

132:

Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions:

132:

How he swear unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God

of Jacob;

132:

Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up

into my bed;

132:

I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,

132:

Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the

mighty God of Jacob.

132:

Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the

wood.

132:

We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.

132:

Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.

132:

Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints

shout for joy.

132:10

For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine

anointed.

132:11

The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from

it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

132:12

If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I

shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for

evermore.

132:13

For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his

habitation.

132:14

This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

132:15

I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with

bread.

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132:16

I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall

shout aloud for joy.

132:17

There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a

lamp for mine anointed.

132:18

His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his

crown flourish.

CHAPTER 133

133:1

133:2

133:3

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell

together in unity!

It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down

upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts

of his garments;

As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the

mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing,

even life for evermore.

CHAPTER 134

134:1

134:2

134:3

Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which

by night stand in the house of the LORD.

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.

The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.

CHAPTER 135

135:1

135:2

Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise

him, O ye servants of the LORD.

Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the

house of our God.

135:3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his

name; for it is pleasant.

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135:

For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his

peculiar treasure.

135:

For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all

gods.

135:

Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in

earth, in the seas, and all deep places.

135:

He causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he

maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his

treasuries.

135:

Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.

135:

Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt,

upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.

135:10

Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;

135:11

Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the

kingdoms of Canaan:

135:12

And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his

people.

135:13

Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O

LORD, throughout all generations.

135:14

For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself

concerning his servants.

135:15

The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s

hands.

135:16

They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they

see not;

135:17

They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in

their mouths.

135:18

They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that

trusteth in them.

135:19

Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of

Aaron:

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135:20 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless

the LORD.

135:21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem.

Praise ye the LORD.

CHAPTER 136

136:

O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy

endureth for ever.

136:

O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for

ever.

136:

O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for

ever.

136:

To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth

for ever.

136:

To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy

endureth for ever.

136:

To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his

mercy endureth for ever.

136:

To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:

136:

The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:

136:

The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for

ever.

136:10

To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy

endureth for ever:

136:11

And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth

for ever:

136:12

With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy

endureth for ever.

136:13

To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy

endureth for ever:

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136:14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy

endureth for ever:

136:15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy

endureth for ever.

136:16 To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his

mercy endureth for ever.

136:17 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:

136:18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:

136:19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever:

136:20 And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:

136:21 And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for

ever:

136:22 Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth

for ever.

136:23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for

ever:

136:24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth

for ever.

136:25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.

136:26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for

ever.

CHAPTER 137

137:

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept,

when we remembered Zion.

137:

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

137:

For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song;

and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one

of the songs of Zion.

137:

How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?

137:

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

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137:

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my

mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

137:

Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of

Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation

thereof.

137:

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he

be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

137:

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against

the stones.

CHAPTER 138

138:

I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing

praise unto thee.

138:

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for

thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy

word above all thy name.

138:

In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst

me with strength in my soul.

138:

All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they

hear the words of thy mouth.

138:

Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the

glory of the LORD.

138:

Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly:

but the proud he knoweth afar off.

138:

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou

shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies,

and thy right hand shall save me.

138:

The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O

LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own

hands.

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CHAPTER 139

139:1 O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.

139:2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou

understandest my thought afar off.

139:3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art

acquainted with all my ways.

139:4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou

knowest it altogether.

139:5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon

me.

139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot

attain unto it.

139:7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from

thy presence?

139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in

hell, behold, thou art there.

139:9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost

parts of the sea;

139:10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold

me.

139:11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall

be light about me.

139:12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as

the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my

mother’s womb.

139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:

marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

139:15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret,

and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

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139:16

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy

book all my members were written, which in continuance were

fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

139:17

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great

is the sum of them!

139:18

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand:

when I awake, I am still with thee.

139:19

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me

therefore, ye bloody men.

139:20

For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy

name in vain.

139:21

Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I

grieved with those that rise up against thee?

139:22

I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

139:23

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my

thoughts:

139:24

And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the

way everlasting.

CHAPTER 140

140:

Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the

violent man;

140:

Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they

gathered together for war.

140:

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison

is under their lips. Selah.

140:

Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me

from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my

goings.

140:

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a

net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

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140:

I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my

supplications, O LORD.

140:

O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast

covered my head in the day of battle.

140:

Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his

wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

140:

As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief

of their own lips cover them.

140:10

Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire;

into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

140:11

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt

the violent man to overthrow him.

140:12

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted,

and the right of the poor.

140:13

Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright

shall dwell in thy presence.

CHAPTER 141

141:

Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my

voice, when I cry unto thee.

141:

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting

up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

141:

Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my

lips.

141:

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works

with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

141:

Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him

reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my

head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

141:

When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear

my words; for they are sweet.

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141:7 Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one

cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

141:8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my

trust; leave not my soul destitute.

141:9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the

gins of the workers of iniquity.

141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal

escape.

CHAPTER 142

142:

I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the

LORD did I make my supplication.

142:

I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my

trouble.

142:

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest

my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a

snare for me.

142:

I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that

would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

142:

I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my

portion in the land of the living.

142:

Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from

my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

142:

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the

righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully

with me.

CHAPTER 143

143:

Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy

faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

143:

And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight

shall no man living be justified.

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143:

For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life

down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as

those that have been long dead.

143:

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within

me is desolate.

143:

I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse

on the work of thy hands.

143:

I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee,

as a thirsty land. Selah.

143:

Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face

from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

143:

Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee

do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for

I lift up my soul unto thee.

143:

Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide

me.

143:10

Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good;

lead me into the land of uprightness.

143:11

Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name’s sake: for thy

righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.

143:12

And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them

that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

CHAPTER 144

144:

Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to

war, and my fingers to fight:

144:

My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer;

my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people

under me.

144:

LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the

son of man, that thou makest account of him!

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144:4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth

away.

144:5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the

mountains, and they shall smoke.

144:6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows,

and destroy them.

144:7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great

waters, from the hand of strange children;

144:8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right

hand of falsehood.

144:9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an

instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

144:10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his

servant from the hurtful sword.

144:11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose

mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of

falsehood:

144:12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our

daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude

of a palace:

144:13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that

our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our

streets:

144:14 That our oxen may be strong to labor; that there be no breaking

in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

144:15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that

people, whose God is the LORD.

CHAPTER 145

145:

I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for

ever and ever.

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145:2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever

and ever.

145:3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is

unsearchable.

145:4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall

declare thy mighty acts.

145:5 I will speak of the glorious honor of thy majesty, and of thy

wondrous works.

145:6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will

declare thy greatness.

145:7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness,

and shall sing of thy righteousness.

145:8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger,

and of great mercy.

145:9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his

works.

145:10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall

bless thee.

145:11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy

power;

145:12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the

glorious majesty of his kingdom.

145:13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion

endureth throughout all generations.

145:14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be

bowed down.

145:15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat

in due season.

145:16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living

thing.

145:17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

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145:18

The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that

call upon him in truth.

145:19

He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear

their cry, and will save them.

145:20

The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked

will he destroy.

145:21

My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh

bless his holy name for ever and ever.

CHAPTER 146

146:

Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

146:

While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my

God while I have any being.

146:

Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom

there is no help.

146:

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day

his thoughts perish.

146:

Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope

is in the LORD his God:

146:

Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is:

which keepeth truth for ever:

146:

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food

to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

146:

The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth

them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

146:

The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless

and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

146:10

The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all

generations. Praise ye the LORD.

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CHAPTER 147

147:1 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God;

for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

147:2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the

outcasts of Israel.

147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

147:4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their

names.

147:5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is

infinite.

147:6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to

the ground.

147:7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the

harp unto our God:

147:8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the

earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

147:9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which

cry.

147:10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not

pleasure in the legs of a man.

147:11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that

hope in his mercy.

147:12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

147:13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed

thy children within thee.

147:14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest

of the wheat.

147:15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth

very swiftly.

147:16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.

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147:17

He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his

cold?

147:18

He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind

to blow, and the waters flow.

147:19

He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments

unto Israel.

147:20

He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments,

they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.

CHAPTER 148

148:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens:

praise him in the heights.

148:2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.

148:3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.

148:4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above

the heavens.

148:5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and

they were created.

148:6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a

decree which shall not pass.

148:7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:

148:8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapors; stormy wind fulfilling his word:

148:9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:

148:10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:

148:11 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the

earth:

148:12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:

148:13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is

excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.

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148:14

He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his

saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him.

Praise ye the LORD.

CHAPTER 149

149:

Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his

praise in the congregation of saints.

149:

Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be

joyful in their King.

149:

Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto

him with the timbrel and harp.

149:

For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the

meek with salvation.

149:

Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their

beds.

149:

Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged

sword in their hand;

149:

To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon

the people;

149:

To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of

iron;

149:

To execute upon them the judgment written: this honor have all

his saints. Praise ye the LORD.

CHAPTER 150

150:

Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in

the firmament of his power.

150:

Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his

excellent greatness.

150:

Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the

psaltery and harp.

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150:4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed

instruments and organs.

150:5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high

sounding cymbals.

150:6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the

LORD.

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The

PROVERBS

CHAPTER 1

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of

understanding;

To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and

equity;

To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and

discretion.

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of

understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the

wise, and their dark sayings.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools

despise wisdom and instruction.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law

of thy mother:

For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains

about thy neck.

1:10

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

1:11

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk

privily for the innocent without cause:

1:12

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that

go down into the pit:

1:13

We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with

spoil:

1:14

Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

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1:15

My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot

from their path:

1:16

For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

1:17

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

1:18

And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their

own lives.

1:19

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh

away the life of the owners thereof.

1:20

Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

1:21

She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the

gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

1:22

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the

scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

1:23

Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto

you, I will make known my words unto you.

1:24

Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my

hand, and no man regarded;

1:25

But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my

reproof:

1:26

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear

cometh;

1:27

When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh

as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

1:28

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek

me early, but they shall not find me:

1:29

For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the

LORD:

1:30

They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

1:31

Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled

with their own devices.

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1:32

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the

prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

1:33

But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be

quiet from fear of evil.

CHAPTER 2

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my

commandments with thee;

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart

to understanding;

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for

understanding;

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid

treasures;

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the

knowledge of God.

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge

and understanding.

He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to

them that walk uprightly.

He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his

saints.

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and

equity; yea, every good path.

2:10

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant

unto thy soul;

2:11

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

2:12

To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that

speaketh froward things;

2:13

Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of

darkness;

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2:14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the

wicked;

2:15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

2:16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger

which flattereth with her words;

2:17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the

covenant of her God.

2:18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

2:19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the

paths of life.

2:20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the

paths of the righteous.

2:21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain

in it.

2:22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the

transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

CHAPTER 3

3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my

commandments:

3:2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck;

write them upon the table of thine heart:

3:4 So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God

and man.

3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine

own understanding.

3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from

evil.

3:8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

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3:9 Honor the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all

thine increase:

3:10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst

out with new wine.

3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be

weary of his correction:

3:12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son

in whom he delighteth.

3:13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth

understanding.

3:14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver,

and the gain thereof than fine gold.

3:15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst

desire are not to be compared unto her.

3:16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and

honor.

3:17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is

every one that retaineth her.

3:19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding

hath he established the heavens.

3:20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop

down the dew.

3:21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom

and discretion:

3:22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

3:23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not

stumble.

3:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie

down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

3:25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the

wicked, when it cometh.

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3:26

For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot

from being taken.

3:27

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the

power of thine hand to do it.

3:28

Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and to morrow I

will give; when thou hast it by thee.

3:29

Devise not evil against thy neighbor, seeing he dwelleth securely

by thee.

3:30

Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

3:31

Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

3:32

For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with

the righteous.

3:33

The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he

blesseth the habitation of the just.

3:34

Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

3:35

The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of

fools.

CHAPTER 4

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know

understanding.

For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of

my mother.

He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my

words: keep my commandments, and live.

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from

the words of my mouth.

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall

keep thee.

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4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all

thy getting get understanding.

4:8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor,

when thou dost embrace her.

4:9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory

shall she deliver to thee.

4:10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life

shall be many.

4:11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right

paths.

4:12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou

runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy

life.

4:14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil

men.

4:15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

4:16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep

is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of

violence.

4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more

and more unto the perfect day.

4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they

stumble.

4:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

4:21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of

thine heart.

4:22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their

flesh.

4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

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4:24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far

from thee.

4:25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight

before thee.

4:26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

4:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from

evil.

CHAPTER 5

5:1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my

understanding:

5:2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep

knowledge.

5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her

mouth is smoother than oil:

5:4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

5:6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are

moveable, that thou canst not know them.

5:7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the

words of my mouth.

5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her

house:

5:9 Lest thou give thine honor unto others, and thy years unto the

cruel:

5:10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labors be in the

house of a stranger;

5:11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are

consumed,

5:12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised

reproof;

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5:13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine

ear to them that instructed me!

5:14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and

assembly.

5:15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of

thine own well.

5:16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the

streets.

5:17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.

5:18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

5:19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts

satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

5:20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman,

and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

5:21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he

pondereth all his goings.

5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be

holden with the cords of his sins.

5:23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he

shall go astray.

CHAPTER 6

6:1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy

hand with a stranger,

6:2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with

the words of thy mouth.

6:3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into

the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy

friend.

6:4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

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Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird

from the hand of the fowler.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the

harvest.

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of

thy sleep?

6:10

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to

sleep:

6:11

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as

an armed man.

6:12

A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

6:13

He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth

with his fingers;

6:14

Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he

soweth discord.

6:15

Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be

broken without remedy.

6:16

These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an

abomination unto him:

6:17

A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

6:18

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in

running to mischief,

6:19

A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord

among brethren.

6:20

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law

of thy mother:

6:21

Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy

neck.

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6:22

When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall

keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

6:23

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs

of instruction are the way of life:

6:24

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue

of a strange woman.

6:25

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee

with her eyelids.

6:26

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of

bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.

6:27

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

6:28

Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

6:29

So he that goeth in to his neighbor’s wife; whosoever toucheth her

shall not be innocent.

6:30

Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he

is hungry;

6:31

But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the

substance of his house.

6:32

But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh

understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

6:33

A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be

wiped away.

6:34

For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the

day of vengeance.

6:35

He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though

thou givest many gifts.

CHAPTER 7

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with

thee.

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Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of

thine eye.

Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine

heart.

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy

kinswoman:

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the

stranger which flattereth with her words.

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths,

a young man void of understanding,

Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to

her house,

In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

7:10

And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot,

and subtil of heart.

7:11

(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

7:12

Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every

corner.)

7:13

So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said

unto him,

7:14

I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.

7:15

Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and

I have found thee.

7:16

I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved

works, with fine linen of Egypt.

7:17

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

7:18

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace

ourselves with loves.

7:19

For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

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7:20

He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the

day appointed.

7:21

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the

flattering of her lips she forced him.

7:22

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or

as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

7:23

Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare,

and knoweth not that it is for his life.

7:24

Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the

words of my mouth.

7:25

Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

7:26

For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men

have been slain by her.

7:27

Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

CHAPTER 8

Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of

the paths.

She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at

the doors.

Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.

O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an

understanding heart.

Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my

lips shall be right things.

For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination

to my lips.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing

froward or perverse in them.

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8:9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that

find knowledge.

8:10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than

choice gold.

8:11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be

desired are not to be compared to it.

8:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty

inventions.

8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the

evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

8:14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have

strength.

8:15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

8:16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.

8:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find

me.

8:18 Riches and honor are with me; yea, durable riches and

righteousness.

8:19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue

than choice silver.

8:20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of

judgment:

8:21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will

fill their treasures.

8:22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his

works of old.

8:23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth

was.

8:24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were

no fountains abounding with water.

8:25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought

forth:

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8:26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the

highest part of the dust of the world.

8:27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass

upon the face of the depth:

8:28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the

fountains of the deep:

8:29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass

his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the

earth:

8:30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily

his delight, rejoicing always before him;

8:31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were

with the sons of men.

8:32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they

that keep my ways.

8:33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

8:34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates,

waiting at the posts of my doors.

8:35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor of the

LORD.

8:36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that

hate me love death.

CHAPTER 9

9:1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven

pillars:

9:2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also

furnished her table.

9:3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places

of the city,

9:4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth

understanding, she saith to him,

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Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have

mingled.

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that

rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he

will love thee.

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a

just man, and he will increase in learning.

9:10

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the

knowledge of the holy is understanding.

9:11

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life

shall be increased.

9:12

If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest,

thou alone shalt bear it.

9:13

A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth

nothing.

9:14

For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places

of the city,

9:15

To call passengers who go right on their ways:

9:16

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth

understanding, she saith to him,

9:17

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

9:18

But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are

in the depths of hell.

CHAPTER 10

10:

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a

foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

10:

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness

delivereth from death.

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10:3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but

he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of

the diligent maketh rich.

10:5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in

harvest is a son that causeth shame.

10:6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the

mouth of the wicked.

10:7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked

shall rot.

10:8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool

shall fall.

10:9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth

his ways shall be known.

10:10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool

shall fall.

10:11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence

covereth the mouth of the wicked.

10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

10:13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a

rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

10:14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near

destruction.

10:15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the

poor is their poverty.

10:16 The labor of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to

sin.

10:17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that

refuseth reproof erreth.

10:18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander,

is a fool.

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10:19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that

refraineth his lips is wise.

10:20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is

little worth.

10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of

wisdom.

10:22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow

with it.

10:23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding

hath wisdom.

10:24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of

the righteous shall be granted.

10:25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the

righteous is an everlasting foundation.

10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard

to them that send him.

10:27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the

wicked shall be shortened.

10:28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of

the wicked shall perish.

10:29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction

shall be to the workers of iniquity.

10:30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not

inhabit the earth.

10:31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward

tongue shall be cut out.

10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth

of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

CHAPTER 11

11:1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is

his delight.

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11:

When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is

wisdom.

11:

The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness

of transgressors shall destroy them.

11:

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth

from death.

11:

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the

wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

11:

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but

transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

11:

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the

hope of unjust men perisheth.

11:

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in

his stead.

11:

An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbor: but through

knowledge shall the just be delivered.

11:10

When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when

the wicked perish, there is shouting.

11:11

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is

overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

11:12

He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor: but a man of

understanding holdeth his peace.

11:13

A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit

concealeth the matter.

11:14

Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of

counsellors there is safety.

11:15

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth

suretiship is sure.

11:16

A gracious woman retaineth honor: and strong men retain riches.

11:17

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel

troubleth his own flesh.

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11:18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth

righteousness shall be a sure reward.

11:19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth

it to his own death.

11:20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but

such as are upright in their way are his delight.

11:21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but

the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

11:22 As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is

without discretion.

11:23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the

wicked is wrath.

11:24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that

withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

11:25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be

watered also himself.

11:26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing

shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

11:27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favor: but he that

seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

11:28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall

flourish as a branch.

11:29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool

shall be servant to the wise of heart.

11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls

is wise.

11:31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more

the wicked and the sinner.

CHAPTER 12

12:1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth

reproof is brutish.

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12:2 A good man obtaineth favor of the LORD: but a man of wicked

devices will he condemn.

12:3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the

righteous shall not be moved.

12:4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh

ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

12:5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the

wicked are deceit.

12:6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth

of the upright shall deliver them.

12:7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the

righteous shall stand.

12:8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is

of a perverse heart shall be despised.

12:9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that

honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.

12:10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender

mercies of the wicked are cruel.

12:11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that

followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

12:12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the

righteous yieldeth fruit.

12:13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just

shall come out of trouble.

12:14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and

the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.

12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth

unto counsel is wise.

12:16 A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth

shame.

12:17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false

witness deceit.

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12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue

of the wise is health.

12:19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is

but for a moment.

12:20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the

counsellors of peace is joy.

12:21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled

with mischief.

12:22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly

are his delight.

12:23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools

proclaimeth foolishness.

12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be

under tribute.

12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word

maketh it glad.

12:26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor: but the way of

the wicked seduceth them.

12:27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but

the substance of a diligent man is precious.

12:28 In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof

there is no death.

CHAPTER 13

13:1 A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth

not rebuke.

13:2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the

transgressors shall eat violence.

13:3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth

wide his lips shall have destruction.

13:4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of

the diligent shall be made fat.

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13:5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and

cometh to shame.

13:6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but

wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

13:7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that

maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

13:8 The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not

rebuke.

13:9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked

shall be put out.

13:10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is

wisdom.

13:11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth

by labor shall increase.

13:12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,

it is a tree of life.

13:13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth

the commandment shall be rewarded.

13:14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares

of death.

13:15 Good understanding giveth favor: but the way of transgressors is

hard.

13:16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open

his folly.

13:17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador

is health.

13:18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he

that regardeth reproof shall be honored.

13:19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination

to fools to depart from evil.

13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of

fools shall be destroyed.

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13:21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

13:22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and

the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

13:23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is

destroyed for want of judgment.

13:24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him

chasteneth him betimes.

13:25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of

the wicked shall want.

CHAPTER 14

14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it

down with her hands.

14:2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that

is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

14:3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the

wise shall preserve them.

14:4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the

strength of the ox.

14:5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

14:6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is

easy unto him that understandeth.

14:7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not

in him the lips of knowledge.

14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly

of fools is deceit.

14:9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.

14:10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not

intermeddle with his joy.

14:11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of

the upright shall flourish.

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14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof

are the ways of death.

14:13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is

heaviness.

14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a

good man shall be satisfied from himself.

14:15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh

well to his going.

14:16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth,

and is confident.

14:17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked

devices is hated.

14:18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with

knowledge.

14:19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the

righteous.

14:20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbor: but the rich hath many

friends.

14:21 He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth: but he that hath mercy on

the poor, happy is he.

14:22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to

them that devise good.

14:23 In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to

penury.

14:24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is

folly.

14:25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh

lies.

14:26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall

have a place of refuge.

14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the

snares of death.

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14:28 In the multitude of people is the king’s honor: but in the want of

people is the destruction of the prince.

14:29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is

hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

14:30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the

bones.

14:31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that

honoreth him hath mercy on the poor.

14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous

hath hope in his death.

14:33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but

that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any

people.

14:35 The king’s favor is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against

him that causeth shame.

CHAPTER 15

15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up

anger.

15:2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of

fools poureth out foolishness.

15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and

the good.

15:4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a

breach in the spirit.

15:5 A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth

reproof is prudent.

15:6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues

of the wicked is trouble.

15:7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the

foolish doeth not so.

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15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the

prayer of the upright is his delight.

15:9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he

loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

15:10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that

hateth reproof shall die.

15:11 Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then

the hearts of the children of men?

15:12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go

unto the wise.

15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the

heart the spirit is broken.

15:14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but

the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

15:15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart

hath a continual feast.

15:16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and

trouble therewith.

15:17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and

hatred therewith.

15:18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger

appeaseth strife.

15:19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way

of the righteous is made plain.

15:20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his

mother.

15:21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of

understanding walketh uprightly.

15:22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude

of counsellors they are established.

15:23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in

due season, how good is it!

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15:24

The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell

beneath.

15:25

The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will

establish the border of the widow.

15:26

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but

the words of the pure are pleasant words.

15:27

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that

hateth gifts shall live.

15:28

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the

wicked poureth out evil things.

15:29

The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the

righteous.

15:30

The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh

the bones fat.

15:31

The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

15:32

He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that

heareth reproof getteth understanding.

15:33

The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before

honor is humility.

CHAPTER 16

16:

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue,

is from the LORD.

16:

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD

weigheth the spirits.

16:

Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be

established.

16:

The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked

for the day of evil.

16:

Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD:

though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

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16:

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the

LORD men depart from evil.

16:

When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies

to be at peace with him.

16:

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without

right.

16:

A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

16:10

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth

not in judgment.

16:11

A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the

bag are his work.

16:12

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne

is established by righteousness.

16:13

Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that

speaketh right.

16:14

The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will

pacify it.

16:15

In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favor is as a

cloud of the latter rain.

16:16

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get

understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

16:17

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth

his way preserveth his soul.

16:18

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

16:19

Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide

the spoil with the proud.

16:20

He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso

trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.

16:21

The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the

lips increaseth learning.

16:22

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the

instruction of fools is folly.

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16:23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to

his lips.

16:24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health

to the bones.

16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof

are the ways of death.

16:26 He that laboreth laboreth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of

him.

16:27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a

burning fire.

16:28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief

friends.

16:29 A violent man enticeth his neighbor, and leadeth him into the way

that is not good.

16:30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he

bringeth evil to pass.

16:31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of

righteousness.

16:32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that

ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

16:33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of

the LORD.

CHAPTER 17

17:1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full

of sacrifices with strife.

17:2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and

shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD

trieth the hearts.

17:4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a

naughty tongue.

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17:

Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is

glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

17:

Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of

children are their fathers.

17:

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a

prince.

17:

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it:

whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

17:

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth

a matter separateth very friends.

17:10

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes

into a fool.

17:11

An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger

shall be sent against him.

17:12

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in

his folly.

17:13

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his

house.

17:14

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore

leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

17:15

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just,

even they both are abomination to the LORD.

17:16

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,

seeing he hath no heart to it?

17:17

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

17:18

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety

in the presence of his friend.

17:19

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his

gate seeketh destruction.

17:20

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a

perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

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17:21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a

fool hath no joy.

17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth

the bones.

17:23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways

of judgment.

17:24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a

fool are in the ends of the earth.

17:25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare

him.

17:26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for

equity.

17:27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of

understanding is of an excellent spirit.

17:28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he

that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

CHAPTER 18

18:1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and

intermeddleth with all wisdom.

18:2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may

discover itself.

18:3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with

ignominy reproach.

18:4 The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the

wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

18:5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the

righteous in judgment.

18:6 A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for

strokes.

18:7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his

soul.

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18:

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into

the innermost parts of the belly.

18:

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great

waster.

18:10

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth

into it, and is safe.

18:11

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his

own conceit.

18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is

humility.

18:13

He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and

shame unto him.

18:14

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit

who can bear?

18:15

The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise

seeketh knowledge.

18:16

A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great

men.

18:17

He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbor

cometh and searcheth him.

18:18

The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the

mighty.

18:19

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their

contentions are like the bars of a castle.

18:20

A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and

with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it

shall eat the fruit thereof.

18:22

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of

the LORD.

18:23

The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

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18:24

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a

friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

CHAPTER 19

19:

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is

perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

19:

Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he

that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

19:

The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth

against the LORD.

19:

Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his

neighbor.

19:

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies

shall not escape.

19:

Many will intreat the favor of the prince: and every man is a friend

to him that giveth gifts.

19:

All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his

friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they

are wanting to him.

19:

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth

understanding shall find good.

19:

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies

shall perish.

19:10

Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have

rule over princes.

19:11

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to

pass over a transgression.

19:12

The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew

upon the grass.

19:13

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a

wife are a continual dropping.

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19:14

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife

is from the LORD.

19:15

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer

hunger.

19:16

He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he

that despiseth his ways shall die.

19:17

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that

which he hath given will he pay him again.

19:18

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for

his crying.

19:19

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver

him, yet thou must do it again.

19:20

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in

thy latter end.

19:21

There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel

of the LORD, that shall stand.

19:22

The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a

liar.

19:23

The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide

satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

19:24

A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much

as bring it to his mouth again.

19:25

Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that

hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

19:26

He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son

that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

19:27

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the

words of knowledge.

19:28

An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the

wicked devoureth iniquity.

19:29

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of

fools.

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CHAPTER 20

20:

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived

thereby is not wise.

20:

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him

to anger sinneth against his own soul.

20:

It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be

meddling.

20:

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he

beg in harvest, and have nothing.

20:

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of

understanding will draw it out.

20:

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful

man who can find?

20:

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after

him.

20:

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all

evil with his eyes.

20:

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

20:10

Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike

abomination to the LORD.

20:11

Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure,

and whether it be right.

20:12

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even

both of them.

20:13

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and

thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

20:14

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his

way, then he boasteth.

20:15

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge

are a precious jewel.

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20:16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of

him for a strange woman.

20:17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall

be filled with gravel.

20:18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice

make war.

20:19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore

meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

20:20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out

in obscure darkness.

20:21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end

thereof shall not be blessed.

20:22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and

he shall save thee.

20:23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false

balance is not good.

20:24 Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his

own way?

20:25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after

vows to make enquiry.

20:26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over

them.

20:27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the

inward parts of the belly.

20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by

mercy.

20:29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old

men is the gray head.

20:30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the

inward parts of the belly.

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CHAPTER 21

21:1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water:

he turneth it whithersoever he will.

21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD

pondereth the hearts.

21:3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than

sacrifice.

21:4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is

sin.

21:5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of

every one that is hasty only to want.

21:6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and

fro of them that seek death.

21:7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse

to do judgment.

21:8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his

work is right.

21:9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a

brawling woman in a wide house.

21:10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbor findeth no favor

in his eyes.

21:11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when

the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

21:12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but

God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

21:13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry

himself, but shall not be heard.

21:14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong

wrath.

21:15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the

workers of iniquity.

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21:16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall

remain in the congregation of the dead.

21:17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine

and oil shall not be rich.

21:18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the

transgressor for the upright.

21:19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and

an angry woman.

21:20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise;

but a foolish man spendeth it up.

21:21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life,

righteousness, and honor.

21:22 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the

strength of the confidence thereof.

21:23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from

troubles.

21:24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud

wrath.

21:25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labor.

21:26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and

spareth not.

21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when

he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

21:28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh

constantly.

21:29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he

directeth his way.

21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the

LORD.

21:31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the

LORD.

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CHAPTER 22

22:1 A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving

favor rather than silver and gold.

22:2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them

all.

22:3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the

simple pass on, and are punished.

22:4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and

life.

22:5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep

his soul shall be far from them.

22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he

will not depart from it.

22:7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the

lender.

22:8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger

shall fail.

22:9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his

bread to the poor.

22:10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and

reproach shall cease.

22:11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king

shall be his friend.

22:12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth

the words of the transgressor.

22:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in

the streets.

22:14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of

the LORD shall fall therein.

22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of

correction shall drive it far from him.

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22:16

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that

giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

22:17

Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply

thine heart unto my knowledge.

22:18

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall

withal be fitted in thy lips.

22:19

That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee

this day, even to thee.

22:20

Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and

knowledge,

22:21

That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth;

that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send

unto thee?

22:22

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted

in the gate:

22:23

For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those

that spoiled them.

22:24

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man

thou shalt not go:

22:25

Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

22:26

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are

sureties for debts.

22:27

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed

from under thee?

22:28

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

22:29

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before

kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

CHAPTER 23

23:

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is

before thee:

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23:2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

23:3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

23:4 Labor not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

23:5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches

certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward

heaven.

23:6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire

thou his dainty meats:

23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to

thee; but his heart is not with thee.

23:8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose

thy sweet words.

23:9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of

thy words.

23:10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the

fatherless:

23:11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

23:12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of

knowledge.

23:13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with

the rod, he shall not die.

23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from

hell.

23:15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

23:16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

23:17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the

LORD all the day long.

23:18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut

off.

23:19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

23:20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

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23:21

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and

drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

23:22

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy

mother when she is old.

23:23

Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and

understanding.

23:24

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that

begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

23:25

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee

shall rejoice.

23:26

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

23:27

For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

23:28

She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors

among men.

23:29

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who

hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness

of eyes?

23:30

They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

23:31

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his

color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

23:32

At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

23:33

Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter

perverse things.

23:34

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or

as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

23:35

They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they

have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it

yet again.

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CHAPTER 24

24:1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with

them.

24:2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

24:3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is

established:

24:4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious

and pleasant riches.

24:5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of

counsellors there is safety.

24:7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the

gate.

24:8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

24:9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination

to men.

24:10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

24:11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those

that are ready to be slain;

24:12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth

the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he

know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his

works?

24:13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb,

which is sweet to thy taste:

24:14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou

hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation

shall not be cut off.

24:15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;

spoil not his resting place:

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24:16

For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the

wicked shall fall into mischief.

24:17

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be

glad when he stumbleth:

24:18

Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his

wrath from him.

24:19

Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the

wicked:

24:20

For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the

wicked shall be put out.

24:21

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with

them that are given to change:

24:22

For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of

them both?

24:23

These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect

of persons in judgment.

24:24

He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall the

people curse, nations shall abhor him:

24:25

But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing

shall come upon them.

24:26

Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.

24:27

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field;

and afterwards build thine house.

24:28

Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive

not with thy lips.

24:29

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to

the man according to his work.

24:30

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man

void of understanding;

24:31

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered

the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

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24:32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received

instruction.

24:33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to

sleep:

24:34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as

an armed man.

CHAPTER 25

25:1 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah

king of Judah copied out.

25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is

to search out a matter.

25:3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of

kings is unsearchable.

25:4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a

vessel for the finer.

25:5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be

established in righteousness.

25:6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in

the place of great men:

25:7 For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that

thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom

thine eyes have seen.

25:8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the

end thereof, when thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

25:9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself; and discover not a

secret to another:

25:10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not

away.

25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

25:12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise

reprover upon an obedient ear.

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25:13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful

messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his

masters.

25:14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind

without rain.

25:15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue

breaketh the bone.

25:16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest

thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

25:17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor’s house; lest he be weary of

thee, and so hate thee.

25:18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and

a sword, and a sharp arrow.

25:19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken

tooth, and a foot out of joint.

25:20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar

upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

25:21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be

thirsty, give him water to drink:

25:22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD

shall reward thee.

25:23 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a

backbiting tongue.

25:24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a

brawling woman and in a wide house.

25:25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far

country.

25:26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled

fountain, and a corrupt spring.

25:27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own

glory is not glory.

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25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken

down, and without walls.

CHAPTER 26

26:1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly

for a fool.

26:2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse

causeless shall not come.

26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s

back.

26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto

him.

26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own

conceit.

26:6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the

feet, and drinketh damage.

26:7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of

fools.

26:8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honor to a

fool.

26:9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in

the mouths of fools.

26:10 The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and

rewardeth transgressors.

26:11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

26:12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a

fool than of him.

26:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the

streets.

26:14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his

bed.

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26:15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring

it again to his mouth.

26:16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can

render a reason.

26:17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him,

is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

26:18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

26:19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, and saith, Am not I in

sport?

26:20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no

talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

26:21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious

man to kindle strife.

26:22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into

the innermost parts of the belly.

26:23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with

silver dross.

26:24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit

within him;

26:25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven

abominations in his heart.

26:26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed

before the whole congregation.

26:27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it

will return upon him.

26:28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering

mouth worketh ruin.

CHAPTER 27

27:1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day

may bring forth.

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27:

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger,

and not thine own lips.

27:

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is

heavier than them both.

27:

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand

before envy?

27:

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

27:

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are

deceitful.

27:

The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every

bitter thing is sweet.

27:

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth

from his place.

27:

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a

man’s friend by hearty counsel.

27:10

Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go

into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a

neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

27:11

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him

that reproacheth me.

27:12

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the

simple pass on, and are punished.

27:13

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of

him for a strange woman.

27:14

He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the

morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

27:15

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman

are alike.

27:16

Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his

right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

27:17

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his

friend.

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27:18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that

waiteth on his master shall be honored.

27:19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

27:20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never

satisfied.

27:21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to

his praise.

27:22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a

pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to

thy herds.

27:24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every

generation?

27:25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs

of the mountains are gathered.

27:26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the

field.

27:27 And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food

of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

CHAPTER 28

28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold

as a lion.

28:2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by

a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be

prolonged.

28:3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which

leaveth no food.

28:4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the

law contend with them.

28:5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD

understand all things.

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28:

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is

perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

28:

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of

riotous men shameth his father.

28:

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall

gather it for him that will pity the poor.

28:

He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer

shall be abomination.

28:10

Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall

fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things

in possession.

28:11

The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath

understanding searcheth him out.

28:12

When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the

wicked rise, a man is hidden.

28:13

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth

and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

28:14

Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his

heart shall fall into mischief.

28:15

As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the

poor people.

28:16

The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor:

but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

28:17

A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to

the pit; let no man stay him.

28:18

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in

his ways shall fall at once.

28:19

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that

followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

28:20

A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh

haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

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28:21

To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread

that man will transgress.

28:22

He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that

poverty shall come upon him.

28:23

He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favor than he

that flattereth with the tongue.

28:24

Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no

transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

28:25

He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his

trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

28:26

He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh

wisely, he shall be delivered.

28:27

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his

eyes shall have many a curse.

28:28

When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish,

the righteous increase.

CHAPTER 29

29:

He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be

destroyed, and that without remedy.

29:

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when

the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

29:

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth

company with harlots spendeth his substance.

29:

The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth

gifts overthroweth it.

29:

A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.

29:

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the

righteous doth sing and rejoice.

29:

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked

regardeth not to know it.

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29:

Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away

wrath.

29:

If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or

laugh, there is no rest.

29:10

The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

29:11

A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till

afterwards.

29:12

If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.

29:13

The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD

lighteneth both their eyes.

29:14

The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be

established for ever.

29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself

bringeth his mother to shame.

29:16

When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the

righteous shall see their fall.

29:17

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give

delight unto thy soul.

29:18

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the

law, happy is he.

29:19

A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand

he will not answer.

29:20

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of

a fool than of him.

29:21

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have

him become his son at the length.

29:22

An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in

transgression.

29:23

A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the

humble in spirit.

29:24

Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth

cursing, and bewrayeth it not.

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29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the

LORD shall be safe.

29:26 Many seek the ruler’s favor; but every man’s judgment cometh

from the LORD.

29:27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright

in the way is abomination to the wicked.

CHAPTER 30

30:1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man

spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,

30:2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the

understanding of a man.

30:3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

30:4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath

gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a

garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his

name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?

30:5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their

trust in him.

30:6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be

found a liar.

30:7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:

30:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor

riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

30:9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I

be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

30:10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou

be found guilty.

30:11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless

their mother.

30:12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not

washed from their filthiness.

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30:13

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids

are lifted up.

30:14

There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw

teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the

needy from among men.

30:15

The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are

three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is

enough:

30:16

The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with

water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

30:17

The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his

mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young

eagles shall eat it.

30:18

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four

which I know not:

30:19

The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;

the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man

with a maid.

30:20

Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth

her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

30:21

For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it

cannot bear:

30:22

For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with

meat;

30:23

For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is

heir to her mistress.

30:24

There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are

exceeding wise:

30:25

The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the

summer;

30:26

The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the

rocks;

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30:27

The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

30:28

The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.

30:29

There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:

30:30

A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for

any;

30:31

A grayhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no

rising up.

30:32

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast

thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

30:33

Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing

of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth

forth strife.

CHAPTER 31

31:

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught

him.

31:

What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son

of my vows?

31:

Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which

destroyeth kings.

31:

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor

for princes strong drink:

31:

Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of

any of the afflicted.

31:

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto

those that be of heavy hearts.

31:

Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no

more.

31:

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are

appointed to destruction.

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31:

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the

poor and needy.

31:10

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

31:11

The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall

have no need of spoil.

31:12

She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

31:13

She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

31:14

She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

31:15

She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her

household, and a portion to her maidens.

31:16

She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands

she planteth a vineyard.

31:17

She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

31:18

She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not

out by night.

31:19

She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.

31:20

She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her

hands to the needy.

31:21

She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her

household are clothed with scarlet.

31:22

She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and

purple.

31:23

Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the

elders of the land.

31:24

She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the

merchant.

31:25

Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to

come.

31:26

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law

of kindness.

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31:27

She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the

bread of idleness.

31:28

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he

praiseth her.

31:29

Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.

31:30

Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the

LORD, she shall be praised.

31:31

Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her

in the gates.

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ECCLESIASTES

or the Preacher

CHAPTER 1

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is

vanity.

What profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under the

sun?

One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but

the earth abideth for ever.

The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his

place where he arose.

The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the

north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again

according to his circuits.

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place

from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

All things are full of labor; man cannot utter it: the eye is not

satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is

done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under

the sun.

1:10

Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath

been already of old time, which was before us.

1:11

There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be

any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall

come after.

1:12

I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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1:13

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning

all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God

given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold,

all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

1:15

That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is

wanting cannot be numbered.

1:16

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great

estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been

before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of

wisdom and knowledge.

1:17

And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and

folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

1:18

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth

knowledge increaseth sorrow.

CHAPTER 2

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth,

therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting

mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see

what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do

under the heaven all the days of their life.

I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me

vineyards:

I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all

kind of fruits:

I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that

bringeth forth trees:

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I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house;

also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that

were in Jerusalem before me:

I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings

and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and

the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of

all sorts.

So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in

Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

2:10

And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I

withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all

my labor: and this was my portion of all my labor.

2:11

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on

the labor that I had labored to do: and, behold, all was vanity and

vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

2:12

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for

what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which

hath been already done.

2:13

Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth

darkness.

2:14

The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in

darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to

them all.

2:15

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it

happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said

in my heart, that this also is vanity.

2:16

For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for

ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be

forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

2:17

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the

sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

2:18

Yea, I hated all my labor which I had taken under the sun: because I

should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

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2:19

And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet

shall he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and

wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also

vanity.

2:20

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor

which I took under the sun.

2:21

For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and

in equity; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave

it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

2:22

For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart,

wherein he hath labored under the sun?

2:23

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart

taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

2:24

There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink,

and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also

I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

2:25

For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?

2:26

For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and

knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather

and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God.

This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

CHAPTER 3

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under

the heaven:

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to

pluck up that which is planted;

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time

to build up;

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to

dance;

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A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a

time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast

away;

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a

time to speak;

A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of

peace.

What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?

3:10

I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to

be exercised in it.

3:11

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the

world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God

maketh from the beginning to the end.

3:12

I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and

to do good in his life.

3:13

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good

of all his labor, it is the gift of God.

3:14

I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing

can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that

men should fear before him.

3:15

That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already

been; and God requireth that which is past.

3:16

And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that

wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity

was there.

3:17

I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked:

for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

3:18

I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that

God might manifest them, and that they might see that they

themselves are beasts.

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3:19

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one

thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they

have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a

beast: for all is vanity.

3:20

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

3:21

Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit

of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

3:22

Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man

should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who

shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

CHAPTER 4

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done

under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and

they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there

was power; but they had no comforter.

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the

living which are yet alive.

Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who

hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a

man is envied of his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of

spirit.

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with

travail and vexation of spirit.

Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither

child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his

eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labor, and

bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore

travail.

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Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their

labor.

4:10

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that

is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

4:11

Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be

warm alone?

4:12

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a

threefold cord is not quickly broken.

4:13

Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who

will no more be admonished.

4:14

For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born

in his kingdom becometh poor.

4:15

I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the

second child that shall stand up in his stead.

4:16

There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before

them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this

also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

CHAPTER 5

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more

ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider

not that they do evil.

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to

utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon

earth: therefore let thy words be few.

For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s

voice is known by multitude of words.

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he

hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest

vow and not pay.

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Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou

before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be

angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also

divers vanities: but fear thou God.

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of

judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he

that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than

they.

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is

served by the field.

5:10

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that

loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

5:11

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what

good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them

with their eyes?

5:12

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much:

but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

5:13

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches

kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

5:14

But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and

there is nothing in his hand.

5:15

As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go

as he came, and shall take nothing of his labor, which he may carry

away in his hand.

5:16

And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he

go: and what profit hath he that hath labored for the wind?

5:17

All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow

and wrath with his sickness.

5:18

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat

and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor that he taketh

under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it

is his portion.

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5:19

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and

hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to

rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.

5:20

For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God

answereth him in the joy of his heart.

CHAPTER 6

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common

among men:

A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor, so that

he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God

giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is

vanity, and it is an evil disease.

If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the

days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and

also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better

than he.

For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his

name shall be covered with darkness.

Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath

more rest than the other.

Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen

no good: do not all go to one place?

All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not

filled.

For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor,

that knoweth to walk before the living?

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this

is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

6:10

That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is

man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

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6:11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the

better?

6:12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of

his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man

what shall be after him under the sun?

CHAPTER 7

7:1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death

than the day of one’s birth.

7:2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house

of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to

his heart.

7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the

countenance the heart is made better.

7:4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of

fools is in the house of mirth.

7:5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear

the song of fools.

7:6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the

fool: this also is vanity.

7:7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth

the heart.

7:8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the

patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

7:9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the

bosom of fools.

7:10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better

than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

7:11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to

them that see the sun.

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7:12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the

excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that

have it.

7:13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which

he hath made crooked?

7:14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity

consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the

end that man should find nothing after him.

7:15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man

that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that

prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

7:16 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why

shouldest thou destroy thyself?

7:17 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest

thou die before thy time?

7:18 It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this

withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth

of them all.

7:19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which

are in the city.

7:20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth

not.

7:21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear

thy servant curse thee:

7:22 For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself

likewise hast cursed others.

7:23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was

far from me.

7:24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

7:25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out

wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of

folly, even of foolishness and madness:

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7:26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares

and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape

from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

7:27 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one,

to find out the account:

7:28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a

thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not

found.

7:29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but

they have sought out many inventions.

CHAPTER 8

8:1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a

thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness

of his face shall be changed.

8:2 I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard

of the oath of God.

8:3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he

doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

8:4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto

him, What doest thou?

8:5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a

wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.

8:6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the

misery of man is great upon him.

8:7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when

it shall be?

8:8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit;

neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge

in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to

it.

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All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is

done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over

another to his own hurt.

8:10

And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the

place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they

had so done: this is also vanity.

8:11

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily,

therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do

evil.

8:12

Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be

prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that

fear God, which fear before him:

8:13

But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong

his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before

God.

8:14

There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just

men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked;

again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the

work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

8:15

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under

the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall

abide with him of his labor the days of his life, which God giveth

him under the sun.

8:16

When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the

business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither

day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)

8:17

Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the

work that is done under the sun: because though a man labor to

seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man

think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

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CHAPTER 9

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the

righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no

man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and

to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to

him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good,

so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that

there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is

full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after

that they go to the dead.

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living

dog is better than a dead lion.

9:5

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any

thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of

them is forgotten.

Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished;

neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is

done under the sun.

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a

merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no

ointment.

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the

life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the

days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy

labor which thou takest under the sun.

9:10

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there

is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave,

whither thou goest.

9:11

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift,

nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet

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riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but

time and chance happeneth to them all.

9:12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in

an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the

sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon

them.

9:13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great

unto me:

9:14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a

great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks

against it:

9:15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom

delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

9:16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor

man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

9:17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him

that ruleth among fools.

9:18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth

much good.

CHAPTER 10

10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a

stinking savor: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for

wisdom and honor.

10:2 A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.

10:3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom

faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

10:4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for

yielding pacifieth great offenses.

10:5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which

proceedeth from the ruler:

10:6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

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10:

I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants

upon the earth.

10:

He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge,

a serpent shall bite him.

10:

Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that

cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.

10:10

If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put

to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

10:11

Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is

no better.

10:12

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a

fool will swallow up himself.

10:13

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the

end of his talk is mischievous madness.

10:14

A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and

what shall be after him, who can tell him?

10:15

The labor of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he

knoweth not how to go to the city.

10:16

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat

in the morning!

10:17

Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and

thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for

drunkenness!

10:18

By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness

of the hands the house droppeth through.

10:19

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money

answereth all things.

10:20

Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in

thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that

which hath wings shall tell the matter.

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CHAPTER 11

11:

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many

days.

11:

Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not

what evil shall be upon the earth.

11:

If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth:

and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the

place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

11:

He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the

clouds shall not reap.

11:

As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the

bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou

knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

11:

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine

hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or

that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

11:

Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to

behold the sun:

11:

But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him

remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that

cometh is vanity.

11:

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in

the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in

the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God

will bring thee into judgment.

11:10

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from

thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

CHAPTER 12

12:

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the

evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I

have no pleasure in them;

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12:

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not

darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

12:

In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the

strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because

they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

12:

And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the

grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all

the daughters of musick shall be brought low;

12:

Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall

be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the

grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man

goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

12:

Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or

the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the

cistern.

12:7

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall

return unto God who gave it.

12:

Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

12:

And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the

people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set

in order many proverbs.

12:10

The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which

was written was upright, even words of truth.

12:11

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the

masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

12:12

And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many

books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

12:13

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep

his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

12:14

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret

thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

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The

SONG OF SOLOMON

CHAPTER 1

The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better

than wine.

Because of the savor of thy good ointments thy name is as

ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his

chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy

love more than wine: the upright love thee.

I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents

of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath

looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they

made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have

I not kept.

Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where

thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one

that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth

by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the

shepherds’ tents.

I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in

Pharaoh’s chariots.

1:10

Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains

of gold.

1:11

We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.

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1:12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the

smell thereof.

1:13 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night

betwixt my breasts.

1:14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of

Engedi.

1:15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast

doves’ eyes.

1:16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is

green.

1:17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

CHAPTER 2

2:1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

2:2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

2:3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved

among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight,

and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me

was love.

2:5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of

love.

2:6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace

me.

2:7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the

hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he

please.

2:8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the

mountains, skipping upon the hills.

2:9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth

behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself

through the lattice.

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2:10

My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair

one, and come away.

2:11

For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;

2:12

The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is

come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

2:13

The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the

tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and

come away.

2:14

O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of

the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for

sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

2:15

Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines

have tender grapes.

2:16

My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

2:17

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved,

and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of

Bether.

CHAPTER 3

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought

him, but I found him not.

I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the

broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him,

but I found him not.

The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said,

Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom

my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had

brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her

that conceived me.

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I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the

hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he

please.

Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke,

perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the

merchant?

Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are

about it, of the valiant of Israel.

They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his

sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.

3:10

He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold,

the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with

love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.

3:11

Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with

the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his

espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

CHAPTER 4

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast

doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that

appear from mount Gilead.

Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came

up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is

barren among them.

Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy

temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armory,

whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed

among the lilies.

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Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to

the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon:

look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon,

from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast

ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy

neck.

4:10

How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is

thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all

spices!

4:11

Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk

are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the

smell of Lebanon.

4:12

A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a

fountain sealed.

4:13

Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits;

camphire, with spikenard,

4:14

Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of

frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

4:15

A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from

Lebanon.

4:16

Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my

garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come

into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

CHAPTER 5

I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered

my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my

honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink,

yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

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I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that

knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my

undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the

drops of the night.

I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my

feet; how shall I defile them?

My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my

bowels were moved for him.

I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with

myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the

handles of the lock.

I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself,

and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I

could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me,

they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil

from me.

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that

ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest

among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved,

that thou dost so charge us?

5:10

My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

5:11

His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as

a raven.

5:12

His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed

with milk, and fitly set.

5:13

His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like

lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

5:14

His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright

ivory overlaid with sapphires.

5:15

His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his

countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

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5:16

His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my

beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

CHAPTER 6

Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women?

whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with

thee.

My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to

feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the

lilies.

Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem,

terrible as an army with banners.

Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy

hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing,

whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren

among them.

As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins

without number.

My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her

mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters

saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and

they praised her.

6:10

Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon,

clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?

6:11

I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley,

and to see whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates

budded.

6:12

Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of

Amminadib.

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6:13

Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon

thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of

two armies.

CHAPTER 7

How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the

joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a

cunning workman.

Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy

belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in

Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of

Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like

purple; the king is held in the galleries.

How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters

of grapes.

I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs

thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and

the smell of thy nose like apples;

And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that

goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to

speak.

7:10

I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.

7:11

Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the

villages.

7:12

Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish,

whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth:

there will I give thee my loves.

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7:13

The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of

pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my

beloved.

CHAPTER 8

O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my

mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I

should not be despised.

I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who

would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of

the juice of my pomegranate.

His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should

embrace me.

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor

awake my love, until he please.

Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her

beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother

brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love

is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof

are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it:

if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would

utterly be contemned.

We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do

for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she

be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

8:10

I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as

one that found favor.

8:11

Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto

keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand

pieces of silver.

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8:12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must

have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

8:13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy

voice: cause me to hear it.

8:14 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young

hart upon the mountains of spices.

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The Book of

ISAIAH

CHAPTER 1

1:1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning

Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and

Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

1:2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken,

I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled

against me.

1:3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel

doth not know, my people doth not consider.

1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers,

children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they

have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone

away backward.

1:5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and

more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

1:6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness

in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not

been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

1:7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your

land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as

overthrown by strangers.

1:8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a

lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

1:9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant,

we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto

Gomorrah.

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1:10

Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the

law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

1:11

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith

the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of

fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs,

or of he goats.

1:12

When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your

hand, to tread my courts?

1:13

Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me;

the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot

away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

1:14

Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they

are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

1:15

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from

you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands

are full of blood.

1:16

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from

before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

1:17

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the

fatherless, plead for the widow.

1:18

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though

your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they

be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

1:19

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

1:20

But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for

the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

1:21

How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment;

righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

1:22

Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

1:23

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one

loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the

fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

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1:24

Therefore saith the LORD, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of

Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of

mine enemies:

1:25

And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy

dross, and take away all thy tin:

1:26

And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as

at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of

righteousness, the faithful city.

1:27

Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with

righteousness.

1:28

And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be

together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

1:29

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and

ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

1:30

For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that

hath no water.

1:31

And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and

they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

CHAPTER 2

The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and

Jerusalem.

And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the

LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains,

and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto

it.

And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to

the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and

he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out

of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from

Jerusalem.

And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many

people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their

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spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against

nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the

LORD.

Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob,

because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like

the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of

strangers.

Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of

their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any

end of their chariots:

Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own

hands, that which their own fingers have made:

And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth

himself: therefore forgive them not.

2:10

Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the

LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.

2:11

The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of

men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in

that day.

2:12

For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is

proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall

be brought low:

2:13

And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and

upon all the oaks of Bashan,

2:14

And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are

lifted up,

2:15

And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

2:16

And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

2:17

And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness

of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in

that day.

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2:18

And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

2:19

And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of

the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty,

when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

2:20

In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold,

which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and

to the bats;

2:21

To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged

rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when

he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

2:22

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is

he to be accounted of?

CHAPTER 3

For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from

Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of

bread, and the whole stay of water.

The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet,

and the prudent, and the ancient,

The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor,

and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule

over them.

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and

every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly

against the ancient, and the base against the honorable.

When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his

father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this

ruin be under thy hand:

In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my

house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the

people.

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For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue

and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his

glory.

The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they

declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul!

for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

3:10

Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they

shall eat the fruit of their doings.

3:11

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his

hands shall be given him.

3:12

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule

over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err,

and destroy the way of thy paths.

3:13

The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.

3:14

The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his

people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard;

the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

3:15

What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the

faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

3:16

Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are

haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes,

walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their

feet:

3:17

Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head

of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret

parts.

3:18

In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling

ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires

like the moon,

3:19

The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,

3:20

The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and

the tablets, and the earrings,

3:21

The rings, and nose jewels,

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3:22

The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples,

and the crisping pins,

3:23

The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.

3:24

And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be

stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair

baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and

burning instead of beauty.

3:25

Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.

3:26

And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall

sit upon the ground.

CHAPTER 4

And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying,

We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us

be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious,

and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them

that are escaped of Israel.

And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that

remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is

written among the living in Jerusalem:

When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters

of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the

midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of

burning.

And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount

Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the

shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a

defence.

And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from

the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and

from rain.

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CHAPTER 5

Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching

his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful

hill:

And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted

it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and

also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring

forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I

pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not

done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth

grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will

take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break

down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there

shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds

that they rain no rain upon it.

For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and

the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment,

but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till

there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the

earth!

In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall

be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

5:10

Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an

homer shall yield an ephah.

5:11

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may

follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame

them!

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5:12

And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in

their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither

consider the operation of his hands.

5:13

Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no

knowledge: and their honorable men are famished, and their

multitude dried up with thirst.

5:14

Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without

measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and

he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

5:15

And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man

shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

5:16

But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that

is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

5:17

Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places

of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

5:18

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as

it were with a cart rope:

5:19

That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may

see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and

come, that we may know it!

5:20

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness

for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet

for bitter!

5:21

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in

their own sight!

5:22

Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength

to mingle strong drink:

5:23

Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the

righteousness of the righteous from him!

5:24

Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame

consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their

blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law

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of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of

Israel.

5:25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and

he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten

them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the

midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but

his hand is stretched out still.

5:26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss

unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come

with speed swiftly:

5:27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber

nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the

latchet of their shoes be broken:

5:28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’

hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

5:29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions:

yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it

away safe, and none shall deliver it.

5:30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the

sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and

the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

CHAPTER 6

6:1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting

upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

6:2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain

he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with

twain he did fly.

6:3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the

LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

6:4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and

the house was filled with smoke.

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Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of

unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips:

for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his

hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:

And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy

lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and

who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but

understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

6:10

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and

shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their

ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

6:11

Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be

wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the

land be utterly desolate,

6:12

And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great

forsaking in the midst of the land.

6:13

But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten:

as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they

cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.

CHAPTER 7

And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the

son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and

Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward

Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate

with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his

people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

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Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz,

thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the

upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field;

And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be

fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the

fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil

counsel against thee, saying,

Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach

therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of

Tabeal:

Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come

to pass.

For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is

Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be

broken, that it be not a people.

And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is

Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be

established.

7:10

Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,

7:11

Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or

in the height above.

7:12

But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.

7:13

And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for

you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

7:14

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin

shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

7:15

Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil,

and choose the good.

7:16

For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the

good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her

kings.

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7:17 The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon

thy father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that

Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.

7:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for

the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for

the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

7:19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate

valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and

upon all bushes.

7:20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired,

namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the

head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

7:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a

young cow, and two sheep;

7:22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall

give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat

that is left in the land.

7:23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be,

where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall

even be for briers and thorns.

7:24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the

land shall become briers and thorns.

7:25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall

not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the

sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.

CHAPTER 8

8:1 Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write

in it with a man’s pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.

8:2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest,

and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

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And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a

son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name

Mahershalalhashbaz.

For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and

my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall

be taken away before the king of Assyria.

The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,

Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go

softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;

Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters

of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his

glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his

banks:

And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he

shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings

shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in

pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye

shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in

pieces.

8:10

Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word,

and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

8:11

For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed

me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

8:12

Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall

say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

8:13

Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and

let him be your dread.

8:14

And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and

for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a

snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

8:15

And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and

be snared, and be taken.

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8:16

Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

8:17

And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the

house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

8:18

Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for

signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which

dwelleth in mount Zion.

8:19

And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have

familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter:

should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

8:20

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to

this word, it is because there is no light in them.

8:21

And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it

shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret

themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

8:22

And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and

darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

CHAPTER 9

Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation,

when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the

land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by

the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they

that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the

light shined.

Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they

joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice

when they divide the spoil.

For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his

shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and

garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of

fire.

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For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the

government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called

Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father,

The Prince of Peace.

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end,

upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and

to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even

for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.

And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of

Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,

9:10

The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the

sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.

9:11

Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against

him, and join his enemies together;

9:12

The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall

devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned

away, but his hand is stretched out still.

9:13

For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do

they seek the LORD of hosts.

9:14

Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch

and rush, in one day.

9:15

The ancient and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that

teacheth lies, he is the tail.

9:16

For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are

led of them are destroyed.

9:17

Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither

shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is

an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For

all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out

still.

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9:18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and

thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall

mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

9:19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and

the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his

brother.

9:20 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall

eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat

every man the flesh of his own arm:

9:21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together

shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but

his hand is stretched out still.

CHAPTER 10

10:1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write

grievousness which they have prescribed;

10:2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right

from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and

that they may rob the fatherless!

10:3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation

which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and

where will ye leave your glory?

10:4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they

shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away,

but his hand is stretched out still.

10:5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is

mine indignation.

10:6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the

people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and

to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the

streets.

10:7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it

is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

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10:

For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?

10:

Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not

Samaria as Damascus?

10:10

As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose

graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

10:11

Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to

Jerusalem and her idols?

10:12

Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath

performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I

will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and

the glory of his high looks.

10:13

For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my

wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the

people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the

inhabitants like a valiant man:

10:14

And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as

one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and

there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or

peeped.

10:15

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or

shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the

rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff

should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

10:16

Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat

ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the

burning of a fire.

10:17

And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a

flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one

day;

10:18

And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field,

both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer

fainteth.

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10:19

And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may

write them.

10:20

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel,

and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again

stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD,

the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

10:21

The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the

mighty God.

10:22

For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a

remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall

overflow with righteousness.

10:23

For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even

determined, in the midst of all the land.

10:24

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that

dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee

with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner

of Egypt.

10:25

For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine

anger in their destruction.

10:26

And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to

the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was

upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

10:27

And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken

away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and

the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

10:28

He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath

laid up his carriages:

10:29

They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at

Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

10:30

Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto

Laish, O poor Anathoth.

10:31

Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves

to flee.

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10:32

As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand

against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

10:33

Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with

terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the

haughty shall be humbled.

10:34

And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and

Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

CHAPTER 11

11:

And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a

Branch shall grow out of his roots:

11:

And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of

wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the

spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;

11:

And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the

LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither

reprove after the hearing of his ears:

11:

But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with

equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with

the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay

the wicked.

11:

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness

the girdle of his reins.

11:

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie

down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling

together; and a little child shall lead them.

11:

And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie

down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

11:

And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the

weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.

11:

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the

earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters

cover the sea.

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11:10

And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for

an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest

shall be glorious.

11:11

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his

hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people,

which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from

Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from

Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

11:12

And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble

the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah

from the four corners of the earth.

11:13

The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of

Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah

shall not vex Ephraim.

11:14

But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the

west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their

hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey

them.

11:15

And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian

sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the

river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over

dryshod.

11:16

And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which

shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he

came up out of the land of Egypt.

CHAPTER 12

12:

And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though

thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou

comfortedst me.

12:

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the

LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become

my salvation.

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12:3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of

salvation.

12:4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name,

declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is

exalted.

12:5 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is

known in all the earth.

12:6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy

One of Israel in the midst of thee.

CHAPTER 13

13:1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

13:2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto

them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the

nobles.

13:3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my

mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.

13:4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people;

a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together:

the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.

13:5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the

LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole

land.

13:6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a

destruction from the Almighty.

13:7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:

13:8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of

them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be

amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

13:9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and

fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the

sinners thereof out of it.

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13:10

For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give

their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the

moon shall not cause her light to shine.

13:11

And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their

iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and

will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

13:12

I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than

the golden wedge of Ophir.

13:13

Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out

of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of

his fierce anger.

13:14

And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh

up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every

one into his own land.

13:15

Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that

is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

13:16

Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their

houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

13:17

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not

regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

13:18

Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall

have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare

children.

13:19

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’

excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

13:20

It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from

generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there;

neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

13:21

But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall

be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs

shall dance there.

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13:22

And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate

houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near

to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

CHAPTER 14

14:

For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose

Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be

joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

14:

And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and

the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for

servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose

captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

14:

And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee

rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard

bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,

14:

That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon,

and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

14:

The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of

the rulers.

14:

He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that

ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.

14:

The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into

singing.

14:

Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,

Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.

14:

Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it

stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it

hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

14:10

All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak

as we? art thou become like unto us?

14:11

Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy

viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

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14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!

how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the

nations!

14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will

exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the

mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most

High.

14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

14:16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider

thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that

did shake kingdoms;

14:17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities

thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

14:18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one

in his own house.

14:19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as

the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword,

that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under

feet.

14:20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast

destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers

shall never be renowned.

14:21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers;

that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the

world with cities.

14:22 For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut

off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew,

saith the LORD.

14:23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water:

and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD

of hosts.

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14:24

The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought,

so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

14:25

That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains

tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and

his burden depart from off their shoulders.

14:26

This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and

this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

14:27

For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it?

and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

14:28

In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

14:29

Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that

smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth

a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

14:30

And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie

down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall

slay thy remnant.

14:31

Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for

there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in

his appointed times.

14:32

What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the

LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in

it.

CHAPTER 15

15:

The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid

waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is

laid waste, and brought to silence;

15:

He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep:

Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads

shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.

15:

In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the

tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl,

weeping abundantly.

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15:

And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even

unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his

life shall be grievous unto him.

15:

My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar,

an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with

weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall

raise up a cry of destruction.

15:

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered

away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

15:

Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they

have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.

15:

For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling

thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.

15:

For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more

upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the

remnant of the land.

CHAPTER 16

16:

Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the

wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

16:

For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the

daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

16:

Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in

the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that

wandereth.

16:

Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them

from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the

spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.

16:

And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon

it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment,

and hasting righteousness.

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16:6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his

haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be

so.

16:7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the

foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are

stricken.

16:8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the

lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof,

they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the

wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the

sea.

16:9 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of

Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh:

for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.

16:10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and

in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be

shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I

have made their vintage shouting to cease.

16:11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine

inward parts for Kirharesh.

16:12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on

the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he

shall not prevail.

16:13 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab

since that time.

16:14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as

the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned,

with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small

and feeble.

CHAPTER 17

17:

The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from

being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

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17:

The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which

shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

17:

The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from

Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of

the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.

17:

And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall

be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.

17:

And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and

reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth

ears in the valley of Rephaim.

17:

Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree,

two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five

in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of

Israel.

17:

At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have

respect to the Holy One of Israel.

17:

And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither

shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or

the images.

17:

In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an

uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of

Israel: and there shall be desolation.

17:10

Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not

been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant

pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:

17:11

In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning

shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a

heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

17:12

Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the

noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing

like the rushing of mighty waters!

17:13

The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God

shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as

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the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing

before the whirlwind.

17:14

And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is

not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them

that rob us.

CHAPTER 18

18:

Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers

of Ethiopia:

18:

That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes

upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation

scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning

hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the

rivers have spoiled!

18:

All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye,

when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he

bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.

18:

For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will

consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like

a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

18:

For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape

is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with

pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.

18:

They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to

the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and

all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

18:

In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts

of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from

their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot,

whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the

LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.

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CHAPTER 19

19:

The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift

cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be

moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the

midst of it.

19:

And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall

fight every one against his brother, and every one against his

neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

19:

And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will

destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to

the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the

wizards.

19:

And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel Lord;

and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of

hosts.

19:

And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted

and dried up.

19:

And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence

shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

19:

The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and

every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and

be no more.

19:

The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angel into the

brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters

shall languish.

19:

Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave

networks, shall be confounded.

19:10

And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make

sluices and ponds for fish.

19:11

Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise

counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto

Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

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19:12

Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee

now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed

upon Egypt.

19:13

The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are

deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the

stay of the tribes thereof.

19:14

The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and

they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken

man staggereth in his vomit.

19:15

Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail,

branch or rush, may do.

19:16

In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid

and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts,

which he shaketh over it.

19:17

And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that

maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the

counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.

19:18

In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language

of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called,

The city of destruction.

19:19

In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the

land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.

19:20

And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts

in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of

the oppressors, and he shall send them a savior, and a great one,

and he shall deliver them.

19:21

And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall

know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation;

yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.

19:22

And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and

they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of

them, and shall heal them.

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19:23

In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and

the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into

Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.

19:24

In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria,

even a blessing in the midst of the land:

19:25

Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt

my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine

inheritance.

CHAPTER 20

20:

In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king

of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;

20:

At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz,

saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off

thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and

barefoot.

20:

And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked

and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and

upon Ethiopia;

20:

So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners,

and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot,

even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

20:

And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation,

and of Egypt their glory.

20:

And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is

our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the

king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?

CHAPTER 21

21:

The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south

pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

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21:

A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer

dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam:

besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

21:

Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold

upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed

down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

21:

My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my

pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

21:

Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye

princes, and anoint the shield.

21:

For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him

declare what he seeth.

21:

And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses,

and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much

heed:

21:

And he cried, A lion: My Lord, I stand continually upon the

watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

21:

And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of

horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; END-TIMES-PROPHECY.ORG

and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the

ground.

21:10

O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard

of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

21:11

The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman,

what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

21:12

The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye

will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.

21:13

The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O

ye travelling companies of Dedanim.

21:14

The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was

thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.

21:15

For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from

the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

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21:16

For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to

the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

21:17

And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the

children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel

hath spoken it.

CHAPTER 22

22:

The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou

art wholly gone up to the housetops?

22:

Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: thy slain

men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

22:

All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all

that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.

22:

Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labor

not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my

people.

22:

For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity

by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down

the walls, and of crying to the mountains.

22:

And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and

Kir uncovered the shield.

22:

And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of

chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

22:

And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in

that day to the armor of the house of the forest.

22:

Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are

many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

22:10

And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses

have ye broken down to fortify the wall.

22:11

Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old

pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had

respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.

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22:12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to

mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

22:13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating

flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we

shall die.

22:14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely

this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord

GOD of hosts.

22:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this

treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,

22:16 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast

hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a

sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a

rock?

22:17 Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity,

and will surely cover thee.

22:18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large

country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory

shall be the shame of thy lord’s house.

22:19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he

pull thee down.

22:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant

Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:

22:21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy

girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall

be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of

Judah.

22:22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so

he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall

open.

22:23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a

glorious throne to his father’s house.

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22:24

And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house,

the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the

vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.

22:25

In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened

in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the

burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath

spoken it.

CHAPTER 23

23:

The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid

waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of

Chittim it is revealed to them.

23:

Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of

Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

23:

And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is

her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.

23:

Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the

strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children,

neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.

23:

As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained

at the report of Tyre.

23:

Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.

23:

Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her

own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.

23:

Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city,

whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable

of the earth?

23:

The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all

glory, and to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

23:10

Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is

no more strength.

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23:11

He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the

LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to

destroy the strong holds thereof.

23:12

And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin,

daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou

have no rest.

23:13

Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the

Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set

up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he

brought it to ruin.

23:14

Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

23:15

And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten

seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of

seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.

23:16

Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been

forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest

be remembered.

23:17

And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the

LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall

commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the

face of the earth.

23:18

And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it

shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for

them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for

durable clothing.

CHAPTER 24

24:

Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste,

and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants

thereof.

24:

And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the

servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress;

as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the

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borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to

him.

24:3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the

LORD hath spoken this word.

24:4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and

fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.

24:5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they

have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the

everlasting covenant.

24:6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell

therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are

burned, and few men left.

24:7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted

do sigh.

24:8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth,

the joy of the harp ceaseth.

24:9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter

to them that drink it.

24:10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that

no man may come in.

24:11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the

mirth of the land is gone.

24:12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with

destruction.

24:13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people,

there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning

grapes when the vintage is done.

24:14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the

LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.

24:15 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the

LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.

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24:16

From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even

glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe

unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the

treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.

24:17

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the

earth.

24:18

And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the

fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst

of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high

are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.

24:19

The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the

earth is moved exceedingly.

24:20

The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed

like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it;

and it shall fall, and not rise again.

24:21

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish

the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth

upon the earth.

24:22

And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in

the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days

shall they be visited.

24:23

Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when

the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem,

and before his ancients gloriously.

CHAPTER 25

25:

O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name;

for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are

faithfulness and truth.

25:

For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a

palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

25:

Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the

terrible nations shall fear thee.

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25:

For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy

in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat,

when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

25:

Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry

place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the

terrible ones shall be brought low.

25:

And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all

people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat

things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

25:

And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast

over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.

25:

He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe

away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he

take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.

25:

And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have

waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have

waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

25:10

For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab

shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down

for the dunghill.

25:11

And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that

swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring

down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.

25:12

And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down,

lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

CHAPTER 26

26:

In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a

strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.

26:

Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the

truth may enter in.

26:

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on

thee: because he trusteth in thee.

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26:

Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is

everlasting strength:

26:

For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he

layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it

even to the dust.

26:

The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the

steps of the needy.

26:

The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh

the path of the just.

26:

Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for

thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance

of thee.

26:

With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit

within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the

earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

26:10

Let favor be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn

righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and

will not behold the majesty of the LORD.

26:11

LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they

shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire

of thine enemies shall devour them.

26:12

LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought

all our works in us.

26:13

O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over

us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

26:14

They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not

rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all

their memory to perish.

26:15

Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the

nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the

ends of the earth.

26:16

LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer

when thy chastening was upon them.

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26:17

Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her

delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in

thy sight, O LORD.

26:18

We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were

brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the

earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

26:19

Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they

arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the

dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

26:20

Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy

doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until

the indignation be overpast.

26:21

For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the

inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall

disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

CHAPTER 27

27:

In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword

shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that

crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

27:

In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.

27:

I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt

it, I will keep it night and day.

27:

Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me

in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

27:

Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with

me; and he shall make peace with me.

27:

He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall

blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

27:

Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he

slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?

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27:

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he

stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

27:

By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is

all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of

the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and

images shall not stand up.

27:10

Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken,

and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he

lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

27:11

When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the

women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no

understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on

them, and he that formed them will shew them no favor.

27:12

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off

from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall

be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.

27:13

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall

be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the

land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall

worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

CHAPTER 28

28:

Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose

glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat

valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

28:

Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest

of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters

overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.

28:

The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden

under feet:

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And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley,

shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer;

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which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his

hand he eateth it up.

28:

In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and

for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,

28:

And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and

for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

28:

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink

are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through

strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the

way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in

judgment.

28:

For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no

place clean.

28:

Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to

understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and

drawn from the breasts.

28:10

For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line

upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

28:11

For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this

people.

28:12

To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the

weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

28:13

But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept,

precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little,

and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be

broken, and snared, and taken.

28:14

Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule

this people which is in Jerusalem.

28:15

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and

with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall

pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our

refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

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28:16

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a

foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure

foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

28:17

Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the

plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the

waters shall overflow the hiding place.

28:18

And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your

agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge

shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

28:19

From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by

morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a

vexation only to understand the report.

28:20

For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and

the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.

28:21

For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth

as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange

work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

28:22

Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong:

for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even

determined upon the whole earth.

28:23

Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

28:24

Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break

the clods of his ground?

28:25

When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad

the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat

and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?

28:26

For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.

28:27

For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument,

neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the

fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

28:28

Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor

break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.

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28:29

This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is

wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.

CHAPTER 29

29:

Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to

year; let them kill sacrifices.

29:

Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow:

and it shall be unto me as Ariel.

29:

And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against

thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

29:

And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the

ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice

shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and

thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

29:

Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust,

and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth

away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.

29:

Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with

earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame

of devouring fire.

29:

And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all

that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall

be as a dream of a night vision.

29:

It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he

eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty

man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and,

behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the

multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

29:

Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are

drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong

drink.

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29:10

For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep,

and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers

hath he covered.

29:11

And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book

that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying,

Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:

29:12

And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read

this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

29:13

Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me

with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have

removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught

by the precept of men:

29:14

Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among

this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom

of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their

prudent men shall be hid.

29:15

Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the

LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth

us? and who knoweth us?

29:16

Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the

potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made

me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had

no understanding?

29:17

Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a

fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?

29:18

And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the

eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.

29:19

The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor

among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

29:20

For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is

consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

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29:21

That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him

that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of

nought.

29:22

Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham,

concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed,

neither shall his face now wax pale.

29:23

But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the

midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy

One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.

29:24

They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they

that murmured shall learn doctrine.

CHAPTER 30

30:

Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel,

but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit,

that they may add sin to sin:

30:

That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my

mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to

trust in the shadow of Egypt!

30:

Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the

trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

30:

For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

30:

They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor

be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

30:

The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and

anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and

fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders

of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to

a people that shall not profit them.

30:

For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore

have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

30:

Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that

it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:

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30:

That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will

not hear the law of the LORD:

30:10

Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not

unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy

deceits:

30:11

Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy

One of Israel to cease from before us.

30:12

Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise

this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay

thereon:

30:13

Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall,

swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an

instant.

30:14

And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is

broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found

in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take

water withal out of the pit.

30:15

For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning

and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be

your strength: and ye would not.

30:16

But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye

flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that

pursue you be swift.

30:17

One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five

shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain,

and as an ensign on an hill.

30:18

And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto

you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon

you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that

wait for him.

30:19

For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no

more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry;

when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.

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30:20

And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the

water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a

corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:

30:21

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the

way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye

turn to the left.

30:22

Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and

the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them

away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

30:23

Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the

ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be

fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

30:24

The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat

clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and

with the fan.

30:25

And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high

hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter,

when the towers fall.

30:26

Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and

the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in

the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and

healeth the stroke of their wound.

30:27

Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his

anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of

indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

30:28

And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst

of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there

shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.

30:29

Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept;

and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into

the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.

30:30

And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall

shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his

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anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and

tempest, and hailstones.

30:31

For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten

down, which smote with a rod.

30:32

And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the

LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in

battles of shaking will he fight with it.

30:33

For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he

hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood;

the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

CHAPTER 31

31:

Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses,

and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen,

because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One

of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

31:

Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his

words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against

the help of them that work iniquity.

31:

Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh,

and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he

that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and

they all shall fail together.

31:

For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the

young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is

called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor

abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts

come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.

31:

As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem;

defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve

it.

31:

Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply

revolted.

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31:7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and

his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a

sin.

31:8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man;

and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall

flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.

31:9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes

shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion,

and his furnace in Jerusalem.

CHAPTER 32

32:1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in

judgment.

32:2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert

from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow

of a great rock in a weary land.

32:3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of

them that hear shall hearken.

32:4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the

tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

32:5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to

be bountiful.

32:6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work

iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error against the

LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause

the drink of the thirsty to fail.

32:7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked

devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the

needy speaketh right.

32:8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he

stand.

32:9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless

daughters; give ear unto my speech.

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32:10

Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for

the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.

32:11

Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones:

strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.

32:12

They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the

fruitful vine.

32:13

Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea,

upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

32:14

Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city

shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of

wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

32:15

Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the

wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a

forest.

32:16

Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness

remain in the fruitful field.

32:17

And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of

righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

32:18

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure

dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

32:19

When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be

low in a low place.

32:20

Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither

the feet of the ox and the ass.

CHAPTER 33

33:

Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest

treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when

thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou

shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal

treacherously with thee.

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33:

O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou

their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

33:

At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of

thyself the nations were scattered.

33:

And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the

caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon

them.

33:

The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion

with judgment and righteousness.

33:

And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and

strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.

33:

Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of

peace shall weep bitterly.

33:

The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken

the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

33:

The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn

down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake

off their fruits.

33:10

Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I

lift up myself.

33:11

Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as

fire, shall devour you.

33:12

And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up

shall they be burned in the fire.

33:13

Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near,

acknowledge my might.

33:14

The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the

hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?

who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

33:15

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that

despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from

holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and

shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

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33:16

He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions

of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

33:17

Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the

land that is very far off.

33:18

Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the

receiver? where is he that counted the towers?

33:19

Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech

than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst

not understand.

33:20

Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see

Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken

down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither

shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

33:21

But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers

and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall

gallant ship pass thereby.

33:22

For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD

is our king; he will save us.

33:23

Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast,

they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil

divided; the lame take the prey.

33:24

And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell

therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

CHAPTER 34

34:

Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the

earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that

come forth of it.

34:

For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury

upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath

delivered them to the slaughter.

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34:

Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out

of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their

blood.

34:

And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall

be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as

the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig

tree.

34:

For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come

down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to

judgment.

34:

The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with

fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the

kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a

great slaughter in the land of Idumea.

34:

And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks

with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their

dust made fat with fatness.

34:

For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance, and the year of

recompences for the controversy of Zion.

34:

And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust

thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning

pitch.

34:10

It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go

up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none

shall pass through it for ever and ever.

34:11

But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and

the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line

of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.

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They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be

there, and all her princes shall be nothing.

34:13

And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in

the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a

court for owls.

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The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts

of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl

also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.

34:15

There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and

gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered,

every one with her mate.

34:16

Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these

shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath

commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

34:17

And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto

them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to

generation shall they dwell therein.

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The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and

the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

35:

It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing:

the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of

Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the

excellency of our God.

35:

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

35:

Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold,

your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence;

he will come and save you.

35:

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf

shall be unstopped.

35:

Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the

dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and

streams in the desert.

35:

And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land

springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall

be grass with reeds and rushes.

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And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called

The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall

be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

35:

No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon,

it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:

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And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion

with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain

joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

CHAPTER 36

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Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that

Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities

of Judah, and took them.

36:

And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem

unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the

conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field.

36:

Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which was over

the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the

recorder.

36:

And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus

saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this

wherein thou trustest?

36:

I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel

and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou

rebellest against me?

36:

Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt;

whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is

Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

36:

But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he,

whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and

said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

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36:

Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of

Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able

on thy part to set riders upon them.

36:

How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least

of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots

and for horsemen?

36:10

And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to

destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and

destroy it.

36:11

Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I

pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we

understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears

of the people that are on the wall.

36:12

But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to

thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit

upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their

own piss with you?

36:13

Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’

language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of

Assyria.

36:14

Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not

be able to deliver you.

36:15

Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The

LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into

the hand of the king of Assyria.

36:16

Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make

an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye

every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye

every one the waters of his own cistern;

36:17

Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a

land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

36:18

Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, the LORD will deliver

us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the

hand of the king of Assyria?

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36:19

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of

Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

36:20

Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered

their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem

out of my hand?

36:21

But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the

king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

36:22

Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the

household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the

recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the

words of Rabshakeh.

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And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his

clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the

house of the LORD.

37:

And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the

scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto

Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

37:

And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of

trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come

to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

37:

It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh,

whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the

living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God

hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is

left.

37:

So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

37:

And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master,

Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast

heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have

blasphemed me.

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37:

Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour,

and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the

sword in his own land.

37:

So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring

against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from

Lachish.

37:

And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come

forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent

messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

37:10

Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy

God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall

not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

37:11

Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all

lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?

37:12

Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have

destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of

Eden which were in Telassar?

37:13

Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king

of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?

37:14

And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers,

and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD,

and spread it before the LORD.

37:15

And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,

37:16

O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the

cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms

of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.

37:17

Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD,

and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to

reproach the living God.

37:18

Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the

nations, and their countries,

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37:19

And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but

the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have

destroyed them.

37:20

Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all

the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even

thou only.

37:21

Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus

saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me

against Sennacherib king of Assyria:

37:22

This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him;

The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed

thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at

thee.

37:23

Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom

hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even

against the Holy One of Israel.

37:24

By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By

the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the

mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall

cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into

the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.

37:25

I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I

dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.

37:26

Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient

times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that

thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.

37:27

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were

dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and

as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn

blasted before it be grown up.

37:28

But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and

thy rage against me.

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37:29

Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine

ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy

lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

37:30

And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as

groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the

same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards,

and eat the fruit thereof.

37:31

And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again

take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

37:32

For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape

out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

37:33

Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He

shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come

before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.

37:34

By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not

come into this city, saith the LORD.

37:35

For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my

servant David’s sake.

37:36

Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of

the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and

when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead

corpses.

37:37

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned,

and dwelt at Nineveh.

37:38

And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of

Nisroch his God, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote

him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia:

and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

CHAPTER 38

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In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the

prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus

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saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and

not live.

38:2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto

the LORD,

38:3 And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have

walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done

that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

38:4 Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,

38:5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David

thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I

will add unto thy days fifteen years.

38:6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of

Assyria: and I will defend this city.

38:7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD

will do this thing that he hath spoken;

38:8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone

down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun

returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.

38:9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and

was recovered of his sickness:

38:10 I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the

grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

38:11 I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the

living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the

world.

38:12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent:

I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining

sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

38:13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my

bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

38:14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove:

mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed;

undertake for me.

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38:15

What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath

done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

38:16

O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life

of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.

38:17

Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to

my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast

all my sins behind thy back.

38:18

For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they

that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

38:19

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the

father to the children shall make known thy truth.

38:20

The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs

to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of

the LORD.

38:21

For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a

plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.

38:22

Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the

house of the LORD?

CHAPTER 39

39:

At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of

Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard

that he had been sick, and was recovered.

39:

And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his

precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the

precious ointment, and all the house of his armor, and all that was

found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his

dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

39:

Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto

him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee?

And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me,

even from Babylon.

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Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah

answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing

among my treasures that I have not shewed them.

39:

Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of

hosts:

39:

Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that

which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be

carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.

39:

And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget,

shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the

king of Babylon.

39:

Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD

which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be

peace and truth in my days.

CHAPTER 40

40:

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

40:

Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her

warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath

received of the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.

40:

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way

of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

40:

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be

made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough

places plain:

40:

And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see

it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

40:

The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is

grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

40:

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the

LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

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40:

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God

shall stand for ever.

40:

O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high

mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice

with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah,

Behold your God!

40:10

Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm

shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work

before him.

40:11

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs

with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead

those that are with young.

40:12

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and

meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the

earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the

hills in a balance?

40:13

Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor

hath taught him?

40:14

With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught

him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and

shewed to him the way of understanding?

40:15

Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as

the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a

very little thing.

40:16

And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof

sufficient for a burnt offering.

40:17

All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him

less than nothing, and vanity.

40:18

To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare

unto him?

40:19

The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth

it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

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40:20

He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree

that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to

prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.

40:21

Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you

from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations

of the earth?

40:22

It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants

thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a

curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

40:23

That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the

earth as vanity.

40:24

Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea,

their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow

upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take

them away as stubble.

40:25

To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy

One.

40:26

Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these

things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all

by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in

power; not one faileth.

40:27

Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid

from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

40:28

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting

God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not,

neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

40:29

He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he

increaseth strength.

40:30

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall

utterly fall:

40:31

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they

shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be

weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

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CHAPTER 41

41:

Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their

strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near

together to judgment.

41:

Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his

foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he

gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his

bow.

41:

He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had

not gone with his feet.

41:

Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the

beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.

41:

The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew

near, and came.

41:

They helped every one his neighbor; and every one said to his

brother, Be of good courage.

41:

So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth

with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for

the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be

moved.

41:

But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the

seed of Abraham my friend.

41:

Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee

from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my

servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

41:10

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy

God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold

thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

41:11

Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed

and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with

thee shall perish.

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41:12

Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that

contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing,

and as a thing of nought.

41:13

For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto

thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

41:14

Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee,

saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

41:15

Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having

teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and

shalt make the hills as chaff.

41:16

Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the

whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD,

and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

41:17

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their

tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of

Israel will not forsake them.

41:18

I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the

valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry

land springs of water.

41:19

I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the

myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the

pine, and the box tree together:

41:20

That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand

together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy

One of Israel hath created it.

41:21

Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong

reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

41:22

Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let

them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider

them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to

come.

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41:23

Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that

ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed,

and behold it together.

41:24

Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an

abomination is he that chooseth you.

41:25

I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the

rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come

upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.

41:26

Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and

beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none

that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none

that heareth your words.

41:27

The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to

Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

41:28

For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there

was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a

word.

41:29

Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten

images are wind and confusion.

CHAPTER 42

42:

Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul

delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth

judgment to the Gentiles.

42:

He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the

street.

42:

A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not

quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

42:

He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the

earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

42:

Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and

stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which

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cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and

spirit to them that walk therein:

42:

I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine

hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the

people, for a light of the Gentiles;

42:

To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison,

and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

42:

I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to

another, neither my praise to graven images.

42:

Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I

declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

42:10

Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the

earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles,

and the inhabitants thereof.

42:11

Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the

villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing,

let them shout from the top of the mountains.

42:12

Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the

islands.

42:13

The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy

like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his

enemies.

42:14

I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained

myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and

devour at once.

42:15

I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs;

and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

42:16

And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead

them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light

before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do

unto them, and not forsake them.

42:17

They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust

in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

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42:18

Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

42:19

Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I

sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD’s

servant?

42:20

Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but

he heareth not.

42:21

The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will

magnify the law, and make it honorable.

42:22

But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared

in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and

none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

42:23

Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for

the time to come?

42:24

Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the

LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk

in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.

42:25

Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the

strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he

knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

CHAPTER 43

43:

But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he

that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I

have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

43:

When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and

through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest

through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame

kindle upon thee.

43:

For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior: I

gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

43:

Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honorable,

and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people

for thy life.

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43:

Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and

gather thee from the west;

43:

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back:

bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the

earth;

43:

Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him

for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

43:

Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have

ears.

43:

Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be

assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former

things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be

justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

43:10

Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I

have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand

that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall

there be after me.

43:11

I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no savior.

43:12

I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there

was no strange God among you: therefore ye are my witnesses,

saith the LORD, that I am God.

43:13

Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver

out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?

43:14

Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For

your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their

nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.

43:15

I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.

43:16

Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path

in the mighty waters;

43:17

Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the

power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are

extinct, they are quenched as tow.

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43:18

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of

old.

43:19

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not

know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the

desert.

43:20

The beast of the field shall honor me, the dragons and the owls:

because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to

give drink to my people, my chosen.

43:21

This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my

praise.

43:22

But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been

weary of me, O Israel.

43:23

Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings;

neither hast thou honored me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused

thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.

43:24

Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou

filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to

serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

43:25

I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own

sake, and will not remember thy sins.

43:26

Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that

thou mayest be justified.

43:27

Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed

against me.

43:28

Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have

given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

CHAPTER 44

44:

Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have

chosen:

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44:

Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the

womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and

thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

44:

For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the

dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing

upon thine offspring:

44:

And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the

water courses.

44:

One shall say, I am the LORD’s; and another shall call himself by

the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto

the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

44:

Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the

LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me

there is no God.

44:

And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for

me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are

coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.

44:

Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time,

and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God

beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

44:

They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their

delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses;

they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

44:10

Who hath formed a God, or molten a graven image that is profitable

for nothing?

44:11

Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are

of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet

they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.

44:12

The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth

it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea,

he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is

faint.

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44:13

The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line;

he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass,

and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a

man; that it may remain in the house.

44:14

He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak,

which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he

planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.

44:15

Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and

warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh

a God, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth

down thereto.

44:16

He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth

flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself,

and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:

44:17

And the residue thereof he maketh a God, even his graven image: he

falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and

saith, Deliver me; for thou art my God.

44:18

They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes,

that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

44:19

And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor

understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I

have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and

eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I

fall down to the stock of a tree?

44:20

He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he

cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

44:21

Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I

have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be

forgotten of me.

44:22

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a

cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

44:23

Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower

parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest,

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and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and

glorified himself in Israel.

44:24

Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from

the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth

forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;

44:25

That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad;

that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge

foolish;

44:26

That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the

counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be

inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will

raise up the decayed places thereof:

44:27

That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

44:28

That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my

pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the

temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

CHAPTER 45

45:

Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I

have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the

loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the

gates shall not be shut;

45:

I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will

break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of

iron:

45:

And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of

secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call

thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.

45:

For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even

called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast

not known me.

45:

I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I

girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

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45:

That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west,

that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none

else.

45:

I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I

the LORD do all these things.

45:

Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down

righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation,

and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created

it.

45:

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd

strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him

that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no

hands?

45:10

Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to

the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

45:11

Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask

me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work

of my hands command ye me.

45:12

I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands,

have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I

commanded.

45:13

I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways:

he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price

nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.

45:14

Thus saith the LORD, The labor of Egypt, and merchandise of

Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto

thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains

they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall

make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and

there is none else, there is no God.

45:15

Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the

Savior.

45:16

They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall

go to confusion together that are makers of idols.

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45:17

But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting

salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without

end.

45:18

For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself

that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created

it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and

there is none else.

45:19

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not

unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak

righteousness, I declare things that are right.

45:20

Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are

escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the

wood of their graven image, and pray unto a God that cannot save.

45:21

Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together:

who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from

that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside

me; a just God and a Savior; there is none beside me.

45:22

Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am

God, and there is none else.

45:23

I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in

righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall

bow, every tongue shall swear.

45:24

Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and

strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed

against him shall be ashamed.

45:25

In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.

CHAPTER 46

46:

Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the

beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they

are a burden to the weary beast.

46:

They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the

burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

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46:

Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the

house of Israel, which are born by me from the belly, which are

carried from the womb:

46:

And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I

carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will

deliver you.

46:

To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me,

that we may be like?

46:

They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and

hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a God: they fall down, yea, they

worship.

46:

They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in

his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea,

one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of

his trouble.

46:

Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O

ye transgressors.

46:

Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none

else; I am God, and there is none like me,

46:10

Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the

things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I

will do all my pleasure:

46:11

Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my

counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it

to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

46:12

Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:

46:13

I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my

salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel

my glory.

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CHAPTER 47

47:1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit

on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for

thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

47:2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare

the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

47:3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I

will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.

47:4 As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One

of Israel.

47:5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the

Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

47:6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and

given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon

the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

47:7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not

lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end

of it.

47:8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that

dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else

beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss

of children:

47:9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day,

the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in

their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great

abundance of thine enchantments.

47:10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None

seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee;

and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.

47:11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from

whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be

able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly,

which thou shalt not know.

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47:12

Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy

sorceries, wherein thou hast labored from thy youth; if so be thou

shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

47:13

Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the

astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up,

and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.

47:14

Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall

not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not

be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.

47:15

Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast labored, even

thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his

quarter; none shall save thee.

CHAPTER 48

48:

Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of

Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear

by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel,

but not in truth, nor in righteousness.

48:

For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves

upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.

48:

I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went

forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly,

and they came to pass.

48:

Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron

sinew, and thy brow brass;

48:

I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to

pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done

them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath

commanded them.

48:

Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have

shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and

thou didst not know them.

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48:

They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the

day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold,

I knew them.

48:

Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time

that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal

very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

48:

For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will

I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

48:10

Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee

in the furnace of affliction.

48:11

For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how

should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto

another.

48:12

Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the

first, I also am the last.

48:13

Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right

hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand

up together.

48:14

All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath

declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his

pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.

48:15

I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him,

and he shall make his way prosperous.

48:16

Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret

from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now

the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

48:17

Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am

the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth

thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

48:18

O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy

peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the

sea:

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48:19

Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy

bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut

off nor destroyed from before me.

48:20

Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice

of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth;

say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

48:21

And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he

caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the

rock also, and the waters gushed out.

48:22

There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

CHAPTER 49

49:

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The

LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my

mother hath he made mention of my name.

49:

And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of

his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his

quiver hath he hid me;

49:

And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will

be glorified.

49:

Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for

nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD,

and my work with my God.

49:

And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be

his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not

gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my

God shall be my strength.

49:

And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to

raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I

will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be

my salvation unto the end of the earth.

49:

Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One,

to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to

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a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall

worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One

of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

49:

Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and

in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee,

and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to

cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

49:

That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are

in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and

their pastures shall be in all high places.

49:10

They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun

smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even

by the springs of water shall he guide them.

49:11

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall

be exalted.

49:12

Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and

from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

49:13

Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into

singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people,

and will have mercy upon his afflicted.

49:14

But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath

forgotten me.

49:15

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have

compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet

will I not forget thee.

49:16

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls

are continually before me.

49:17

Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made

thee waste shall go forth of thee.

49:18

Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather

themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD,

thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament,

and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.

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49:19

For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy

destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the

inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

49:20

The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other,

shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give

place to me that I may dwell.

49:21

Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these,

seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and

removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I

was left alone; these, where had they been?

49:22

Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the

Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall

bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried

upon their shoulders.

49:23

And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy

nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face

toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt

know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait

for me.

49:24

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive

delivered?

49:25

But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be

taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will

contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy

children.

49:26

And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and

they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine:

and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Savior and thy

Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

CHAPTER 50

50:

Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s

divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is

it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye

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sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put

away.

50:

Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was

there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot

redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry

up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh,

because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

50:

I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their

covering.

50:

The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I

should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary:

he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as

the learned.

50:

The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious,

neither turned away back.

50:

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked

off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

50:

For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be

confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know

that I shall not be ashamed.

50:

He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us

stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.

50:

Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn

me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them

up.

50:10

Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice

of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him

trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.

50:11

Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about

with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye

have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in

sorrow.

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CHAPTER 51

51:

Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the

LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of

the pit whence ye are digged.

51:

Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for

I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

51:

For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste

places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert

like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found

therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

51:

Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation:

for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to

rest for a light of the people.

51:

My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine

arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on

mine arm shall they trust.

51:

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath:

for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall

wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like

manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness

shall not be abolished.

51:

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose

heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye

afraid of their revilings.

51:

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall

eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my

salvation from generation to generation.

51:

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in

the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath

cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

51:10

Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great

deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed

to pass over?

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51:11

Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with

singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head:

they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall

flee away.

51:12

I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou

shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man

which shall be made as grass;

51:13

And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the

heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared

continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he

were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

51:14

The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he

should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

51:15

But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves

roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.

51:16

And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in

the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the

foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

51:17

Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the

hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs

of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.

51:18

There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath

brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all

the sons that she hath brought up.

51:19

These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee?

desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by

whom shall I comfort thee?

51:20

Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a

wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke

of thy God.

51:21

Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with

wine:

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51:22

Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the

cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup

of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no

more drink it again:

51:23

But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have

said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast

laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went

over.

CHAPTER 52

52:

Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful

garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no

more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

52:

Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem:

loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of

Zion.

52:

For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and

ye shall be redeemed without money.

52:

For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime

into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them

without cause.

52:

Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people

is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to

howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is

blasphemed.

52:

Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall

know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.

52:

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth

good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of

good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God

reigneth!

52:

Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall

they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring

again Zion.

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52:

Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem:

for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed

Jerusalem.

52:10

The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the

nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our

God.

52:11

Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean

thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the

vessels of the LORD.

52:12

For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD

will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.

52:13

Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and

extolled, and be very high.

52:14

As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than

any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

52:15

So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths

at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and

that which they had not heard shall they consider.

CHAPTER 53

This chapter forms the basis of Jesus saving us from our sins. He did ask forgiveness for what they had done to him because ‘they knew not what they did”. The phrase “for their transgression” could also be translated “because of their transgression”. It was their transgressions (attitudes or sins) that brought Jesus to the cross.

53:

Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the

LORD revealed?

53:

For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out

of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we

shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

53:

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and

acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he

was despised, and we esteemed him not.

53:

Surely he hath born our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did

esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

53:

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our

iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with

his stripes we are healed.

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53:

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to

his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

53:

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his

mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep

before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

53:

He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall

declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the

living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. This could also be translated “because of the transgression”

53:

And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his

death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in

his mouth.

53:10

Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief:

when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his

seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall

prosper in his hand.

53:11

He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his

knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall

bear their iniquities.

53:12

Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall

divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his

soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and

he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the

transgressors.

CHAPTER 54

54:

Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing,

and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are

the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,

saith the LORD.

54:

Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains

of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen

thy stakes;

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54:

For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy

seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be

inhabited.

54:

Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou

confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt

forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the

reproach of thy widowhood any more.

54:

For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name;

and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole

earth shall he be called.

54:

For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in

spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.

54:

For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies

will I gather thee.

54:

In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with

everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy

Redeemer.

54:

For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that

the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I

sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

54:10

For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my

kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of

my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.

54:11

O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I

will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations with

sapphires.

54:12

And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of

carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

54:13

And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be

the peace of thy children.

54:14

In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from

oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not

come near thee.

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54:15

Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me:

whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.

54:16

Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire,

and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have

created the waster to destroy.

54:17

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every

tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.

This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their

righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

CHAPTER 55

55:

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that

hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and

milk without money and without price.

55:

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and

your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto

me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in

fatness.

55:

Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live;

and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure

mercies of David.

55:

Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and

commander to the people.

55:

Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations

that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy

God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.

55:

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while

he is near:

55:

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his

thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have

mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

55:

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my

ways, saith the LORD.

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55:

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher

than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

55:10

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and

returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring

forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the

eater:

55:11

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not

return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please,

and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

55:12

For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the

mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing,

and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

55:13

Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the

brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for

a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

CHAPTER 56

56:

Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my

salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

56:

Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth

hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth

his hand from doing any evil.

56:

Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the

LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from

his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

56:

For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths,

and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my

covenant;

56:

Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a

place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give

them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

56:

Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to

serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants,

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every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh

hold of my covenant;

56:

Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful

in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices

shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an

house of prayer for all people.

56:

The Lord GOD, which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet

will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.

56:

All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the

forest.

56:10

His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb

dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

56:11

Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they

are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own

way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

56:12

Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves

with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much

more abundant.

CHAPTER 57

57:

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful

men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken

away from the evil to come.

57:

He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one

walking in his uprightness.

57:

But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the

adulterer and the whore.

57:

Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a

wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of

transgression, a seed of falsehood.

57:

Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the

children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?

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57:

Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they

are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou

hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?

57:

Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither

wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

57:

Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy

remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me,

and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a

covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.

57:

And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy

perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase

thyself even unto hell.

57:10

Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not,

There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore

thou wast not grieved.

57:11

And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied,

and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I

held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?

57:12

I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not

profit thee.

57:13

When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind

shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that

putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my

holy mountain;

57:14

And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up

the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

57:15

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity,

whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him

also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of

the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

57:16

For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for

the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

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57:17

For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I

hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his

heart.

57:18

I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and

restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

57:19

I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and

to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.

57:20

But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest,

whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

57:21

There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

CHAPTER 58

58:

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my

people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

58:

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation

that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God:

they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in

approaching to God.

58:

Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore

have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold,

in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labors.

58:

Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of

wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice

to be heard on high.

58:

Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his

soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread

sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an

acceptable day to the LORD?

58:

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of

wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed

go free, and that ye break every yoke?

58:

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the

poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked,

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that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own

flesh?

58:

Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health

shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before

thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.

58:

Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry,

and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of

thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

58:10

And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the

afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy

darkness be as the noon day:

58:11

And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in

drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered

garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

58:12

And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou

shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt

be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell

in.

58:13

If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy

pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of

the LORD, honorable; and shalt honor him, not doing thine own

ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own

words:

58:14

Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee

to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the

heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath

spoken it.

CHAPTER 59

59:

Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save;

neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

59:

But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and

your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

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59:

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with

iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered

perverseness.

59:

None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in

vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth

iniquity.

59:

They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that

eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out

into a viper.

59:

Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover

themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity,

and the act of violence is in their hands.

59:

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood:

their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are

in their paths.

59:

The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their

goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth

therein shall not know peace.

59:

Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us:

we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk

in darkness.

59:10

We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no

eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate

places as dead men.

59:11

We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for

judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

59:12

For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins

testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our

iniquities, we know them;

59:13

In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away

from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and

uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

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59:14

And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar

off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

59:15

Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a

prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was

no judgment.

59:16

And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was

no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and

his righteousness, it sustained him.

59:17

For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of

salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance

for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.

59:18

According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his

adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay

recompence.

59:19

So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his

glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like

a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.

59:20

And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn

from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.

59:21

As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My

spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy

mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of

thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD,

from henceforth and for ever.

CHAPTER 60

60:

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is

risen upon thee.

60:

For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness

the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall

be seen upon thee.

60:

And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the

brightness of thy rising.

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60:

Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves

together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy

daughters shall be nursed at thy side.

60:

Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear,

and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be

converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto

thee.

60:

The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of

Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring

gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the

LORD.

60:

All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the

rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with

acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.

60:

Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their

windows?

60:

Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to

bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto

the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel,

because he hath glorified thee.

60:10

And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings

shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my

favor have I had mercy on thee.

60:11

Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be

shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the

Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.

60:12

For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish;

yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

60:13

The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine

tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary;

and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

60:14

The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto

thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at

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the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee; The city of the

LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

60:15

Whereas thou has been forsaken and hated, so that no man went

through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many

generations.

60:16

Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the

breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy

Savior and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

60:17

For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for

wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers

peace, and thine exactors righteousness.

60:18

Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor

destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls

Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

60:19

The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness

shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto

thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

60:20

Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw

itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of

thy mourning shall be ended.

60:21

Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land

for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I

may be glorified.

60:22

A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong

nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.

CHAPTER 61

61:1

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath

anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me

to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives,

and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

61:

To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of

vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

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61:

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them

beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise

for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of

righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

61:

And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former

desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations

of many generations.

61:

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the

alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

61:

But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you

the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,

and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

61:

For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall

rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess

the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.

61:

For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering;

and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting

covenant with them.

61:

And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their

offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge

them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.

61:10

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my

God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath

covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh

himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her

jewels.

61:11

For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth

the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will

cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the

nations.

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CHAPTER 62

62:

For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake

I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as

brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.

62:

And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy

glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of

the LORD shall name.

62:

Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and

a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

62:

Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any

more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and

thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land

shall be married.

62:

For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee:

and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God

rejoice over thee.

62:

I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall

never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the

LORD, keep not silence,

62:

And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a

praise in the earth.

62:

The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his

strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine

enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for

the which thou hast labored:

62:

But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD;

and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of

my holiness.

62:10

Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the

people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up

a standard for the people.

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62:11

Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say

ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold,

his reward is with him, and his work before him.

62:12

And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the

LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

CHAPTER 63

63:1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from

Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the

greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to

save.

63:2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him

that treadeth in the winefat?

63:3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was

none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them

in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments,

and I will stain all my raiment.

63:4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my

redeemed is come.

63:5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that

there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought

salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.

63:6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them

drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.

63:7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises

of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us,

and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath

bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the

multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

63:8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie:

so he was their Savior.

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63:

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence

saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he

bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

63:10

But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was

turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

63:11

Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people,

saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the

shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within

him?

63:12

That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm,

dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting

name?

63:13

That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that

they should not stumble?

63:14

As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD

caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a

glorious name.

63:15

Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy

holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the

sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they

restrained?

63:16

Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us,

and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our

redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.

63:17

O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and

hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake,

the tribes of thine inheritance.

63:18

The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our

adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

63:19

We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not

called by thy name.

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CHAPTER 64

64:

Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come

down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

64:

As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to

boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations

may tremble at thy presence!

64:

When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou

camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.

64:

For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor

perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee,

what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

64:

Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those

that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we

have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.

64:

But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as

filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the

wind, have taken us away.

64:

And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up

himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and

hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.

64:

But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou

our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

64:

Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for

ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

64:10

Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a

desolation.

64:11

Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee,

is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

64:12

Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold

thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

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CHAPTER 65

65:

I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that

sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that

was not called by my name.

65:

I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people,

which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own

thoughts;

65:

A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that

sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;

65:

Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments,

which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their

vessels;

65:

Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier

than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the

day.

65:

Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will

recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

65:

Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the

LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and

blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former

work into their bosom.

65:

Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and

one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my

servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

65:

And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an

inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my

servants shall dwell there.

65:10

And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a

place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought

me.

65:11

But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy

mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the

drink offering unto that number.

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65:12

Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow

down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer;

when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and

did choose that wherein I delighted not.

65:13

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat,

but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye

shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be

ashamed:

65:14

Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for

sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

65:15

And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the

Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:

65:16

That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the

God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the

God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and

because they are hid from mine eyes.

65:17

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former

shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

65:18

But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for,

behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

65:19

And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice

of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

65:20

There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man

that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years

old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

65:21

And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant

vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

65:22

They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and

another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people,

and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

65:23

They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they

are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with

them.

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65:24

And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and

while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

65:25

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat

straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They

shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the

LORD.

CHAPTER 66

66:

Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is

my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where

is the place of my rest?

66:

For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have

been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that

is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

66:

He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a

lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if

he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed

an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul

delighteth in their abominations.

66:

I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon

them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they

did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in

which I delighted not.

66:

Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your

brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake,

said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy,

and they shall be ashamed.

66:

A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of

the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.

66:

Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she

was delivered of a man child.

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66:8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the

earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at

once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

66:9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the

LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy

God.

66:10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love

her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:

66:11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her

consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the

abundance of her glory.

66:12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a

river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall

ye suck, ye shall be born upon her sides, and be dandled upon her

knees.

66:13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye

shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

66:14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones

shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be

known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his

enemies.

66:15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots

like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with

flames of fire.

66:16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh:

and the slain of the LORD shall be many.

66:17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the

gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the

abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the

LORD.

66:18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will

gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my

glory.

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66:19

And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape

of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the

bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard

my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my

glory among the Gentiles.

66:20

And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the

LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in

litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy

mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring

an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.

66:21

And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the

LORD.

66:22

For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall

remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your

name remain.

66:23

And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and

from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before

me, saith the LORD.

66:24

And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that

have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither

shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all

flesh.

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The Book of

JEREMIAH

CHAPTER 1

The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were

in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the

son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of

Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of

Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive

in the fifth month.

Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou

camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee

a prophet unto the nations.

Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a

child.

But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt

go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee

thou shalt speak.

Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith

the LORD.

Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And

the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy

mouth.

1:10

See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the

kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to

throw down, to build, and to plant.

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1:11

Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah,

what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.

1:12

Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will

hasten my word to perform it.

1:13

And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,

What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face

thereof is toward the north.

1:14

Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break

forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

1:15

For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith

the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his

throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the

walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.

1:16

And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their

wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto

other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

1:17

Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all

that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I

confound thee before them.

1:18

For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron

pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of

Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and

against the people of the land.

1:19

And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against

thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.

CHAPTER 2

Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD;

I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine

espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land

that was not sown.

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Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his

increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon

them, saith the LORD.

Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the

families of the house of Israel:

Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in

me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity,

and are become vain?

Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of

the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a

land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the

shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and

where no man dwelt?

And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof

and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land,

and made mine heritage an abomination.

The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the

law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the

prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not

profit.

Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with

your children’s children will I plead.

2:10

For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar,

and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.

2:11

Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my

people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

2:12

Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye

very desolate, saith the LORD.

2:13

For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me

the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken

cisterns, that can hold no water.

2:14

Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?

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2:15

The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his

land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.

2:16

Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown

of thy head.

2:17

Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast

forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?

2:18

And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the

waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to

drink the waters of the river?

2:19

Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall

reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and

bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my

fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

2:20

For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and

thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and

under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

2:21

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then

art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

2:22

For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap,

yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

2:23

How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after

Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done:

thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

2:24

A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her

pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek

her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

2:25

Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst:

but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers,

and after them will I go.

2:26

As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel

ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their

prophets.

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2:27

Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast

brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not

their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and

save us.

2:28

But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if

they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the

number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

2:29

Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against

me, saith the LORD.

2:30

In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction:

your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying

lion.

2:31

O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a

wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my

people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

2:32

Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my

people have forgotten me days without number.

2:33

Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also

taught the wicked ones thy ways.

2:34

Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor

innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

2:35

Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn

from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I

have not sinned.

2:36

Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also

shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

2:37

Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine

head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt

not prosper in them.

CHAPTER 3

They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and

become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that

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land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with

many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.

Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast

not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the

Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy

whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been

no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to

be ashamed.

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the

guide of my youth?

Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end?

Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.

The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast

thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up

upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there

hath played the harlot.

And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me.

But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel

committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of

divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and

played the harlot also.

And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that

she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with

stocks.

3:10

And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned

unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.

3:11

And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified

herself more than treacherous Judah.

3:12

Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return,

thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine

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anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I

will not keep anger for ever.

3:13

Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed

against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the

strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice,

saith the LORD.

3:14

Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married

unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family,

and I will bring you to Zion:

3:15

And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall

feed you with knowledge and understanding.

3:16

And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in

the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more,

The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to

mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it;

neither shall that be done any more.

3:17

At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and

all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD,

to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the

imagination of their evil heart.

3:18

In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of

Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to

the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.

3:19

But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a

pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said,

Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.

3:20

Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have

ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.

3:21

A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and

supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their

way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.

3:22

Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.

Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.

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3:23

Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the

multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the

salvation of Israel.

3:24

For shame hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth;

their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

3:25

We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we

have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from

our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the

LORD our God.

CHAPTER 4

If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and

if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then

shalt thou not remove.

And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and

in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and

in him shall they glory.

For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break

up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins

of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest

my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it,

because of the evil of your doings.

Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye

the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble

yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.

Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring

evil from the north, and a great destruction.

The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the

Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy

land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an

inhabitant.

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For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce

anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the

heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the

priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

4:10

Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this

people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the

sword reacheth unto the soul.

4:11

At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry

wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of

my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,

4:12

Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also

will I give sentence against them.

4:13

Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a

whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we

are spoiled.

4:14

O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest

be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

4:15

For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from

mount Ephraim.

4:16

Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem,

that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice

against the cities of Judah.

4:17

As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she

hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.

4:18

Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this

is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto

thine heart.

4:19

My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart

maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast

heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

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4:20

Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is

spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a

moment.

4:21

How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the

trumpet?

4:22

For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are

sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise

to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

4:23

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the OUT OF PLACE

heavens, and they had no light.

4:24

I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills

moved lightly.

4:25

I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens

were fled.

4:26

I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the

WHERE DID THE CITIES COME FROM?

cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and

by his fierce anger.

4:27

For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate;

yet will I not make a full end.

BACK TO THE FUTURE

4:28

For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black;

because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent,

neither will I turn back from it.

4:29

The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and

bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks:

every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.

4:30

And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou

clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with

ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in

vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they

will seek thy life.

4:31

For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish

as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter

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of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying,

Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.

CHAPTER 5

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now,

and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a

man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the

truth; and I will pardon it.

And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.

O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken

them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but

they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces

harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they

know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.

I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they

have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God:

but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the

evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities:

every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because

their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me,

and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the

full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by

troops in the harlots’ houses.

They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his

neighbor’s wife.

Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my

soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

5:10

Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end:

take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD’s.

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5:11

For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very

treacherously against me, saith the LORD.

5:12

They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil

come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

5:13

And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them:

thus shall it be done unto them.

5:14

Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak

this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and

this people wood, and it shall devour them.

5:15

Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith

the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation

whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they

say.

5:16

Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

5:17

And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons

and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine

herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall

impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the

sword.

5:18

Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full

end with you.

5:19

And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the

LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer

them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your

land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not your’s.

5:20

Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

5:21

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding;

which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

5:22

Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my

presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a

perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves

thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar,

yet can they not pass over it?

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5:23

But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are

revolted and gone.

5:24

Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our

God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season:

he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

5:25

Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have

withholden good things from you.

5:26

For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he

that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

5:27

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore

they are become great, and waxen rich.

5:28

They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of

the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless,

yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

5:29

Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my

soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

5:30

A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;

5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their

means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in

the end thereof?

CHAPTER 6

O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the

midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a

sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north,

and great destruction.

I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate

woman.

The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall

pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one

in his place.

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Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe

unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening

are stretched out.

Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and

cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is

wholly oppression in the midst of her.

As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her

wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me

continually is grief and wounds.

Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee;

lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the

remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer

into the baskets.

6:10

To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear?

behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold,

the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no

delight in it.

6:11

Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with

holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon

the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the

wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.

6:12

And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and

wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants

of the land, saith the LORD.

6:13

For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every

one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the

priest every one dealeth falsely.

6:14

They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people

slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

6:15

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay,

they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore

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they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them

they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

6:16

Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for

the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye

shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk

therein.

6:17

Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the

trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

6:18

Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is

among them.

6:19

Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the

fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my

words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

6:20

To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the

sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not

acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

6:21

Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks

before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall

upon them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish.

6:22

Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north

country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the

earth.

6:23

They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no

mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses,

set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

6:24

We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath

taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

6:25

Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of

the enemy and fear is on every side.

6:26

O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow

thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most

bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

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6:27

I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that

thou mayest know and try their way.

6:28

They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are

brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

6:29

The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the

founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

6:30

Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath

rejected them.

CHAPTER 7

The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Stand in the gate of the LORD’s house, and proclaim there this

word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that

enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your

ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The

temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.

For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye

throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor;

If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and

shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods

to your hurt:

Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave

to your fathers, for ever and ever.

Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and

burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know

not;

7:10

And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my

name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?

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7:11

Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers

in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.

7:12

But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my

name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my

people Israel.

7:13

And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD,

and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard

not; and I called you, but ye answered not;

7:14

Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name,

wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to

your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

7:15

And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your

brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.

7:16

Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor

prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear

thee.

7:17

Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets

of Jerusalem?

7:18

The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the

women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven,

and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may

provoke me to anger.

7:19

Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not

provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?

7:20

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my

fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon

beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the

ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

7:21

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt

offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.

7:22

For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day

that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt

offerings or sacrifices:

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7:23

But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I

will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the

ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.

7:24

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the

counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went

backward, and not forward.

7:25

Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt

unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the

prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:

7:26

Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but

hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

7:27

Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they

will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they

will not answer thee.

7:28

But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the

voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is

perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

7:29

Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a

lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and

forsaken the generation of his wrath.

7:30

For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the

LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is

called by my name, to pollute it.

7:31

And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the

valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters

in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my

heart.

7:32

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no

more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but

the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be

no place.

7:33

And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the

heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them

away.

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7:34

Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the

streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness,

the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land

shall be desolate.

CHAPTER 8

At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the

kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the

priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the

inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:

And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all

the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have

served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have

sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be

gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the

earth.

And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them

that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places

whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.

Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall

they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual

backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented

him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned

to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.

Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the

turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their

coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.

How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us?

Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they

have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?

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8:10

Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to

them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto

the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto

the priest every one dealeth falsely.

8:11

For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people

slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

8:12

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay,

they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore

shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation

they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

8:13

I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no

grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade;

and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.

8:14

Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the

defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God

hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because

we have sinned against the LORD.

8:15

We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health,

and behold trouble!

8:16

The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land

trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they

are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city,

and those that dwell therein.

8:17

For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which

will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

8:18

When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in

me.

8:19

Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because

of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is

not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with

their graven images, and with strange vanities?

8:20

The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

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8:21

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black;

astonishment hath taken hold on me.

8:22

Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is

not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

CHAPTER 9

Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears,

that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my

people!

Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men;

that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all

adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are

not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil

to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any

brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor

will walk with slanders.

And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak

the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary

themselves to commit iniquity.

Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they

refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them,

and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one

speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in heart he

layeth his wait.

Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not

my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

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For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the

habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are

burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men

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hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the

beast are fled; they are gone.

9:11

And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will

make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

9:12

Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to

whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it,

for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that

none passeth through?

9:13

And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I

set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked

therein;

9:14

But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after

Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

9:15

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold,

I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them

water of gall to drink.

9:16

I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor

their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I

have consumed them.

9:17

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the

mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning

women, that they may come:

9:18

And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our

eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with

waters.

9:19

For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled!

we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land,

because our dwellings have cast us out.

9:20

Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear

receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing,

and every one her neighbor lamentation.

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9:21

For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our

palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men

from the streets.

9:22

Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as

dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman,

and none shall gather them.

9:23

Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,

neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man

glory in his riches:

9:24

But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and

knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness,

judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I

delight, saith the LORD.

9:25

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them

which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;

9:26

Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and

Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the

wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the

house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.

CHAPTER 10

10:

Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of

Israel:

10:

Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be

not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed

at them.

10:

For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of

the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

10:

They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and

with hammers, that it move not.

10:

They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs

be born, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they

cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

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Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great,

and thy name is great in might.

10:

Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it

appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and

in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

10:

But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine

of vanities.

10:

Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from

Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder:

blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning

men.

10:10

But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an

everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the

nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

10:11

Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the

heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and

from under these heavens.

10:12

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the

world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his

discretion.

10:13

When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the

heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the

earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind

out of his treasures.

10:14

Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is

confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood,

and there is no breath in them.

10:15

They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their

visitation they shall perish.

10:16

The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all

things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts

is his name.

10:17

Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.

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10:18

For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of

the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it

so.

10:19

Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly

this is a grief, and I must bear it.

10:20

My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children

are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth

my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

10:21

For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the

LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall

be scattered.

10:22

Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out

of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a

den of dragons.

10:23

O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in

man that walketh to direct his steps.

10:24

O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest

thou bring me to nothing.

10:25

Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon

the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up

Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his

habitation desolate.

CHAPTER 11

11:

The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying,

11:

Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of

Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

11:

And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel;

Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,

11:

Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them

forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey

my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so

shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:

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11:

That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your

fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is

this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.

11:

Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the

cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the

words of this covenant, and do them.

11:

For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I

brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day,

rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.

11:

Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one

in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon

them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to

do: but they did them not.

11:

And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the

men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

11:10

They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which

refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve

them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my

covenant which I made with their fathers.

11:11

Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon

them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall

cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.

11:12

Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and

cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not

save them at all in the time of their trouble.

11:13

For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah;

and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set

up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto

Baal.

11:14

Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or

prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry

unto me for their trouble.

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11:15

What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath

wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from

thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.

11:16

The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly

fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it,

and the branches of it are broken.

11:17

For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil

against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of

Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to

anger in offering incense unto Baal.

11:18

And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then

thou shewedst me their doings.

11:19

But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I

knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us

destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from

the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

11:20

But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the

reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee

have I revealed my cause.

11:21

Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek

thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou

die not by our hand:

11:22

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish

them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their

daughters shall die by famine:

11:23

And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon

the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.

CHAPTER 12

12:

Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me

talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the

wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very

treacherously?

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12:2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow,

yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far

from their reins.

12:3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried

mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter,

and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

12:4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither,

for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are

consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our

last end.

12:5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee,

then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of

peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt

thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

12:6 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have

dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude

after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto

thee.

12:7 I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given

the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

12:8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against

me: therefore have I hated it.

12:9 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about

are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come

to devour.

12:10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my

portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate

wilderness.

12:11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto

me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to

heart.

12:12 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness:

for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the

land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.

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12:13

They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put

themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed

of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

12:14

Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbors, that touch the

inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit;

Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house

of Judah from among them.

12:15

And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will

return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again,

every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

12:16

And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of

my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they

taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the

midst of my people.

12:17

But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that

nation, saith the LORD.

CHAPTER 13

13:

Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and

put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.

13:

So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on

my loins.

13:

And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,

13:

Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and

arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.

13:

So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.

13:

And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me,

Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I

commanded thee to hide there.

13:

Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the

place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was

profitable for nothing.

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13:

Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

13:

Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of

Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

13:10

This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in

the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve

them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is

good for nothing.

13:11

For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to

cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of

Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people,

and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would

not hear.

13:12

Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the

LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and

they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every

bottle shall be filled with wine?

13:13

Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I

will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon

David’s throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the

inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

13:14

And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the

sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have

mercy, but destroy them.

13:15

Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.

13:16

Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and

before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye

look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross

darkness.

13:17

But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for

your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears,

because the LORD’s flock is carried away captive.

13:18

Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down:

for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your

glory.

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13:19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them:

Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly

carried away captive.

13:20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north:

where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

13:21 What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught

them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take

thee, as a woman in travail?

13:22 And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon

me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered,

and thy heels made bare.

13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then

may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

13:24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by

the wind of the wilderness.

13:25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the

LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.

13:26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame

may appear.

13:27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy

whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe

unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it

once be?

CHAPTER 14

14:1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the

dearth.

14:2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto

the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

14:3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they

came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their

vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered

their heads.

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Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the

plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

14:

Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there

was no grass.

14:

And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up

the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no

grass.

14:

O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for

thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned

against thee.

14:

O the hope of Israel, the savior thereof in time of trouble, why

shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man

that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

14:

Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that

cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are

called by thy name; leave us not.

14:10

Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to

wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD

doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and

visit their sins.

14:11

Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their

good.

14:12

When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt

offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume

them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

14:13

Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them,

Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will

give you assured peace in this place.

14:14

Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my

name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither

spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and

divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

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14:15

Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that

prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword

and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall

those prophets be consumed.

14:16

And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the

streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they

shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor

their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

14:17

Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run

down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the

virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a

very grievous blow.

14:18

If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword!

and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with

famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land

that they know not.

14:19

Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why

hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for

peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold

trouble!

14:20

We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of

our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

14:21

Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of

thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

14:22

Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause

rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD

our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all

these things.

CHAPTER 15

15:

Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood

before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them

out of my sight, and let them go forth.

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And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we

go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as

are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword;

and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for

the captivity, to the captivity.

15:

And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the

sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven,

and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.

15:

And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth,

because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that

which he did in Jerusalem.

15:

For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall

bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?

15:

Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward:

therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee;

I am weary with repenting.

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And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will

bereave them of children, I will destroy my people since they

return not from their ways.

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Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I

have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a

spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and

terrors upon the city.

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She that hath born seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost;

her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed

and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword

before their enemies, saith the LORD.

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Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast born me a man of strife and

a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on

usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them

doth curse me.

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The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I

will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in

the time of affliction.

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Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?

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Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without

price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

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And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which

thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall

burn upon you.

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O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge

me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering:

know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.

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Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto

me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name,

O LORD God of hosts.

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I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone

because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

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Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which

refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and

as waters that fail?

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Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring

thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth

the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them

return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.

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And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and

they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee:

for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

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And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will

redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.

CHAPTER 16

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The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying,

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Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or

daughters in this place.

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16:3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the

daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers

that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this

land;

16:4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented;

neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face

of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by

famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven,

and for the beasts of the earth.

16:5 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning,

neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my

peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and

mercies.

16:6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be

buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor

make themselves bald for them:

16:7 Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort

them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of

consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

16:8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them

to eat and to drink.

16:9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will

cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the

voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the

bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.

16:10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all

these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the

LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our

iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the

LORD our God?

16:11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have

forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods,

and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have

forsaken me, and have not kept my law;

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And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk

every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not

hearken unto me:

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Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know

not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods

day and night; where I will not shew you favor.

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Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no

more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of

Israel out of the land of Egypt;

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But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from

the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven

them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto

their fathers.

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Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they

shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they

shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out

of the holes of the rocks.

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For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my

face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.

16:18

And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double;

because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine

inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable

things.

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O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day

of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the

earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity,

and things wherein there is no profit.

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Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?

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Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause

them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that

my name is The LORD.

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CHAPTER 17

17:

The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point

of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon

the horns of your altars;

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Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the

green trees upon the high hills.

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O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy

treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all

thy borders.

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And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I

gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land

which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger,

which shall burn for ever.

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Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and

maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

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For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when

good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,

in a salt land and not inhabited.

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Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the

LORD is.

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For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth

out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but

her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of

drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

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The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked:

who can know it?

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I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every

man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

17:11

As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that

getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his

days, and at his end shall be a fool.

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17:12

A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our

sanctuary.

17:13

O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed,

and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because

they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

17:14

Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be

saved: for thou art my praise.

17:15

Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it

come now.

17:16

As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee:

neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which

came out of my lips was right before thee.

17:17

Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.

17:18

Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be

confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed:

bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double

destruction.

17:19

Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the

children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by

the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;

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And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of

Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter

in by these gates:

17:21

Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no

burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of

Jerusalem;

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Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath

day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I

commanded your fathers.

17:23

But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck

stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.

17:24

And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith

the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on

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the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work

therein;

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Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes

sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses,

they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of

Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.

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And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places

about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the

plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt

offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and

bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD.

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But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and

not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on

the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it

shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

CHAPTER 18

18:

The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

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Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause

thee to hear my words.

18:

Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a

work on the wheels.

18:

And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the

potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the

potter to make it.

18:

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the

LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in

mine hand, O house of Israel.

18:

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a

kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;

18:

If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their

evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

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18:

And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and

concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

18:10

If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will

repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

18:11

Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the

inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I

frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye

now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your

doings good.

18:12

And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own

devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.

18:13

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen,

who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very

horrible thing.

18:14

Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock

of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from

another place be forsaken?

18:15

Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to

vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from

the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;

18:16

To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that

passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.

18:17

I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will

shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

18:18

Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah;

for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the

wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him

with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

18:19

Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that

contend with me.

18:20

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for

my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for

them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

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18:21

Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their

blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of

their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let

their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

18:22

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop

suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid

snares for my feet.

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Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me:

forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight,

but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the

time of thine anger.

CHAPTER 19

19:

Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter’s earthen bottle, and

take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the

priests;

19:

And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the

entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell

thee,

19:

And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and

inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God

of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which

whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.

19:

Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and

have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor

their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled

this place with the blood of innocents;

19:

They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons

with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not,

nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:

19:

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place

shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of

Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.

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19:

And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this

place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their

enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their

carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for

the beasts of the earth.

19:

And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that

passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the

plagues thereof.

19:

And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of

their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend

in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that

seek their lives, shall straiten them.

19:10

Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go

with thee,

19:11

And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so

will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s

vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them

in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.

19:12

Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the

inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:

19:13

And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah,

shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses

upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of

heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.

19:14

Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him

to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD’s house; and

said to all the people,

19:15

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will

bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have

pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that

they might not hear my words.

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CHAPTER 20

20:

Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief

governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah

prophesied these things.

20:

Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the

stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the

house of the LORD.

20:

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth

Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The

LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib.

20:

For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to

thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of

their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all

Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them

captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

20:

Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the

labors thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the

treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their

enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to

Babylon.

20:

And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into

captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt

die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom

thou hast prophesied lies.

20:

O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art

stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one

mocketh me.

20:

For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the

word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision,

daily.

20:

Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in

his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up

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in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not

stay.

20:10

For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say

they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my

halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall

prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

20:11

But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my

persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be

greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting

confusion shall never be forgotten.

20:12

But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins

and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have

I opened my cause.

20:13

Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered

the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.

20:14

Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my

mother bare me be blessed.

20:15

Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A

man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.

20:16

And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and

repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the

shouting at noontide;

20:17

Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might

have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.

20:18

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow,

that my days should be consumed with shame?

CHAPTER 21

21:

The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king

Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and

Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,

21:

Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king

of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal

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with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up

from us.

21:

Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:

21:

Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the

weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against

the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you

without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this

city.

21:

And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and

with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

21:

And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast:

they shall die of a great pestilence.

21:

And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of

Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this

city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into

the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of

their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he

shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare

them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

21:

And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD;

Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

21:

He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the

famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to

the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be

unto him for a prey.

21:10

For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good,

saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of

Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

21:11

And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the

word of the LORD;

21:12

O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the

morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the

oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can

quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

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21:13

Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of

the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down

against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?

21:14

But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith

the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall

devour all things round about it.

CHAPTER 22

22:

Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah,

and speak there this word,

22:

And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest

upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people

that enter in by these gates:

22:

Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and

deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no

wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the

widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

22:

For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates

of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in

chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.

22:

But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the

LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

22:

For thus saith the LORD unto the king’s house of Judah; Thou art

Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make

thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.

22:

And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his

weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them

into the fire.

22:

And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every

man to his neighbor, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto

this great city?

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22:

Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant

of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served

them.

22:10

Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for

him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native

country.

22:11

For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king

of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went

forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:

22:12

But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and

shall see this land no more.

22:13

Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his

chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbor’s service without

wages, and giveth him not for his work;

22:14

That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and

cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted

with vermilion.

22:15

Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy

father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was

well with him?

22:16

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with

him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

22:17

But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness,

and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for

violence, to do it.

22:18

Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of

Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my

brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah

Lord! or, Ah his glory!

22:19

He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth

beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

22:20

Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and

cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.

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22:21

I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not

hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou

obeyedst not my voice.

22:22

The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into

captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all

thy wickedness.

22:23

O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how

gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a

woman in travail!

22:24

As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim

king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I

pluck thee thence;

22:25

And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and

into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand

of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the

Chaldeans.

22:26

And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into

another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.

22:27

But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they

not return.

22:28

Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is

no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are

cast into a land which they know not?

22:29

O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.

22:30

Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall

not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper,

sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.

CHAPTER 23

23:

Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my

pasture! saith the LORD.

23:

Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors

that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them

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away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the

evil of your doings, saith the LORD.

23:

And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries

whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds;

and they shall be fruitful and increase.

23:

And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and

they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be

lacking, saith the LORD.

23:

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto

David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and

shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

23:

In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and

this is his name whereby he shall be called,

THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

23:

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall

no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of

Israel out of the land of Egypt;

23:

But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed

of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all

countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their

own land.

23:

Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my

bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine

hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of

his holiness.

23:10

For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land

mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and

their course is evil, and their force is not right.

23:11

For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I

found their wickedness, saith the LORD.

23:12

Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the

darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring

evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.

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23:13

And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied

in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

23:14

I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing:

they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the

hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness;

they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof

as Gomorrah.

23:15

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets;

Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the

water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness

gone forth into all the land.

23:16

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the

prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak

a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.

23:17

They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye

shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after

the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

23:18

For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath

perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and

heard it?

23:19

Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a

grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the

wicked.

23:20

The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed,

and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter

days ye shall consider it perfectly.

23:21

I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to

them, yet they prophesied.

23:22

But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to

hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil

way, and from the evil of their doings.

23:23

Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?

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23:24

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith

the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.

23:25

I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my

name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

23:26

How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy

lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;

23:27

Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their

dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers

have forgotten my name for Baal.

23:28

The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that

hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff

to the wheat? saith the LORD.

23:29

Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer

that breaketh the rock in pieces?

23:30

Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that

steal my words every one from his neighbor.

23:31

Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their

tongues, and say, He saith.

23:32

Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the

LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies,

and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them:

therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.

23:33

And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee,

saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto

them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.

23:34

And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall

say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his

house.

23:35

Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his

brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the

LORD spoken?

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23:36

And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every

man’s word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of

the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.

23:37

Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD

answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?

23:38

But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith

the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD,

and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of

the LORD;

23:39

Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will

forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast

you out of my presence:

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And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual

shame, which shall not be forgotten.

CHAPTER 24

24:

The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set

before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of

Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim

king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and

smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

24:

One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe:

and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be

eaten, they were so bad.

24:

Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I

said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that

cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

24:

Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

24:

Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so

will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah,

whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans

for their good.

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For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them

again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down;

and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

24:

And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD:

and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall

return unto me with their whole heart.

24:

And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely

thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah,

and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this

land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:

24:

And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the

earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a

curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

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And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among

them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them

and to their fathers.

CHAPTER 25

25:

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah

in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah,

that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;

25:

The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of

Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,

25:

From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah,

even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word

of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you,

rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.

25:

And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets,

rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor

inclined your ear to hear.

25:

They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and

from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD

hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:

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And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them,

and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I

will do you no hurt.

25:

Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might

provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own

hurt.

25:

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not

heard my words,

25:

Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the

LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and

will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants

thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly

destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and

perpetual desolations.

25:10

Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of

gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride,

the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.

25:11

And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and

these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

25:12

And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished,

that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the

LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will

make it perpetual desolations.

25:13

And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have

pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which

Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.

25:14

For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them

also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and

according to the works of their own hands.

25:15

For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine

cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I

send thee, to drink it.

25:16

And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the

sword that I will send among them.

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25:17

Then took I the cup at the LORD’s hand, and made all the nations

to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:

25:18

To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof,

and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an

astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;

25:19

Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his

people;

25:20

And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and

all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and

Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,

25:21

Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,

25:22

And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the

kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,

25:23

Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,

25:24

And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people

that dwell in the desert,

25:25

And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the

kings of the Medes,

25:26

And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and

all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth:

and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.

25:27

Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of

hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and

fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send

among you.

25:28

And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to

drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of

hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.

25:29

For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my

name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be

unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of

the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.

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25:30

Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say

unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice

from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation;

he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the

inhabitants of the earth.

25:31

A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD

hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he

will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.

25:32

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from

nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the

coasts of the earth.

25:33

And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the

earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be

lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the

ground.

25:34

Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes,

ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of

your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant

vessel.

25:35

And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of

the flock to escape.

25:36

A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the

principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled

their pasture.

25:37

And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce

anger of the LORD.

25:38

He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate

because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce

anger.

CHAPTER 26

26:

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of

Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,

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26:

Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD’s house,

and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in

the LORD’s house, all the words that I command thee to speak

unto them; diminish not a word:

26:

If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way,

that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them

because of the evil of their doings.

26:

And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will

not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,

26:

To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I

sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have

not hearkened;

26:

Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a

curse to all the nations of the earth.

26:

So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah

speaking these words in the house of the LORD.

26:

Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking

all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the

people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took

him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.

26:

Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This

house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an

inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in

the house of the LORD.

26:10

When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up

from the king’s house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down

in the entry of the new gate of the LORD’s house.

26:11

Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all

the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath

prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.

26:12

Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people,

saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and

against this city all the words that ye have heard.

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26:13

Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the

voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of

the evil that he hath pronounced against you.

26:14

As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good

and meet unto you.

26:15

But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely

bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and

upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me

unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

26:16

Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the

prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us

in the name of the LORD our God.

26:17

Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the

assembly of the people, saying,

26:18

Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of

Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the

LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem

shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high

places of a forest.

26:19

Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death?

did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD

repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them?

Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.

26:20

And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the

LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who

prophesied against this city and against this land according to all

the words of Jeremiah.

26:21

And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the

princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but

when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;

26:22

And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the

son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.

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26:23

And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto

Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his

dead body into the graves of the common people.

26:24

Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with

Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people

to put him to death.

CHAPTER 27

27:

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of

Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

27:

Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put

them upon thy neck,

27:

And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and

to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the

king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to

Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;

27:

And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the

LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your

masters;

27:

I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the

ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have

given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.

27:

And now have I given all these lands into the hand of

Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts

of the field have I given him also to serve him.

27:

And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son,

until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and

great kings shall serve themselves of him.

27:

And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will

not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that

will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that

nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the

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famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his

hand.

27:

Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners,

nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your

sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the

king of Babylon:

27:10

For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your

land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

27:11

But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of

Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own

land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

27:12

I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words,

saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon,

and serve him and his people, and live.

27:13

Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the

famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against

the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

27:14

Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak

unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they

prophesy a lie unto you.

27:15

For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie

in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish,

ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.

27:16

Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus

saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that

prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD’s

house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they

prophesy a lie unto you.

27:17

Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live:

wherefore should this city be laid waste?

27:18

But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with

them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that

the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the

house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.

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27:19

For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and

concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the

residue of the vessels that remain in this city.

27:20

Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried

away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from

Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

27:21

Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning

the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house

of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;

27:22

They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the

day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up,

and restore them to this place.

CHAPTER 28

28:

And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of

Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month,

that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon,

spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the

priests and of all the people, saying,

28:

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I

have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

28:

Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the

vessels of the LORD’s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of

Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:

28:

And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim

king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into

Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of

Babylon.

28:

Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the

presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that

stood in the house of the LORD,

28:

Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the

LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring

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again the vessels of the LORD’s house, and all that is carried away

captive, from Babylon into this place.

28:

Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears,

and in the ears of all the people;

28:

The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old

prophesied both against many countries, and against great

kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.

28:

The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the

prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that

the LORD hath truly sent him.

28:10

Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet

Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.

28:11

And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying,

Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations

within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went

his way.

28:12

Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after

that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck

of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

28:13

Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast

broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of

iron.

28:14

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a

yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may

serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him:

and I have given him the beasts of the field also.

28:15

Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear

now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest

this people to trust in a lie.

28:16

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off

the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast

taught rebellion against the LORD.

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28:17

So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.

CHAPTER 29

29:

Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet

sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were

carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and

to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive

from Jerusalem to Babylon;

29:

(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the

princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths,

were departed from Jerusalem;)

29:

By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son

of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,

29:

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are

carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away

from Jerusalem unto Babylon;

29:

Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the

fruit of them;

29:

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for

your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may

bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not

diminished.

29:

And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be

carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the

peace thereof shall ye have peace.

29:

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your

prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive

you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

29:

For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent

them, saith the LORD.

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29:10

For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be

accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good

word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

29:11

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD,

thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

29:12

Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and

I will hearken unto you.

29:13

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me

with all your heart.

29:14

And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away

your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from

all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will

bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried

away captive.

29:15

Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in

Babylon;

29:16

Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the

throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city,

and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into

captivity;

29:17

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the

sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile

figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

29:18

And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and

with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the

kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an

hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven

them:

29:19

Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD,

which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up

early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.

29:20

Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity,

whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:

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29:21

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son

of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy

a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the

hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them

before your eyes;

29:22

And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah

which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah

and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

29:23

Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed

adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken lying words

in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and

am a witness, saith the LORD.

29:24

Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

29:25

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying,

Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that

are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest,

and to all the priests, saying,

29:26

The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the

priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for

every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou

shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.

29:27

Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth,

which maketh himself a prophet to you?

29:28

For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is

long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat

the fruit of them.

29:29

And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah

the prophet.

29:30

Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,

29:31

Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD

concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath

prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to

trust in a lie:

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29:32

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah

the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell

among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do

for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion

against the LORD.

CHAPTER 30

30:

The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

30:

Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the

words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

30:

For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the

captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I

will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and

they shall possess it.

30:

And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel

and concerning Judah.

30:

For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of

fear, and not of peace.

30:

Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child?

wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a

woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

30:

Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time

of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.

30:

For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that

I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds,

and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:

30:

But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king,

whom I will raise up unto them.

30:10

Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD;

neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and

thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return,

and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.

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30:11

For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a

full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I will not

make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will

not leave thee altogether unpunished.

30:12

For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound

is grievous.

30:13

There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up:

thou hast no healing medicines.

30:14

All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have

wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement

of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins

were increased.

30:15

Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the

multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have

done these things unto thee.

30:16

Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine

adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they

that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I

give for a prey.

30:17

For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy

wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast,

saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

30:18

Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of

Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city

shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain

after the manner thereof.

30:19

And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them

that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be

few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

30:20

Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation

shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress

them.

30:21

And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall

proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near,

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and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his

heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.

30:22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

30:23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a

continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the

wicked.

30:24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he hath done

it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter

days ye shall consider it.

CHAPTER 31

31:1 At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the

families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

31:2 Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword

found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause

him to rest.

31:3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have

loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness

have I drawn thee.

31:4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel:

thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in

the dances of them that make merry.

31:5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the

planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.

31:6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount

Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the

LORD our God.

31:7 For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout

among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O

LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.

31:8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them

from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame,

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the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a

great company shall return thither.

31:

They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead

them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight

way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and

Ephraim is my firstborn.

31:10

Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the

isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and

keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

31:11

For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the

hand of him that was stronger than he.

31:12

Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall

flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for

wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd:

and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not

sorrow any more at all.

31:13

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old

together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort

them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

31:14

And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my

people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.

31:15

Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation,

and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be

comforted for her children, because they were not.

31:16

Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine

eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD;

and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

31:17

And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children

shall come again to their own border.

31:18

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast

chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to

the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the

LORD my God.

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31:19

Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was

instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even

confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

31:20

Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake

against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels

are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the

LORD.

31:21

Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart

toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again,

O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

31:22

How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the

LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall

compass a man.

31:23

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall

use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when

I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O

habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.

31:24

And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof

together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.

31:25

For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every

sorrowful soul.

31:26

Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.

31:27

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house

of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the

seed of beast.

31:28

And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to

pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy,

and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant,

saith the LORD.

31:29

In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour

grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.

31:30

But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth

the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.

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31:31

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new

covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

31:32

Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the

day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of

Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband

unto them, saith the LORD:

31:33

But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of

Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their

inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and

they shall be my people.

31:34

And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every

man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know

me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the

LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their

sin no more.

31:35

Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and

the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night,

which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of

hosts is his name:

31:36

If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then

the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for

ever.

31:37

Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the

foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off

all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.

31:38

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built

to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the

corner.

31:39

And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the

hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.

31:40

And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all

the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse

gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be

plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.

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CHAPTER 32

32:

The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year

of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of

Nebuchadrezzar.

32:

For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and

Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which

was in the king of Judah’s house.

32:

For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore

dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will

give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall

take it;

32:

And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the

Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of

Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes

shall behold his eyes;

32:

And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I

visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye

shall not prosper.

32:

And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

32:

Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto

thee saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of

redemption is thine to buy it.

32:

So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the

prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy

my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country

of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the

redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was

the word of the LORD.

32:

And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that was in

Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of

silver.

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32:10

And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses,

and weighed him the money in the balances.

32:11

So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed

according to the law and custom, and that which was open:

32:12

And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of

Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s

son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book

of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the

prison.

32:13

And I charged Baruch before them, saying,

32:14

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these

evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and

this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that

they may continue many days.

32:15

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and

fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.

32:16

Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto

Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,

32:17

Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth

by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too

hard for thee:

32:18

Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest

the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after

them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,

32:19

Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon

all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his

ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

32:20

Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto

this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a

name, as at this day;

32:21

And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt

with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a

stretched out arm, and with great terror;

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32:22

And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their

fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

32:23

And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy

voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that

thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this

evil to come upon them:

32:24

Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the

city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it,

because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and

what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.

32:25

And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for

money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of

the Chaldeans.

32:26

Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,

32:27

Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too

hard for me?

32:28

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into

the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar

king of Babylon, and he shall take it:

32:29

And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set

fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs

they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings

unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.

32:30

For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done

evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only

provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the

LORD.

32:31

For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of

my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I

should remove it from before my face,

32:32

Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of

Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their

kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men

of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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32:33

And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I

taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not

hearkened to receive instruction.

32:34

But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by

my name, to defile it.

32:35

And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of

the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass

through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not,

neither came it into my mind, that they should do this

abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

32:36

And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel,

concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the

hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and

by the pestilence;

32:37

Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have

driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I

will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell

safely:

32:38

And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

32:39

And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear

me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

32:40

And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not

turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in

their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

32:41

Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them

in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole

soul.

32:42

For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil

upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have

promised them.

32:43

And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is

desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the

Chaldeans.

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32:44

Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal

them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places

about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the

mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the

south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.

CHAPTER 33

33:

Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second

time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,

33:

Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it,

to establish it; the LORD is his name;

33:

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and

mighty things, which thou knowest not.

33:

For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses

of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which

are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;

33:

They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with

the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my

fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this

city.

33:

Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will

reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

33:

And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel

to return, and will build them, as at the first.

33:

And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have

sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby

they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.

33:

And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honor before all

the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto

them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for

all the prosperity that I procure unto it.

33:10

Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place,

which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast,

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even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are

desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,

33:11

The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the

bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall

say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his

mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice

of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the

captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.

33:12

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is

desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities

thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to

lie down.

33:13

In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the

cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places

about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass

again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.

33:14

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that

good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to

the house of Judah.

33:15

In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of

righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute

judgment and righteousness in the land.

33:16

In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell

safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The

LORD our righteousness.

33:17

For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit

upon the throne of the house of Israel;

33:18

Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer

burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice

continually.

33:19

And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying,

33:20

Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and

my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and

night in their season;

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33:21

Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant,

that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with

the Levites the priests, my ministers.

33:22

As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the

sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and

the Levites that minister unto me.

33:23

Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,

33:24

Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The

two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them

off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no

more a nation before them.

33:25

Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night,

and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

33:26

Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so

that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to

return, and have mercy on them.

CHAPTER 34

34:

The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the

kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought

against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,

34:

Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to

Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD;

Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon,

and he shall burn it with fire:

34:

And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be

taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the

eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to

mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.

34:

Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus

saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:

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But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers,

the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours

for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah Lord! for I have

pronounced the word, saith the LORD.

34:

Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah

king of Judah in Jerusalem,

34:

When the king of Babylon’s army fought against Jerusalem, and

against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and

against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of

Judah.

34:

This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after

that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people

which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;

34:

That every man should let his manservant, and every man his

maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none

should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.

34:10

Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered

into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant,

and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve

themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go.

34:11

But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the

handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them

into subjection for servants and for handmaids.

34:12

Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the

LORD, saying,

34:13

Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with

your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of

Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying,

34:14

At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an

Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served

thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers

hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.

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34:15

And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in

proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and ye had made a

covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:

34:16

But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his

servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at

their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be

unto you for servants and for handmaids.

34:17

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in

proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his

neighbor: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to

the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you

to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

34:18

And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which

have not performed the words of the covenant which they had

made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed

between the parts thereof,

34:19

The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs,

and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed

between the parts of the calf;

34:20

I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the

hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for

meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.

34:21

And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the

hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life,

and into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which are gone

up from you.

34:22

Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return

to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it

with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without

an inhabitant.

CHAPTER 35

35:

The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days

of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

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35:

Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and

bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers,

and give them wine to drink.

35:

Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah,

and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the

Rechabites;

35:

And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber

of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was

by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of

Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:

35:

And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full

of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.

35:

But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of

Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine,

neither ye, nor your sons for ever:

35:

Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor

have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live

many days in the land where ye be strangers.

35:

Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our

father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days,

we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

35:

Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard,

nor field, nor seed:

35:10

But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according

to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

35:11

But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came

up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for

fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the

Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.

35:12

Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,

35:13

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the

men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive

instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.

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35:14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his

sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink

none, but obey their father’s commandment: notwithstanding I

have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened

not unto me.

35:15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up

early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his

evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to

serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to

you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor

hearkened unto me.

35:16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the

commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this

people hath not hearkened unto me:

35:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel;

Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of

Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because

I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have

called unto them, but they have not answered.

35:18 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the

LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the

commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts,

and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:

35:19 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;

Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me

for ever.

CHAPTER 36

36:1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of

Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the

LORD, saying,

36:2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I

have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against

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all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of

Josiah, even unto this day.

36:

It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I

purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his

evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

36:

Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote

from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he

had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

36:

And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot

go into the house of the LORD:

36:

Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written

from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people

in the LORD’s house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt

read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.

36:

It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD,

and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger

and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.

36:

And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the

prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the

LORD in the LORD’s house.

36:

And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah

king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast

before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the

people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.

36:10

Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house

of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the

scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the

LORD’s house, in the ears of all the people.

36:11

When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had

heard out of the book all the words of the LORD,

36:12

Then he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s

chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe,

and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor,

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and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of

Hananiah, and all the princes.

36:13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard,

when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.

36:14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son

of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine

hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and

come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and

came unto them.

36:15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So

Baruch read it in their ears.

36:16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they

were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will

surely tell the king of all these words.

36:17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write

all these words at his mouth?

36:18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto

me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

36:19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and

Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.

36:20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the

roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in

the ears of the king.

36:21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of

Elishama the scribe’s chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the

king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.

36:22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there

was a fire on the hearth burning before him.

36:23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four

leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was

on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on

the hearth.

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36:24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king,

nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

36:25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made

intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he

would not hear them.

36:26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and

Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take

Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid

them.

36:27 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king

had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the

mouth of Jeremiah, saying,

36:28 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words

that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath

burned.

36:29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the

LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written

therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and

destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and

beast?

36:30 Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He

shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body

shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.

36:31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their

iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of

Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have

pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.

36:32 Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe,

the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah

all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had

burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many

like words.

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CHAPTER 37

37:

And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the

son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made

king in the land of Judah.

37:

But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did

hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the

prophet Jeremiah.

37:

And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and

Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah,

saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.

37:

Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they

had not put him into prison.

37:

Then Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the

Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they

departed from Jerusalem.

37:

Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah

saying,

37:

Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the

king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold,

Pharaoh’s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to

Egypt into their own land.

37:

And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and

take it, and burn it with fire.

37:

Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The

Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.

37:10

For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that

fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among

them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this

city with fire.

37:11

And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was

broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,

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37:12

Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of

Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.

37:13

And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward

was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of

Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest

away to the Chaldeans.

37:14

Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans.

But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought

him to the princes.

37:15

Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him,

and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they

had made that the prison.

37:16

When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins,

and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

37:17

Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked

him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the

LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be

delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

37:18

Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended

against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye

have put me in prison?

37:19

Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying,

The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this

land?

37:20

Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my Lord the king: let my

supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause

me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die

there.

37:21

Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit

Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him

daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in

the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the

prison.

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CHAPTER 38

38:

Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of

Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of

Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the

people, saying,

38:

Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by

the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth

forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a

prey, and shall live.

38:

Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand

of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it.

38:

Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this

man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men

of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in

speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the

welfare of this people, but the hurt.

38:

Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the

king is not he that can do any thing against you.

38:

Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of

Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the

prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon

there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

38:

Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which

was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the

dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;

38:

Ebedmelech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the

king saying,

38:

My Lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have

done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the

dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is:

for there is no more bread in the city.

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38:10

Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take

from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet

out of the dungeon, before he die.

38:11

So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of

the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old

rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to

Jeremiah.

38:12

And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these

old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the

cords. And Jeremiah did so.

38:13

So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the

dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

38:14

Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto

him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the

king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from

me.

38:15

Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt

thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt

thou not hearken unto me?

38:16

So Zedekiah the king swear secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the

LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death,

neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.

38:17

Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God

of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the

king of Babylon’s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city

shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:

38:18

But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then

shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they

shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.

38:19

And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews

that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their

hand, and they mock me.

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38:20

But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech

thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be

well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.

38:21

But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath

shewed me:

38:22

And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s

house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and

those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have

prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are

turned away back.

38:23

So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the

Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be

taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this

city to be burned with fire.

38:24

Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these

words, and thou shalt not die.

38:25

But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come

unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast

said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to

death; also what the king said unto thee:

38:26

Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before

the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house,

to die there.

38:27

Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he

told them according to all these words that the king had

commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was

not perceived.

38:28

So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that

Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.

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CHAPTER 39

39:

In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month,

came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against

Jerusalem, and they besieged it.

39:

And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the

ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.

39:

And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the

middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris,

Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the

king of Babylon.

39:

And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw

them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of

the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, by the gate

betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.

39:

But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook

Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him,

they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah

in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.

39:

Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah

before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of

Judah.

39:

Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with chains,

to carry him to Babylon.

39:

And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the

people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

39:

Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive

into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city,

and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the

people that remained.

39:10

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the

people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them

vineyards and fields at the same time.

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39:11

Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning

Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,

39:12

Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto

him even as he shall say unto thee.

39:13

So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban,

Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of

Babylon’s princes;

39:14

Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison,

and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of

Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the

people.

39:15

Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was

shut up in the court of the prison, saying,

39:16

Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the

LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words

upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be

accomplished in that day before thee.

39:17

But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou shalt

not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.

39:18

For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword,

but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy

trust in me, saith the LORD.

CHAPTER 40

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The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that

Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah,

when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were

carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried

away captive unto Babylon.

40:

And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The

LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.

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40:

Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath

said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not

obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.

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And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were

upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into

Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill

unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the

land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee

to go, thither go.

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Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to

Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of

Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell

with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth

convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him

victuals and a reward, and let him go.

40:

Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah;

and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.

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Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields,

even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made

Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had

committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the

poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to

Babylon;

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Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of

Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and

Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the

Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and

their men.

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And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swear unto

them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans:

dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well

with you.

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As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans,

which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer

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fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your

cities that ye have taken.

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Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the

Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard

that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he

had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;

40:12

Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were

driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah,

and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.

40:13

Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the

forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,

40:14

And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king

of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay

thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.

40:15

Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah

secretly saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the

son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he

slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be

scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?

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But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of

Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of

Ishmael.

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Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of

Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes

of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of

Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in

Mizpah.

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Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that

were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of

Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon

had made governor over the land.

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Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with

Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and

the men of war.

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And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and

no man knew it,

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That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from

Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their

clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense

in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.

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And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to

meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he

met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.

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And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that

Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the

midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him.

41:

But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay

us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley,

and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among

their brethren.

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Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the

men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the

king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son

of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain.

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Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people

that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people

that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the

guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael

the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to

go over to the Ammonites.

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But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the

forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son

of Nethaniah had done,

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41:12

Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son

of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in

Gibeon.

41:13

Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with

Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the

forces that were with him, then they were glad.

41:14

So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from

Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of

Kareah.

41:15

But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight

men, and went to the Ammonites.

41:16

Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the

forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he

had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah,

after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty

men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs,

whom he had brought again from Gibeon:

41:17

And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which

is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

41:18

Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because

Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of

Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.

CHAPTER 42

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Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah,

and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least

even unto the greatest, came near,

42:

And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our

supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the

LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a

few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)

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That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may

walk, and the thing that we may do.

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42:

Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you;

behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your

words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD

shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing

back from you.

42:

Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful

witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for

the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.

42:

Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of

the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well

with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.

42:

And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD

came unto Jeremiah.

42:

Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of

the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least

even to the greatest,

42:

And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto

whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;

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If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull

you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent

me of the evil that I have done unto you.

42:11

Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not

afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and

to deliver you from his hand.

42:12

And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon

you, and cause you to return to your own land.

42:13

But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice

of the LORD your God,

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Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall

see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of

bread; and there will we dwell:

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42:15

And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of

Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye

wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

42:16

Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall

overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof

ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and

there ye shall die.

42:17

So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt

to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and

by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the

evil that I will bring upon them.

42:18

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine

anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of

Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye

shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an

astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this

place no more.

42:19

The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go

ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this

day.

42:20

For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the

LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God;

and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare

unto us, and we will do it.

42:21

And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not

obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the

which he hath sent me unto you.

42:22

Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by

the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to

go and to sojourn.

CHAPTER 43

43:

And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of

speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their God,

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for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these

words,

43:

Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of

Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou

speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go

not into Egypt to sojourn there:

43:

But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to

deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to

death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.

43:

So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces,

and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in

the land of Judah.

43:

But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces,

took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations,

whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;

43:

Even men, and women, and children, and the king’s daughters, and

every person that 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:

So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice

of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.

43:

Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes,

saying,

43:

Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the

brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes,

in the sight of the men of Judah;

43:10

And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of

Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of

Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones

that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.

43:11

And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver

such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to

captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword.

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43:12

And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he

shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array

himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his

garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.

43:13

He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land

of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn

with fire.

CHAPTER 44

44:

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which

dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at

Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,

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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all

the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities

of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man

dwelleth therein,

44:

Because of their wickedness which they have committed to

provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to

serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your

fathers.

44:

Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early

and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I

hate.

44:

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their

wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

44:

Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was

kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and

they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.

44:

Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of

Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to

cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah,

to leave you none to remain;

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In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands,

burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be

gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might

be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

44:

Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the

wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their

wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your

wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the

streets of Jerusalem?

44:10

They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared,

nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and

before your fathers.

44:11

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold,

I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.

44:12

And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go

into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be

consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be

consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the

least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and

they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a

reproach.

44:13

For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have

punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the

pestilence:

44:14

So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land

of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should

return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to

return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.

44:15

Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense

unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great

multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in

Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

44:16

As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the

LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.

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44:17

But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our

own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour

out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers,

our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets

of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well,

and saw no evil.

44:18

But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to

pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and

have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

44:19

And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured

out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her,

and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?

44:20

Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the

women, and to all the people which had given him that answer,

saying,

44:21

The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets

of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes,

and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and

came it not into his mind?

44:22

So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your

doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed;

therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a

curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.

44:23

Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned

against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD,

nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies;

therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.

44:24

Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women,

Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of

Egypt:

44:25

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and

your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with

your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have

vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out

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drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and

surely perform your vows.

44:26

Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in

the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith

the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of

any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD

liveth.

44:27

Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all

the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed

by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

44:28

Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the

land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah,

that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know

whose words shall stand, mine, or their’s.

44:29

And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will

punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall

surely stand against you for evil:

44:30

Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of

Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that

seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of

Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his

life.

CHAPTER 45

45:

The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of

Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of

Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of

Judah, saying,

45:

Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch:

45:

Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to

my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

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45:

Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that

which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted

I will pluck up, even this whole land.

45:

And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for,

behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life

will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

CHAPTER 46

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The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet

against the Gentiles;

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Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt,

which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which

Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of

Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.

46:

Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

46:

Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with

your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.

46:

Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and

their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not

back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.

46:

Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall

stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.

46:

Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as

the rivers?

46:

Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the

rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will

destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.

46:

Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men

come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield;

and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.

46:10

For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance,

that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall

devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for

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the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the

river Euphrates.

46:11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt:

in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.

46:12 The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the

land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and

they are fallen both together.

46:13 The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how

Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land

of Egypt.

46:14 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph

and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the

sword shall devour round about thee.

46:15 Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the

LORD did drive them.

46:16 He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said,

Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our

nativity, from the oppressing sword.

46:17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath

passed the time appointed.

46:18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely

as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so

shall he come.

46:19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into

captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an

inhabitant.

46:20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh

out of the north.

46:21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for

they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not

stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and

the time of their visitation.

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46:22

The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with

an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

46:23

They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot

be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are

innumerable.

46:24

The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered

into the hand of the people of the north.

46:25

The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish

the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and

their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:

46:26

And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives,

and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the

hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the

days of old, saith the LORD.

46:27

But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O

Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from

the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and

at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

46:28

Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with

thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have

driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee

in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

CHAPTER 47

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The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against

the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.

47:

Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and

shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all

that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men

shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.

47:

At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at

the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the

fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;

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Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to

cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the

LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of

Caphtor.

47:

Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant

of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

47:

O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet?

put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

47:

How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against

Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.

CHAPTER 48

48:

Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;

Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and

taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

48:

There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have

devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a

nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall

pursue thee.

48:

A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great

destruction.

48:

Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

48:

For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in

the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of

destruction.

48:

Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

48:

For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures,

thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity

with his priests and his princes together.

48:

And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall

escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be

destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.

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48:

Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities

thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.

48:10

Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and

cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

48:11

Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his

lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath

he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his

scent is not changed.

48:12

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send

unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall

empty his vessels, and break their bottles.

48:13

And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel

was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.

48:14

How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?

48:15

Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen

young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose

name is the LORD of hosts.

48:16

The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth

fast.

48:17

All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his

name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

48:18

Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory,

and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and

he shall destroy thy strong holds.

48:19

O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that

fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?

48:20

Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it

in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,

48:21

And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and

upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,

48:22

And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim,

48:23

And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon,

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48:24 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the

land of Moab, far or near.

48:25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the

LORD.

48:26 Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD:

Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in

derision.

48:27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among

thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.

48:28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock,

and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s

mouth.

48:29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his

loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of

his heart.

48:30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies

shall not so effect it.

48:31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab;

mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.

48:32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer:

thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of

Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy

vintage.

48:33 And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the

land of Moab, and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses:

none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.

48:34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz,

have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an

heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be

desolate.

48:35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that

offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his

gods.

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48:36

Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine

heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the

riches that he hath gotten are perished.

48:37

For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the

hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

48:38

There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of

Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a

vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.

48:39

They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab

turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a

dismaying to all them about him.

48:40

For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall

spread his wings over Moab.

48:41

Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty

men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman

in her pangs.

48:42

And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath

magnified himself against the LORD.

48:43

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of

Moab, saith the LORD.

48:44

He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that

getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring

upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the

LORD.

48:45

They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the

force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from

the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the

crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

48:46

Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for

thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.

48:47

Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith

the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.

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CHAPTER 49

49:

Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no

sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and

his people dwell in his cities?

49:

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will

cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and

it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with

fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the

LORD.

49:

Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah,

gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges;

for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes

together.

49:

Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O

backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who

shall come unto me?

49:

Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts,

from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every

man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.

49:

And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of

Ammon, saith the LORD.

49:

Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no

more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their

wisdom vanished?

49:

Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will

bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.

49:

If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning

grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.

49:10

But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and

he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his

brethren, and his neighbors, and he is not.

49:11

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy

widows trust in me.

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49:12

For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not

to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that

shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but

thou shalt surely drink of it.

49:13

For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall

become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the

cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

49:14

I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent

unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her,

and rise up to the battle.

49:15

For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised

among men.

49:16

Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O

thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height

of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the

eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

49:17

Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be

astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

49:18

As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor

cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither

shall a son of man dwell in it.

49:19

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan

against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him

run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint

over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time?

and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

49:20

Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against

Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the

inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them

out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.

49:21

The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise

thereof was heard in the Red sea.

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49:22

Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings

over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of

Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

49:23

Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they

have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the

sea; it cannot be quiet.

49:24

Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath

seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in

travail.

49:25

How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!

49:26

Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of

war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.

49:27

And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall

consume the palaces of Benhadad.

49:28

Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which

Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD;

Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.

49:29

Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to

themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels;

and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.

49:30

Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith

the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken

counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.

49:31

Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without

care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which

dwell alone.

49:32

And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle

a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost

corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith

the LORD.

49:33

And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for

ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.

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49:34

The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against

Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah,

saying,

49:35

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of

Elam, the chief of their might.

49:36

And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters

of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there

shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.

49:37

For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and

before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them,

even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword

after them, till I have consumed them:

49:38

And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the

king and the princes, saith the LORD.

49:39

But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again

the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.

CHAPTER 50

50:

The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the

land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.

50:

Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard;

publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded,

Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images

are broken in pieces.

50:

For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which

shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they

shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.

50:

In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of

Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and

weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.

50:

They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward,

saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual

covenant that shall not be forgotten.

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50:

My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them

to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they

have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their

restingplace.

50:

All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said,

We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the

habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.

50:

Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land

of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.

50:

For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an

assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall

set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken:

their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in

vain.

50:10

And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied,

saith the LORD.

50:11

Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine

heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow

as bulls;

50:12

Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be

ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a

wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

50:13

Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it

shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be

astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

50:14

Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that

bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned

against the LORD.

50:15

Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her

foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the

vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath

done, do unto her.

50:16

Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle

in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall

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turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his

own land.

50:17

Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the

king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar

king of Babylon hath broken his bones.

50:18

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold,

I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished

the king of Assyria.

50:19

And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on

Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount

Ephraim and Gilead.

50:20

In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of

Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of

Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I

reserve.

50:21

Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against

the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them,

saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded

thee.

50:22

A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

50:23

How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken!

how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

50:24

I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and

thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou

hast striven against the LORD.

50:25

The LORD hath opened his armory, and hath brought forth the

weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD

of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.

50:26

Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses:

cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be

left.

50:27

Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto

them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

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50:28

The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon,

to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the

vengeance of his temple.

50:29

Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow,

camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense

her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do

unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the

Holy One of Israel.

50:30

Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of

war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.

50:31

Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD

of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.

50:32

And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him

up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round

about him.

50:33

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the

children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them

captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.

50:34

Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall

throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and

disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

50:35

A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the

inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise

men.

50:36

A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her

mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

50:37

A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all

the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall

become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be

robbed.

50:38

A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is

the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.

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50:39

Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the

islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it

shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from

generation to generation.

50:40

As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities

thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall

any son of man dwell therein.

50:41

Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and

many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

50:42

They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not

shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride

upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle,

against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

50:43

The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands

waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman

in travail.

50:44

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan

unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly

run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint

over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time?

and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

50:45

Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken

against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against

the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw

them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.

50:46

At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the

cry is heard among the nations.

CHAPTER 51

51:

Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and

against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against

me, a destroying wind;

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51:

And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall

empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her

round about.

51:

Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against

him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her

young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.

51:

Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that

are thrust through in her streets.

51:

For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the

LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the

Holy One of Israel.

51:

Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul:

be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’s

vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.

51:

Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD’s hand, that made all

the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore

the nations are mad.

51:

Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm

for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

51:

We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her,

and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment

reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

51:10

The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us

declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.

51:11

Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised

up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against

Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD,

the vengeance of his temple.

51:12

Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch

strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD

hath both devised and done that which he spake against the

inhabitants of Babylon.

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51:13

O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures,

thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.

51:14

The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will

fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a

shout against thee.

51:15

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the

world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his

understanding.

51:16

When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the

heavens; and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the

earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind

out of his treasures.

51:17

Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is

confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood,

and there is no breath in them.

51:18

They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation

they shall perish.

51:19

The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all

things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts

is his name.

51:20

Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I

break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

51:21

And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and

with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;

51:22

With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee

will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in

pieces the young man and the maid;

51:23

I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and

with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of

oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.

51:24

And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of

Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight,

saith the LORD.

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51:25

Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD,

which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand

upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a

burnt mountain.

51:26

And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for

foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.

51:27

Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the

nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her

the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain

against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

51:28

Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the

captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his

dominion.

51:29

And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the

LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of

Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.

51:30

The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have

remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as

women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.

51:31

One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet

another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one

end,

51:32

And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned

with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

51:33

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter

of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a

little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.

51:34

Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath

crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed

me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he

hath cast me out.

51:35

The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall

the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of

Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.

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51:36

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and

take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her

springs dry.

51:37

And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an

astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

51:38

They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.

51:39

In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken,

that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake,

saith the LORD.

51:40

I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with

he goats.

51:41

How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth

surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the

nations!

51:42

The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the

multitude of the waves thereof.

51:43

Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land

wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass

thereby.

51:44

And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his

mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not

flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall

fall.

51:45

My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every

man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.

51:46

And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be

heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that

in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler

against ruler.

51:47

Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the

graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded,

and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

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51:48

Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for

Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith

the LORD.

51:49

As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon

shall fall the slain of all the earth.

51:50

Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember

the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

51:51

We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath

covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the

LORD’s house.

51:52

Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do

judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the

wounded shall groan.

51:53

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she

should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers

come unto her, saith the LORD.

51:54

A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from

the land of the Chaldeans:

51:55

Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her

the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of

their voice is uttered:

51:56

Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her

mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the

LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.

51:57

And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains,

and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a

perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the

LORD of hosts.

51:58

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall

be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and

the people shall labor in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall

be weary.

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51:59

The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son

of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the

king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this

Seraiah was a quiet prince.

51:60

So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon

Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.

51:61

And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and

shalt see, and shalt read all these words;

51:62

Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this

place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor

beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.

51:63

And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book,

that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of

Euphrates:

51:64

And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise

from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary.

Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

CHAPTER 52

52:

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign,

and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name

was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

52:

And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according

to all that Jehoiakim had done.

52:

For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem

and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that

Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

52:

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth

month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of

Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched

against it, and built forts against it round about.

52:

So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

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52:

And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine

was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of

the land.

52:

Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went

forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the

two walls, which was by the king’s garden; (now the Chaldeans

were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the

plain.

52:

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and

overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was

scattered from him.

52:

Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of

Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment

upon him.

52:10

And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his

eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.

52:11

Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon

bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in

prison till the day of his death.

52:12

Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was

the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came

Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of

Babylon, into Jerusalem,

52:13

And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all

the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men,

burned he with fire:

52:14

And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of

the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.

52:15

Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive

certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that

remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king

of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.

52:16

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor

of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

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52:17

Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and

the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD,

the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.

52:18

The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls,

and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they

ministered, took they away.

52:19

And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons,

and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was

of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the

captain of the guard away.

52:20

The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under

the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the

LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

52:21

And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen

cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the

thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.

52:22

And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter

was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the

chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the

pomegranates were like unto these.

52:23

And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the

pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.

52:24

And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and

Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

52:25

He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the

men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king’s

person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of

the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men

of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.

52:26

So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought

them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

52:27

And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in

Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away

captive out of his own land.

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52:28

This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in

the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:

52:29

In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive

from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:

52:30

In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan

the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven

hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand

and six hundred.

52:31

And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity

of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and

twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in

the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of

Judah, and brought him forth out of prison.

52:32

And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of

the kings that were with him in Babylon,

52:33

And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread

before him all the days of his life.

52:34

And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of

Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the

days of his life.

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The

LAMENTATIONS

of Jeremiah

CHAPTER 1

1:1

1:2

1:3

1:4

How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she

become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and

princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks:

among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends

have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.

Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of

great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no

rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.

The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn

feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are

afflicted, and she is in bitterness.

1:5

1:6

1:7

Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD

hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her

children are gone into captivity before the enemy.

And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her

princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are

gone without strength before the pursuer.

Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her

miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old,

when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help

her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.

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Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that

honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness:

yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.

Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end;

therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O

LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.

1:10

The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant

things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her

sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter

into thy congregation.

1:11

All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant

things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for

I am become vile.

1:12

Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be

any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me,

wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce

anger.

1:13

From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth

against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me

back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.

1:14

The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are

wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength

to fall, the LORD hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I

am not able to rise up.

1:15

The LORD hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the

midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my

young men: the LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of

Judah, as in a winepress.

1:16

For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with

water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far

from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.

1:17

Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her:

the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries

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should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman

among them.

1:18

The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his

commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my

sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

1:19

I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine

elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to

relieve their souls.

1:20

Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled;

mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled:

abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.

1:21

They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine

enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast

done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall

be like unto me.

1:22

Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as

thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are

many, and my heart is faint.

CHAPTER 2

How hath the LORD covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in

his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of

Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!

The LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and

hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds

of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the

ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.

He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath

drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned

against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand

as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the

tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.

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The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath

swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds,

and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and

lamentation.

And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a

garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD

hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion,

and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the

priest.

The LORD hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary,

he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her

palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in

the day of a solemn feast.

The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of

Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand

from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to

lament; they languished together.

Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken

her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is

no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.

2:10

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep

silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded

themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down

their heads to the ground.

2:11

Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is

poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my

people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets

of the city.

2:12

They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they

swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul

was poured out into their mothers’ bosom.

2:13

What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken

to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I

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may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is

great like the sea: who can heal thee?

2:14

Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they

have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but

have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.

2:15

All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their

head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men

call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

2:16

All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss

and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly

this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

2:17

The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled

his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath

thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy

to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

2:18

Their heart cried unto the LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion,

let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest;

let not the apple of thine eye cease.

2:19

Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out

thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy

hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for

hunger in the top of every street.

2:20

Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall

the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the

priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

2:21

The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins

and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in

the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.

2:22

Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so

that in the day of the LORD’s anger none escaped nor remained:

those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy

consumed.

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CHAPTER 3

I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all

the day.

My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and

travail.

He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.

He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my

chain heavy.

Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my

paths crooked.

3:10

He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret

places.

3:11

He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath

made me desolate.

3:12

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

3:13

He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

3:14

I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

3:15

He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with

wormwood.

3:16

He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered

me with ashes.

3:17

And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat

prosperity.

3:18

And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

3:19

Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and

the gall.

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3:20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

3:21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

3:22 It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his

compassions fail not.

3:23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

3:24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in

him.

3:25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that

seeketh him.

3:26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the

salvation of the LORD.

3:27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke of his youth.

3:28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath born it upon

him.

3:29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

3:30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with

reproach.

3:31 For the LORD will not cast off for ever:

3:32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according

to the multitude of his mercies.

3:33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

3:34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth.

3:35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

3:36 To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not.

3:37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord

commandeth it not?

3:38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

3:39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment

of his sins?

3:40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

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3:41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

3:42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

3:43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain,

thou hast not pitied.

3:44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not

pass through.

3:45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the

people.

3:46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

3:47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

3:48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of

the daughter of my people.

3:49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any

intermission.

3:50 Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.

3:51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my

city.

3:52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.

3:53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon

me.

3:54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

3:55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.

3:56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at

my cry.

3:57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst,

Fear not.

3:58 O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast

redeemed my life.

3:59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.

3:60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against

me.

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3:61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their

imaginations against me;

3:62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against

me all the day.

3:63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.

3:64 Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work

of their hands.

3:65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.

3:66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the

LORD.

CHAPTER 4

4:1 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed!

the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every

street.

4:2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they

esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

4:3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their

young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the

ostriches in the wilderness.

4:4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth

for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it

unto them.

4:5 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that

were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

4:6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is

greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was

overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

4:7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk,

they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of

sapphire:

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Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the

streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is

become like a stick.

They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain

with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the

fruits of the field.

4:10

The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children:

they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my

people.

4:11

The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his

fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured

the foundations thereof.

4:12

The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would

not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have

entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

4:13

For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that

have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,

4:14

They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have

polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their

garments.

4:15

They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart,

touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among

the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.

4:16

The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard

them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favored

not the elders.

4:17

As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching

we have watched for a nation that could not save us.

4:18

They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is

near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

4:19

Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they

pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the

wilderness.

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4:20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in

their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among

the heathen.

4:21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land

of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be

drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.

4:22 The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of

Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit

thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.

CHAPTER 5

5:1 Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold

our reproach.

5:2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

5:3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

5:4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

5:5 Our necks are under persecution: we labor, and have no rest.

5:6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to

be satisfied with bread.

5:7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have born their

iniquities.

5:8 Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out

of their hand.

5:9 We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of

the wilderness.

5:10 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

5:11 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of

Judah.

5:12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not

honored.

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5:13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the

wood.

5:14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their

musick.

5:15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

5:16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have

sinned!

5:17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

5:18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk

upon it.

5:19 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to

generation.

5:20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long

time?

5:21 Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew

our days as of old.

5:22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.

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The Book of

EZEKIEL

CHAPTER 1 500’s BC

1:1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in

the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the

river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of

God.

1:2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king

Jehoiachin’s captivity,

1:3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the

son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and

the hand of the LORD was there upon him.

1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a

great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it,

and out of the midst thereof as the color of amber, out of the midst

of the fire.

1:5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living

creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a

man.

1:6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.

1:7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like

the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the color of

burnished brass.

1:8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four

sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.

1:9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they

went; they went every one straight forward.

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As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, REVELATION REFERENCE

and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face

of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

1:11

Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two

wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered

their bodies.

1:12

And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was

to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

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As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like

burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up

and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and

out of the fire went forth lightning.

1:14

And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a

flash of lightning.

1:15

Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the

earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.

1:16

The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the

color of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their

appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a

wheel.

1:17

When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned

not when they went.

1:18

As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and

their rings were full of eyes round about them four.

1:19

And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and

when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels

were lifted up.

1:20

Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their

spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for

the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

1:21

When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood;

and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were

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lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was

in the wheels.

1:22

And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living

creature was as the color of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over

their heads above.

1:23

And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward

the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and

every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.

1:24

And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the

noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of

speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down

their wings.

1:25

And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their

heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.

1:26

And above the firmament that was over their heads was the

likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and

upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance

of a man above upon it.

1:27

And I saw as the color of amber, as the appearance of fire round

about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and

from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were

the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.

1:28

As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of

rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This

was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And

when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that

spake.

CHAPTER 2

And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will

speak unto thee.

And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me

upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.

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And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of

Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and

their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.

For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee

unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord

GOD.

And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear,

(for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath

been a prophet among them.

And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of

their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost

dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be

dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will

hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.

But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou

rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I

give thee.

And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a

roll of a book was therein;

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And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without:

and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and

woe.

CHAPTER 3

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat

this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.

So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.

And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill

thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it

was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of

Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

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For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard

language, but to the house of Israel;

Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language,

whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to

them, they would have hearkened unto thee.

But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not

hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and

hardhearted.

Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy

forehead strong against their foreheads.

As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear

them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a

rebellious house.

3:10

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall

speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.

3:11

And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy

people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord

GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

3:12

Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a

great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his

place.

3:13

I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that

touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them,

and a noise of a great rushing.

3:14

So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in

bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was

strong upon me.

3:15

Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the

river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there

astonished among them seven days.

3:16

And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the

LORD came unto me, saying,

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3:17

Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel:

therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from

me.

3:18

When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest

him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked

way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity;

but his blood will I require at thine hand.

3:19

Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness,

nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast

delivered thy soul.

3:20

Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and

commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall

die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin,

and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered;

but his blood will I require at thine hand.

3:21

Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin

not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned;

also thou hast delivered thy soul.

3:22

And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto

me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.

3:23

Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory

of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of

Chebar: and I fell on my face.

3:24

Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and

spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine

house.

3:25

But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee,

and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among

them:

3:26

And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that

thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they

are a rebellious house.

3:27

But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt

say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him

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hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a

rebellious house.

CHAPTER 4

4:1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and

pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:

4:2 And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount

against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams

against it round about.

4:3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of

iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it

shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a

sign to the house of Israel.

4:4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house

of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou

shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.

4:5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to

the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt

thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

4:6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side,

and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I

have appointed thee each day for a year.

4:7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem,

and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against

it.

4:8 And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn

thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy

siege.

4:9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles,

and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee

bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt

lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat

thereof.

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And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty

shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

4:11

Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin:

from time to time shalt thou drink.

4:12

And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with

dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.

4:13

And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their

defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.

4:14

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been

polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of

that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there

abominable flesh into my mouth.

4:15

Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s

dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.

4:16

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the

staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and

with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with

astonishment:

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That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with

another, and consume away for their iniquity.

CHAPTER 5

And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s

razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard:

then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.

Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when

the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part,

and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter

in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy

skirts.

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Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire,

and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all

the house of Israel.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the

midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.

And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than

the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round

about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes,

they have not walked in them.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more

than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in

my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done

according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you;

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against

thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of

the nations.

And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I

will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.

5:10

Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the

sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee,

and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.

5:11

Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou

hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with

all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither

shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.

5:12

A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine

shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall

fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part

into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.

5:13

Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to

rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I

the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished

my fury in them.

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5:14

Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the

nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

5:15

So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an

astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I

shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious

rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.

5:16

When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall

be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I

will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of

bread:

5:17

So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall

bereave thee: and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and

I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.

CHAPTER 6

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and

prophesy against them,

And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD;

Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the

rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon

you, and I will destroy your high places.

And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken:

and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.

And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before

their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high

places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and

made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your

images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.

And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that

I am the LORD.

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Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape

the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through

the countries.

And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations

whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with

their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their

eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe

themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their

abominations.

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And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said

in vain that I would do this evil unto them.

6:11

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with

thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of

Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the

pestilence.

6:12

He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall

fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by

the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.

6:13

Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men

shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high

hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree,

and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet

savor to all their idols.

6:14

So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land

desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in

all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

CHAPTER 7

Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of

Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.

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Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon

thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will

recompense upon thee all thine abominations.

And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I

will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall

be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.

An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is

come.

The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land:

the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding

again of the mountains.

Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish

mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways,

and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.

And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will

recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations

that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the

LORD that smiteth.

7:10

Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the

rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.

7:11

Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall

remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their’s: neither shall

there be wailing for them.

7:12

The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice,

nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

7:13

For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they

were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude

thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself

in the iniquity of his life.

7:14

They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none

goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

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7:15

The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he

that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the

city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

7:16

But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the

mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every

one for his iniquity.

7:17

All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

7:18

They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall

cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon

all their heads.

7:19

They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be

removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them

in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their

souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumbling block of

their iniquity.

7:20

As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they

made the images of their abominations and of their detestable

things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.

7:21

And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to

the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.

7:22

My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my

secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.

7:23

Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is

full of violence.

7:24

Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall

possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to

cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.

7:25

Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be

none.

7:26

Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon

rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law

shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.

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7:27

The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with

desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be

troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their

deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

CHAPTER 8

And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the

fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of

Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there

upon me.

Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the

appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins

even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the color of

amber.

And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of

mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the

heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the

door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the

seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.

And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to

the vision that I saw in the plain.

Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way

toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the

north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of

jealousy in the entry.

He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they

do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel

committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but

turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.

And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked,

behold a hole in the wall.

Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I

had digged in the wall, behold a door.

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And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations

that they do here.

8:10

So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things,

and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel,

pourtrayed upon the wall round about.

8:11

And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the

house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of

Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud

of incense went up.

8:12

Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the

ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the

chambers of his imagery? for they say, the LORD seeth us not; the

LORD hath forsaken the earth.

8:13

He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see

greater abominations that they do.

8:14

Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD’s house

which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women

weeping for Tammuz.

8:15

Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn

thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.

8:16

And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD’s house, and,

behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch

and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs

toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east;

and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

8:17

Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a

light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the

abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land

with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo,

they put the branch to their nose.

8:18

Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither

will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud

voice, yet will I not hear them.

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CHAPTER 9

9:1 He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them

that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with

his destroying weapon in his hand.

9:2 And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which

lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his

hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a

writer’s inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside

the brasen altar.

9:3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub,

whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to

the man clothed with linen, which had the writer’s inkhorn by his

side;

9:4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city,

through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads

of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be

done in the midst thereof.

9:5 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through

the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:

9:6 Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and

women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and

begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which

were before the house.

9:7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with

the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

9:8 And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left,

that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt

thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury

upon Jerusalem?

9:9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and

Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city

full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the

earth, and the LORD seeth not.

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9:10

And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have

pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.

9:11

And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by

his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast

commanded me.

CHAPTER 10

10:

Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the

head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a

sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

10:

And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in

between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with

coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the

city. And he went in in my sight.

10:

Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the

man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.

10:

Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood

over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the

cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD’s

glory.

10:

And the sound of the cherubims’ wings was heard even to the

outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.

10:

And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed

with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from

between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the

wheels.

10:

And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the

cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took

thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with

linen: who took it, and went out.

10:

And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man’s hand

under their wings.

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10:

And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one

wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the

appearance of the wheels was as the color of a beryl stone.

10:10

And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a

wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.

10:11

When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not

as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they

followed it; they turned not as they went.

10:12

And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their

wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the

wheels that they four had.

10:13

As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.

10:14

And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a

cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the

face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

10:15

And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I

saw by the river of Chebar.

10:16

And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and

when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the

earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.

10:17

When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these

lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in

them.

10:18

Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the

house, and stood over the cherubims.

10:19

And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the

earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside

them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the

LORD’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them

above.

10:20

This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the

river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims.

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10:21

Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the

likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

10:22

And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by

the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went

every one straight forward.

CHAPTER 11

11:

Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate

of the LORD’s house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the

door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw

Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes

of the people.

11:

Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise

mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:

11:

Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the

caldron, and we be the flesh.

11:

Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.

11:

And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me,

Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of

Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one

of them.

11:

Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the

streets thereof with the slain.

11:

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid

in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron:

but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.

11:

Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith

the Lord GOD.

11:

And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into

the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.

11:10

Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel;

and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

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11:11

This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in

the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:

11:12

And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in

my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after

the manners of the heathen that are round about you.

11:13

And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of

Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud

voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the

remnant of Israel?

11:14

Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

11:15

Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy

kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the

inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD:

unto us is this land given in possession.

11:16

Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast

them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them

among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in

the countries where they shall come.

11:17

Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you

from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye 1946

have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

11:18

And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the

detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from

thence.

11:19

And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within

you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give

them an heart of flesh:

11:20

That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and

do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

11:21

But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their

detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their

way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.

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11:22

Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside

them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

11:23

And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city,

and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

11:24

Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by

the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the

vision that I had seen went up from me.

11:25

Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the

LORD had shewed me.

CHAPTER 12

12:

The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying,

12:

Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which

have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not:

for they are a rebellious house.

12:

Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and

remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place

to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though

they be a rebellious house.

12:

Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff

for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they

that go forth into captivity.

12:

Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.

12:

In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it

forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not

the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.

12:

And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by

day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall

with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon

my shoulder in their sight.

12:

And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,

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12:

Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said

unto thee, What doest thou?

12:10

Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This burden

concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that

are among them.

12:11

Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto

them: they shall remove and go into captivity.

12:12

And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in

the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to

carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the

ground with his eyes.

12:13

My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my

snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans;

yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.

12:14

And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help

him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.

12:15

And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter

them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.

12:16

But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the

famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their

abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall

know that I am the LORD.

12:17

Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

12:18

Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with

trembling and with carefulness;

12:19

And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of

the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall

eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with

astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein,

because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.

12:20

And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land

shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

12:21

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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12:22

Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel,

saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

12:23

Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this

proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in

Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of

every vision.

12:24

For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination

within the house of Israel.

12:25

For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak

shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days,

O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith

the Lord GOD.

12:26

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying.

12:27

Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that

he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times

that are far off.

12:28

Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall

none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I

have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.

CHAPTER 13

13:

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

13:

Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that

prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own

hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD;

13:

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that

follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

13:

O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.

13:

Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for

the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.

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13:

They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD

saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made

others to hope that they would confirm the word.

13:

Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying

divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not

spoken?

13:

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken

vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the

Lord GOD.

13:

And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and

that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people,

neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel,

neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know

that I am the Lord GOD.

13:10

Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying,

Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo,

others daubed it with untempered morter:

13:11

Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall

fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great

hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.

13:12

Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is

the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?

13:13

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a

stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower

in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.

13:14

So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with

untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the

foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall

be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the

LORD.

13:15

Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them

that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto

you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;

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13:16

To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning

Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no

peace, saith the Lord GOD.

13:17

Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of

thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy

thou against them,

13:18

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew

pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every

stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and

will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?

13:19

And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley

and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to

save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my

people that hear your lies?

13:20

Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your

pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I

will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the

souls that ye hunt to make them fly.

13:21

Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your

hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye

shall know that I am the LORD.

13:22

Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad,

whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the

wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by

promising him life:

13:23

Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I

will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I

am the LORD.

CHAPTER 14

14:

Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before

me.

14:

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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14:

Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and

put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I

be enquired of at all by them?

14:

Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the

Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his

idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity

before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will

answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;

14:

That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because

they are all estranged from me through their idols.

14:

Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD;

Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your

faces from all your abominations.

14:

For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that

sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth

up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his

iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him

concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:

14:

And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign

and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people;

and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

14:

And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the

LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand

upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people

Israel.

14:10

And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the

punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him

that seeketh unto him;

14:11

That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be

polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may

be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.

14:12

The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

14:13

Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing

grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break

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the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will

cut off man and beast from it:

14:14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they

should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the

Lord GOD.

14:15 If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil

it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of

the beasts:

14:16 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD,

they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be

delivered, but the land shall be desolate.

14:17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through

the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

14:18 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD,

they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be

delivered themselves.

14:19 Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon

it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

14:20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the Lord

GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but

deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

14:21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my

four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine,

and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man

and beast?

14:22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought

forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto

you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be

comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem,

even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

14:23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their

doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all

that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.

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CHAPTER 15

15:

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

15:

Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a

branch which is among the trees of the forest?

15:

Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin

of it to hang any vessel thereon?

15:

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the

ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?

15:

Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much

less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured

it, and it is burned?

15:

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the

trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I

give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

15:

And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one

fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I

am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

15:

And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a

trespass, saith the Lord GOD.

CHAPTER 16

16:

Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

16:

Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,

16:

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and

thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite,

and thy mother an Hittite.

16:

And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was

not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou

wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.

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16:

None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have

compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to

the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.

16:

And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own

blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I

said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.

16:

I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast

increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent

ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown,

whereas thou wast naked and bare.

16:

Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy

time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and

covered thy nakedness: yea, I swear unto thee, and entered into a

covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.

16:

Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy

blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

16:10

I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with

badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered

thee with silk.

16:11

I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy

hands, and a chain on thy neck.

16:12

And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a

beautiful crown upon thine head.

16:13

Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was

of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour,

and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou

didst prosper into a kingdom.

16:14

And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for

it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee,

saith the Lord GOD.

16:15

But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot

because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every

one that passed by; his it was.

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16:16

And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places

with divers colors, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like

things shall not come, neither shall it be so.

16:17

Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver,

which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and

didst commit whoredom with them,

16:18

And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou

hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.

16:19

My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey,

wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet

savor: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD.

16:20

Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou

hast born unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be

devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,

16:21

That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them

to pass through the fire for them?

16:22

And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not

remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and

bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.

16:23

And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee!

saith the LORD GOD;)

16:24

That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made

thee an high place in every street.

16:25

Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast

made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every

one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.

16:26

Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy

neighbors, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to

provoke me to anger.

16:27

Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have

diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of

them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are

ashamed of thy lewd way.

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16:28

Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou

wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and

yet couldest not be satisfied.

16:29

Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of

Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied therewith.

16:30

How weak is thine heart, saith the LORD GOD, seeing thou doest

all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;

16:31

In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way,

and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an

harlot, in that thou scornest hire;

16:32

But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers

instead of her husband!

16:33

They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy

lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every

side for thy whoredom.

16:34

And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms,

whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that

thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore

thou art contrary.

16:35

Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:

16:36

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out,

and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy

lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood

of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;

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Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast

taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that

thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee,

and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all

thy nakedness.

16:38

And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood

are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.

16:39

And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw

down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places:

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they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair

jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.

16:40

They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall

stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

16:41

And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments

upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to

cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any

more.

16:42

So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall

depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.

16:43

Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast

fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will

recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and

thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.

16:44

Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb

against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

16:45

Thou art thy mother’s daughter, that lotheth her husband and her

children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their

husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your

father an Amorite.

16:46

And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell

at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right

hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

16:47

Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their

abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast

corrupted more than they in all thy ways.

16:48

As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she

nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.

16:49

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of

bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters,

neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

16:50

And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me:

therefore I took them away as I saw good.

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16:51

Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast

multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified

thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.

16:52

Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for

thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they:

they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also,

and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

16:53

When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and

her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then

will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:

16:54

That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be

confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort

unto them.

16:55

When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their

former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their

former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your

former estate.

16:56

For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day

of thy pride,

16:57

Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy

reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her,

the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.

16:58

Thou hast born thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the

LORD.

16:59

For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou

hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.

16:60

Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of

thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.

16:61

Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou

shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will

give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

16:62

And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know

that I am the LORD:

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That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open

thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified

toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.

CHAPTER 17

17:

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

17:

Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house

of Israel;

17:

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great

wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came

unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:

17:

He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a

land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

17:

He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful

field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

17:

And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose

branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him:

so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth

sprigs.

17:

There was also another great eagle with great wings and many

feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and

shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the

furrows of her plantation.

17:

It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring

forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a

goodly vine.

17:

Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not

pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it

wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without

great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

17:10

Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly

wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the

furrows where it grew.

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17:11

Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

17:12

Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things

mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem,

and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led

them with him to Babylon;

17:13

And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him,

and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the

land:

17:14

That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but

that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

17:15

But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt,

that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he

prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break

the covenant, and be delivered?

17:16

As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king

dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose

covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall

die.

17:17

Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company

make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts,

to cut off many persons:

17:18

Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he

had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not

escape.

17:19

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath

that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even

it will I recompense upon his own head.

17:20

And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my

snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him

there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.

17:21

And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and

they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall

know that I the LORD have spoken it.

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17:22

Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of

the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his

young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain

and eminent:

17:23

In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall

bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under

it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches

thereof shall they dwell.

17:24

And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have

brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried

up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the

LORD have spoken and have done it.

CHAPTER 18

18:

The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,

18:

What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of

Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the

children’s teeth are set on edge?

18:

As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more

to use this proverb in Israel.

18:

Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul

of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

18:

But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

18:

And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his

eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his

neighbor’s wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,

18:

And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his

pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the

hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

18:

He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any

increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed

true judgment between man and man,

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18:

Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal

truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

18:10

If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth

the like to any one of these things,

18:11

And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon

the mountains, and defiled his neighbor’s wife,

18:12

Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath

not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols,

hath committed abomination,

18:13

Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then

live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall

surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

18:14

Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins which he

hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,

18:15

That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his

eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his

neighbor’s wife,

18:16

Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge,

neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the

hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,

18:17

That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received

usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in

my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall

surely live.

18:18

As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother

by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo,

even he shall die in his iniquity.

18:19

Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father?

When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath

kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

18:20

The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the

iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of

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the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and

the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

18:21

But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed,

and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he

shall surely live, he shall not die.

18:22

All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be

mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall

live.

18:23

Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the

Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

18:24

But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and

committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations

that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that

he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath

trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

18:25

Yet ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal. Hear now, O

house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

18:26

When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and

committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath

done shall he die.

18:27

Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness

that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right,

he shall save his soul alive.

18:28

Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his

transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall

not die.

18:29

Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the LORD is not equal. O

house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways

unequal?

18:30

Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according

to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves

from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

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18:31

Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have

transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why

will ye die, O house of Israel?

18:32

For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord

GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

CHAPTER 19

19:

Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

19:

And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among

lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

19:

And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and

it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

19:

The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they

brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.

19:

Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost,

then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

19:

And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young

lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.

19:

And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities;

and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of

his roaring.

19:

Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces,

and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

19:

And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of

Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no

more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

19:10

Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she

was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

19:11

And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule,

and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she

appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.

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19:12

But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground,

and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken

and withered; the fire consumed them.

19:13

And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty

ground.

19:14

And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured

her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This

is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

CHAPTER 20

20:

And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the

tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to

enquire of the LORD, and sat before me.

20:

Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,

20:

Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them,

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I

live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.

20:

Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause

them to know the abominations of their fathers:

20:

And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I

chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of

Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt,

when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD

your God;

20:

In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth

of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing

with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:

20:

Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations

of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am

the LORD your God.

20:

But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they

did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes,

neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour

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out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in

the midst of the land of Egypt.

20:

But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted

before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made

myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of

Egypt.

20:10

Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and

brought them into the wilderness.

20:11

And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments,

which if a man do, he shall even live in them.

20:12

Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me

and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify

them.

20:13

But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they

walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments,

which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they

greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them

in the wilderness, to consume them.

20:14

But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted

before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

20:15

Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I

would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing

with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

20:16

Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my

statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their

idols.

20:17

Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither

did I make an end of them in the wilderness.

20:18

But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the

statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile

yourselves with their idols:

20:19

I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my

judgments, and do them;

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20:20

And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and

you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.

20:21

Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not

in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a

man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then

I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my

anger against them in the wilderness.

20:22

Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s

sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in

whose sight I brought them forth.

20:23

I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would

scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the

countries;

20:24

Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised

my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were

after their fathers’ idols.

20:25

Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and

judgments whereby they should not live;

20:26

And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass

through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them

desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.

20:27

Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say

unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have

blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.

20:28

For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted

up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and

all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there

they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they

made their sweet savor, and poured out there their drink offerings.

20:29

Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go?

And the name whereof is called Bamah unto this day.

20:30

Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD;

Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye

whoredom after their abominations?

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20:31

For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass

through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even

unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel?

As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.

20:32

And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye

say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to

serve wood and stone.

20:33

As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and

with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over

you:

20:34

And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out 1946

of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and

with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.

20:35

And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there

will I plead with you face to face.

20:36

Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of

Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.

20:37

And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you

into the bond of the covenant:

20:38

And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that

transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country

where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel:

and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

20:39

As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye,

serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not

hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your

gifts, and with your idols.

20:40

For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel,

saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them

in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I

require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all

your holy things.

20:41

I will accept you with your sweet savor, when I bring you out

from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye

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have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the

heathen.

20:42 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you

into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up

mine hand to give it to your fathers.

20:43 And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings,

wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your

own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.

20:44 And ye shall know that I am the LORD when I have wrought with

you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor

according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the

Lord GOD.

20:45 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

20:46 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word

toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south

field;

20:47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD;

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it

shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the

flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to

the north shall be burned therein.

20:48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not

be quenched.

20:49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak

parables?

CHAPTER 21

21:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

21:2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word

toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

21:3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am

against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and

will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

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21:

Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the

wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against

all flesh from the south to the north:

21:

That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my

sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

21:

Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and

with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

21:

And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou?

that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and

every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit

shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh,

and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.

21:

Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

21:

Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A

sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:

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It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may

glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my

son, as every tree.

21:11

And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this

sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of

the slayer.

21:12

Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall

be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword

shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.

21:13

Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it

shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.

21:14

Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands

together. and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of

the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which

entereth into their privy chambers.

21:15

I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their

heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright,

it is wrapped up for the slaughter.

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Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left,

whithersoever thy face is set.

21:17

I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to

rest: I the LORD have said it.

21:18

The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,

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Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of sword of Babylon

the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of

one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way

to the city.

21:20

Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the

Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.

21:21

For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the

head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright,

he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.

21:22

At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint

captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice

with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a

mount, and to build a fort.

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And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to

them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the

iniquity, that they may be taken.

21:24

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your

iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are

discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because,

I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the

hand.

21:25

And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come,

when iniquity shall have an end,

21:26

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the

crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase

him that is high.

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I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until

he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.

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And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord

GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach;

even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it

is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:

21:29

Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto

thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the

wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.

21:30

Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the

place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.

21:31

And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against

thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of

brutish men, and skilful to destroy.

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Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of

the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have

spoken it.

CHAPTER 22

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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody

city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.

22:

Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth

blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols

against herself to defile herself.

22:

Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast

defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast

caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years:

therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a

mocking to all countries.

22:

Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock

thee, which art infamous and much vexed.

22:

Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power

to shed blood.

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In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of

thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have

they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

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Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my

sabbaths.

22:

In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat

upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.

22:10

In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have

they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.

22:11

And one hath committed abomination with his neighbor’s wife; and

another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee

hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.

22:12

In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury

and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by

extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.

22:13

Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain

which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the

midst of thee.

22:14

Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days

that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do

it.

22:15

And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the

countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.

22:16

And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the

heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

22:17

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

22:18

Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are

brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they

are even the dross of silver.

22:19

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become

dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of

Jerusalem.

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As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the

midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I

gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there,

and melt you.

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Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath,

and ye shall be melted in the midst therof.

22:22

As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be

melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD

have poured out my fury upon you.

22:23

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

22:24

Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed,

nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

22:25

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a

roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have

taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many

widows in the midst thereof.

22:26

Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy

things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane,

neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the

clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned

among them.

22:27

Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey,

to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

22:28

And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter,

seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the

Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.

22:29

The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised

robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have

oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

22:30

And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the

hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not

destroy it: but I found none.

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Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have

consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I

recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.

CHAPTER 23

23:

The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

23:

Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:

23:

And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed

whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and

there they bruised the teats of their virginity.

23:

And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her

sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus

were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.

23:

And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted

on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,

23:

Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them

desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

23:

Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that

were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted:

with all their idols she defiled herself.

23:

Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her

youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her

virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.

23:

Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the

hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.

23:10

These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her

daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous

among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.

23:11

And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in

her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her

sister in her whoredoms.

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She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbors, captains and rulers

clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them

desirable young men.

23:13

Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,

23:14

And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men

pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed

with vermilion,

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Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon

their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the

Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:

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And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them,

and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.

23:17

And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they

defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them,

and her mind was alienated from them.

23:18

So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness:

then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was

alienated from her sister.

23:19

Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the

days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of

Egypt.

23:20

For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of

asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

23:21

Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in

bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.

23:22

Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will

raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated,

and I will bring them against thee on every side;

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The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa,

and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men,

captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding

upon horses.

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And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and

wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against

thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set

judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their

judgments.

23:25

And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal

furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears;

and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons

and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.

23:26

They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy

fair jewels.

23:27

Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy

whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not

lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.

23:28

For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the

hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom

thy mind is alienated:

23:29

And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy

labor, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy

whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy

whoredoms.

23:30

I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring

after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.

23:31

Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her

cup into thine hand.

23:32

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup

deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it

containeth much.

23:33

Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of

astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.

23:34

Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the

sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken

it, saith the Lord GOD.

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23:35

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten

me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy

lewdness and thy whoredoms.

23:36

The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge

Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations;

23:37

That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands,

and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also

caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them

through the fire, to devour them.

23:38

Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my

sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.

23:39

For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they

came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus

have they done in the midst of mine house.

23:40

And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto

whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou

didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with

ornaments,

23:41

And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it,

whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.

23:42

And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the

men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the

wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful

crowns upon their heads.

23:43

Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now

commit whoredoms with her, and she with them?

23:44

Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that

playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto

Aholibah, the lewd women.

23:45

And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of

adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood;

because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

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For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon

them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.

23:47

And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them

with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters,

and burn up their houses with fire.

23:48

Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women

may be taught not to do after your lewdness.

23:49

And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall

bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord

GOD.

CHAPTER 24

24:

Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the

month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

24:

Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day:

the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.

24:

And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them,

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour

water into it:

24:

Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh,

and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

24:

Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and

make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.

24:

Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to

the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of

it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.

24:

For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a

rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;

24:

That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set

her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.

24:

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will

even make the pile for fire great.

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24:10

Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well,

and let the bones be burned.

24:11

Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may

be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in

it, that the scum of it may be consumed.

24:12

She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not

forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.

24:13

In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou

wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any

more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.

24:14

I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I

will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent;

according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they

judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.

24:15

Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

24:16

Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes

with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall

thy tears run down.

24:17

Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of

thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and

cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

24:18

So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife

died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

24:19

And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these

things are to us, that thou doest so?

24:20

Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me,

saying,

24:21

Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold,

I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the

desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your

sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.

24:22

And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor

eat the bread of men.

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24:23

And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon

your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for

your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.

24:24

Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done

shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the

Lord GOD.

24:25

Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from

them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes,

and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their

daughters,

24:26

That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause

thee to hear it with thine ears?

24:27

In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped,

and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a

sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

CHAPTER 25

25:

The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

25:

Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy

against them;

25:

And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD;

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my

sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel,

when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they

went into captivity;

25:

Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a

possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their

dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy

milk.

25:

And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a

couching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

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25:

For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine

hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy

despite against the land of Israel;

25:

Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will

deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from

the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I

will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

25:

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, MOAB

Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;

25:

Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities,

from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country,

Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim,

25:10

Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them AMMONITES

in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among

the nations.

25:11

And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know

that I am the LORD.

25:12

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against EDOM

the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended,

and revenged himself upon them;

25:13

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine

hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will

make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the

sword.

25:14

And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my

people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger

and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith

the Lord GOD.

25:15

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by PHILISTINES

revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to

destroy it for the old hatred;

25:16

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine

hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and

destroy the remnant of the sea coast.

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And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious

rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay

my vengeance upon them.

CHAPTER 26

26:

And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the

month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

26:

Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, TYRUS

she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto

me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:

26:

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O

Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the

sea causeth his waves to come up.

26:

And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her

towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the

top of a rock.

26:

It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea:

for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a

spoil to the nations.

26:

And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the

sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

26:

For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon TAKES TYRUS

Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north,

with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies,

and much people.

26:

He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall

make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up

the buckler against thee.

26:

And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes

he shall break down thy towers.

26:10

By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover

thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the

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wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as

men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.

26:11

With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he

shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall

go down to the ground.

26:12

And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy

merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy

pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and

thy dust in the midst of the water.

26:13

And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of

thy harps shall be no more heard.

26:14

And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to

spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD

have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

26:15

Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the

sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is

made in the midst of thee?

26:16

Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones,

and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments:

they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the

ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at

thee.

26:17

And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee,

How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the

renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her

inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!

26:18

Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that

are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.

26:19

For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate

city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the

deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;

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When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit,

with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of

the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the

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pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of

the living;

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I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be

sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord

GOD.

CHAPTER 27

27:

The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

27:

Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;

27:

And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea,

which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the

Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.

27:

Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have

perfected thy beauty.

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They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have

taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

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Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of

the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the

isles of Chittim.

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Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou

spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of

Elishah was that which covered thee.

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The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise

men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.

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The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy

calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to

occupy thy merchandise.

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They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy

men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set

forth thy comeliness.

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The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round

about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their

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shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty

perfect.

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Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind

of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.

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Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded

the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

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They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and

horsemen and mules.

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The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the

merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of

ivory and ebony.

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Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of

thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and

broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.

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Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded

in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil,

and balm.

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Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy

making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and

white wool.

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Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright

iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.

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Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.

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Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in

lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.

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The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants:

they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all

precious stones, and gold.

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Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and

Chilmad, were thy merchants.

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These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and

broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords,

and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.

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The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou

wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.

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Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath

broken thee in the midst of the seas.

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Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy

pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all

thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in

the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of

thy ruin.

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The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.

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And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the

sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the

land;

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And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry

bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow

themselves in the ashes:

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And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird

them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness

of heart and bitter wailing.

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And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and

lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the

destroyed in the midst of the sea?

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When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many

people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude

of thy riches and of thy merchandise.

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In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of

the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of

thee shall fall.

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All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their

kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their

countenance.

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The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a

terror, and never shalt be any more.

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CHAPTER 28

28:

The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

28:

Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord

GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a

God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a

man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

28:

Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can

hide from thee:

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With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten

thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

28:

By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy

riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:

28:

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine

heart as the heart of God;

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Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of

the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of

thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

28:

They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths

of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.

28:

Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou

shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

28:10

Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of

strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

28:11

Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

28:12

Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say

unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full

of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

28:13

Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone

was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl,

the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the

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carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy

pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

28:14

Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so:

thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up

and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

28:15

Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast

created, till iniquity was found in thee.

28:16

By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of

thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee

as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O

covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

28:17

Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast

corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee

to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold

thee.

28:18

Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine

iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring

forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will

bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that

behold thee.

28:19

All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at

thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.

28:20

Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

28:21

Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,

28:22

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O

Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall

know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments

in her, and shall be sanctified in her.

28:23

For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and

the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon

her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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28:24

And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel,

nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that

despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

28:25

Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of 1946

Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be

sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell

in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.

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And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and

plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have

executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about

them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.

CHAPTER 29

29:

In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the

month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

29:

Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and

prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:

29:

Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against

thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst EGYPT

of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have

made it for myself.

29:

But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy

rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the

midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto

thy scales.

29:

And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the

fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt

not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to

the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.

29:

And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD,

because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

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29:

When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and

rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou

brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

29:

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword

upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.

29:

And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall

know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine,

and I have made it.

29:10

Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I

will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the

tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.

29:11

No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass

through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

29:12

And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the

countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are

laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the

Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the

countries.

29:13

Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I

gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:

29:14

And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them

to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation;

and they shall be there a base kingdom.

29:15

It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself

any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they

shall no more rule over the nations.

29:16

And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which

bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after

them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

29:17

And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first

month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came

unto me, saying,

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29:18

Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to

serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and

every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for

Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:

29:19

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of EGYPT TO Nebuchadrezzar

Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her

multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the

wages for his army.

29:20

I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor wherewith he

served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord

GOD.

29:21

In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth,

and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them;

and they shall know that I am the LORD.

CHAPTER 30

30:

The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

30:

Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl

ye, Woe worth the day!

30:

For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy

day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

30:

And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in

Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take

away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

30:

Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and

Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall

by the sword.

30:

Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and

the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene

shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.

30:

And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are

desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are

wasted.

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30:

And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in

Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.

30:

In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the

careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as

in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.

30:10

Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt

to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.

30:11

He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be

brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords

against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.

30:12

And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of

the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein,

by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.

30:13

Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will

cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more

a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of

Egypt.

30:14

And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will

execute judgments in No.

30:15

And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I

will cut off the multitude of No.

30:16

And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall

be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.

30:17

The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword:

and these cities shall go into captivity.

30:18

At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break

there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease

in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go

into captivity.

30:19

Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I

am the LORD.

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30:20

And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the

seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto

me, saying,

30:21

Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and,

lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it,

to make it strong to hold the sword.

30:22

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh

king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which

was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

30:23

And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will

disperse them through the countries.

30:24

And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my

sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall

groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

30:25

But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms

of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the

LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of

Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.

30:26

And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse

them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the

LORD.

CHAPTER 31

31:

And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the

first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me,

saying,

31:

Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his

multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?

31:

Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches,

and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top

was among the thick boughs.

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31:

The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her

rivers running round about his plants, and sent her little rivers unto

all the trees of the field.

31:

Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and

his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because

of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.

31:

All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under

his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young,

and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.

31:

Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for

his root was by great waters.

31:

The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees

were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his

branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in

his beauty.

31:

I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all

the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

31:10

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up

thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick

boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;

31:11

I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of

the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for

his wickedness.

31:12

And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and

have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his

branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of

the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his

shadow, and have left him.

31:13

Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the

beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:

31:14

To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves

for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs,

neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for

they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in

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the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the

pit.

31:15

Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the

grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I

restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and

I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field

fainted for him.

31:16

I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him

down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees

of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall

be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

31:17

They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain

with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his

shadow in the midst of the heathen.

31:18

To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the

trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of

Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst

of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is

Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

CHAPTER 32

32:

And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in

the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto

me, saying,

32:

Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and

say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou

art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers,

and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

32:

Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over

thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up

in my net.

32:

Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the

open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain

upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.

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32:

And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys

with thy height.

32:

I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest,

even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.

32:

And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make

the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the

moon shall not give her light.

32:

All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set

darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.

32:

I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy

destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast

not known.

32:10

Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall

be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before

them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his

own life, in the day of thy fall.

32:11

For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon

shall come upon thee.

32:12

By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the

terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of

Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.

32:13

I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great

waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor

the hoofs of beasts trouble them.

32:14

Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run

like oil, saith the Lord GOD.

32:15

When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country

shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all

them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD.

32:16

This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the

daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her,

even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

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32:17

It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the

month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

32:18

Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down,

even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether

parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.

32:19

Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with

the uncircumcised.

32:20

They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she

is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.

32:21

The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst

of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie

uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

32:22

Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all

of them slain, fallen by the sword:

32:23

Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is

round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which

caused terror in the land of the living.

32:24

There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of

them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down

uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their

terror in the land of the living; yet have they born their shame with

them that go down to the pit.

32:25

They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her

multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them

uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused

in the land of the living, yet have they born their shame with them

that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain.

32:26

There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are

round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword,

though they caused their terror in the land of the living.

32:27

And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the

uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of

war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their

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iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of

the mighty in the land of the living.

32:28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and

shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword.

32:29 There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their

might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie

with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.

32:30 There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the

Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror

they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with

them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them

that go down to the pit.

32:31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his

multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith

the Lord GOD.

32:32 For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be

laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with

the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord

GOD.

CHAPTER 33

33:1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

33:2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto

them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land

take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

33:3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the

trumpet, and warn the people;

33:4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not

warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be

upon his own head.

33:5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his

blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver

his soul.

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But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the

trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and

take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity;

but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.

33:

So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house

of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn

them from me.

33:

When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die;

if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that

wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at

thine hand.

33:

Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if

he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou

hast delivered thy soul.

33:10

Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel;

Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon

us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?

33:11

Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure

in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way

and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die,

O house of Israel?

33:12

Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people,

The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day

of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall

not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness;

neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in

the day that he sinneth.

33:13

When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he

trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his

righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that

he hath committed, he shall die for it.

33:14

Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he

turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

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33:15

If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed,

walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall

surely live, he shall not die.

33:16

None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto

him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely

live.

33:17

Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not

equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

33:18

When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth

iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

33:19

But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is

lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

33:20

Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel,

I will judge you every one after his ways.

33:21

And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the

tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had

escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is

smitten.

33:22

Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he

that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came

to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no

more dumb.

33:23

Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

33:24

Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel

speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we

are many; the land is given us for inheritance.

33:25

Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with

the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood:

and shall ye possess the land?

33:26

Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile

every one his neighbor’s wife: and shall ye possess the land?

33:27

Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live,

surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him

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that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and

they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

33:28

For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength

shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none

shall pass through.

33:29

Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the

land most desolate because of all their abominations which they

have committed.

33:30

Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking

against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak

one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you,

and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.

33:31

And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before

thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do

them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart

goeth after their covetousness.

33:32

And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a

pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear

thy words, but they do them not.

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And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they

know that a prophet hath been among them.

CHAPTER 34

34:

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy,

and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds;

Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should

not the shepherds feed the flocks?

34:

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that

are fed: but ye feed not the flock.

34:

The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that

which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken,

neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither

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have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with

cruelty have ye ruled them.

34:

And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they

became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were

scattered.

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My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every

high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth,

and none did search or seek after them.

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Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

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As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a

prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field,

because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search

for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my

flock;

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Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

34:10

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and

I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from

feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any

more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may

not be meat for them.

34:11

For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search

my sheep, and seek them out.

34:12

As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his

sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will

deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the

cloudy and dark day.

34:13

And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from

the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them

upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited

places of the country.

34:14

I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of

Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a

fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

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34:15

I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the

Lord GOD.

34:16

I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was

driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will

strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the

strong; I will feed them with judgment.

34:17

And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I

judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.

34:18

Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good

pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your

pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul

the residue with your feet?

34:19

And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with

your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

34:20

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I,

will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.

34:21

Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all

the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;

34:22

Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey;

and I will judge between cattle and cattle.

34:23

And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them,

even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their

shepherd.

34:24

And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince

among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

34:25

And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the

evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in

the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

34:26

And I will make them and the places round about my hill a

blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season;

there shall be showers of blessing.

34:27

And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall

yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall

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know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their

yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served

themselves of them.

34:28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the

beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and

none shall make them afraid.

34:29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be

no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame

of the heathen any more.

34:30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them,

and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the

Lord GOD.

34:31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your

God, saith the Lord GOD.

CHAPTER 35

35:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

35:2 Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against

it,

35:3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir,

I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and

I will make thee most desolate.

35:4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou

shalt know that I am the LORD.

35:5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood

of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of

their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:

35:6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto

blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood,

even blood shall pursue thee.

35:7 Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him

that passeth out and him that returneth.

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And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in

thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with

the sword.

35:

I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not

return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

35:10

Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries

shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was

there:

35:11

Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according

to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used

out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known

among them, when I have judged thee.

35:12

And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all

thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of

Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.

35:13

Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have

multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.

35:14

Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will

make thee desolate.

35:15

As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel,

because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be

desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall

know that I am the LORD.

CHAPTER 36

36:

Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and

say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD:

36:

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against

you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:

36:

Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because

they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every

side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen,

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and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the

people:

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Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD;

Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the

rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities

that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue

of the heathen that are round about;

36:

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my

jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and

against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their

possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to

cast it out for a prey.

36:

Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the

mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus

saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in

my fury, because ye have born the shame of the heathen:

36:

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand,

Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.

36:

But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches,

and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to

come.

36:

For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be

tilled and sown:

36:10

And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all

of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be

builded:

36:11

And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall

increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates,

and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall

know that I am the LORD.

36:12

Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel;

and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and

thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men.

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36:13

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land

devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations:

36:14

Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy

nations any more, saith the Lord GOD.

36:15

Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen

any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any

more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith

the Lord GOD.

36:16

Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

36:17

Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they

defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was

before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.

36:18

Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they

had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had

polluted it:

36:19

And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed

through the countries: according to their way and according to their

doings I judged them.

36:20

And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they

profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the

people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.

36:21

But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had

profaned among the heathen, whither they went.

36:22

Therefore say unto the house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; I

do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy

name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither

ye went.

36:23

And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the

heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the

heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD,

when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

36:24

For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of

all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

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36:25

Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean:

from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

36:26

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within

you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I

will give you an heart of flesh.

36:27

And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my

statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

36:28

And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye

shall be my people, and I will be your God.

36:29

I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for

the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.

36:30

And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the

field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the

heathen.

36:31

Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that

were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for

your iniquities and for your abominations.

36:32

Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known

unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O

house of Israel.

36:33

Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed

you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the

cities, and the wastes shall be builded.

36:34

And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the

sight of all that passed by.

36:35

And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the

garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are

become fenced, and are inhabited.

36:36

Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I

the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was

desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.

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36:37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the

house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like

a flock.

36:38 As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so

shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall

know that I am the LORD.

CHAPTER 37

37:1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the

spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley

which was full of bones,

37:2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there

were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

37:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I

answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.

37:4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto

them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.

37:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause

breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:

37:6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you,

and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live;

and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

37:7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there

was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together,

bone to his bone.

37:8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon

them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in

them.

37:9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of

man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from

the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they

may live.

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So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into

them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding

great army.

37:11

Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house

of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is

lost: we are cut off for our parts.

37:12

Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD;

Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to

come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.

37:13

And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your

graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,

37:14

And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place

you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have

spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.

37:15

The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

37:16

Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it,

For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take

another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim

and for all the house of Israel his companions:

37:17

And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become

one in thine hand.

37:18

And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying,

Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?

37:19

Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the

stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of

Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick

of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine

hand.

37:20

And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before

their eyes.

37:21

And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take

the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be

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gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their 1946-48

own land:

37:22

And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of

Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no

more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms

any more at all.

37:23

Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor

with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions:

but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they

have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and

I will be their God.

37:24

And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall

have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and

observe my statutes, and do them.

37:25

And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my

servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell

therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children

for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.

37:26

Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an

everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply

them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

37:27

My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and

they shall be my people.

37:28

And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel,

when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

CHAPTER 38

38:

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

38:

Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief

prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

38:

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O

Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

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And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will

bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of

them clothed with all sorts of armor, even a great company with

bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:

38:

Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and

helmet:

38:

Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north

quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.

38:

Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy

company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto

them.

38:

After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt

come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is

gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel,

which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the

nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.

38:

Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud

to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with

thee.

38:10

Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the

same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an

evil thought:

38:11

And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I

will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them

dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

38:12

To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the

desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that

are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods,

that dwell in the midst of the land.

38:13

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the

young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a

spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry

away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great

spoil?

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38:14

Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the

Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely,

shalt thou not know it?

38:15

And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou,

and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great

company, and a mighty army:

38:16

And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to

cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee in the latter days

against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be

sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

38:17

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in

old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied

in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?

38:18

And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come

against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall

come up in my face.

38:19

For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken,

Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

38:20

So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the

beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the

earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall

shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down,

and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the

ground.

38:21

And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my

mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be

against his brother.

38:22

And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I God’S nuclear WAR?

will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people

that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire,

and brimstone.

38:23

Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be

known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am

the LORD.

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CHAPTER 39

39:

Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus Was this an incarnation of Jesus?

saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief

prince of Meshech and Tubal:

39:

And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and

will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee

upon the mountains of Israel: where the final battle is fought

39:

And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine

arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

39:

Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy

bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the

ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be

devoured.

39:

Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the

Lord GOD.

39:

And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell

carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

39:

So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people

Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and

the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in

Israel.

39:

Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the

day whereof I have spoken.

39:

And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall

set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers,

the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and

they shall burn them with fire seven years:

39:10

So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down

any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire:

and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that

robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.

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And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a

place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the

east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and

there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call

it The valley of Hamongog.

39:12

And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them,

that they may cleanse the land.

39:13

Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to

them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord

GOD.

39:14

And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing nuclear clean up

through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain

upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven

months shall they search.

39:15

And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a

man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have

buried it in the valley of Hamongog.

39:16

And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they

cleanse the land.

39:17

And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every

feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble

yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my

sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the

mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.

39:18

Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the

princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all

of them fatlings of Bashan.

39:19

And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be

drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

39:20

Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with

mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.

39:21

And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen

shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I

have laid upon them.

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39:22

So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God

from that day and forward.

39:23

And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into

captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me,

therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of

their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.

39:24

According to their uncleanness and according to their

transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.

39:25

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the

captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel,

and will be jealous for my holy name;

39:26

After that they have born their shame, and all their trespasses

whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely

in their land, and none made them afraid.

39:27

When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered

them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the

sight of many nations;

39:28

Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which

caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have

gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any

more there.

39:29

Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured

out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

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In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of

the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after

that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the

LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.

40:

In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set

me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city

on the south.

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40:

And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose

appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in

his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

40:

And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes,

and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall

shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art

thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of

Israel.

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And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in

the man’s hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and

an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one

reed; and the height, one reed.

40:

Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and

went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate,

which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate,

which was one reed broad.

40:

And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad;

and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold

of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.

40:

He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.

40:

Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts

thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.

40:10

And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this

side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and

the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.

40:11

And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits;

and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.

40:12

The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this

side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little

chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.

40:13

He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to

the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door

against door.

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40:14

He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the

court round about the gate.

40:15

And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the

porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.

40:16

And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their

posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and

windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm

trees.

40:17

Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were

chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty

chambers were upon the pavement.

40:18

And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length

of the gates was the lower pavement.

40:19

Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate

unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits

eastward and northward.

40:20

And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he

measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.

40:21

And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on

that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after

the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits,

and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

40:22

And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were

after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they

went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before

them.

40:23

And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward

the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate

an hundred cubits.

40:24

After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate

toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches

thereof according to these measures.

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40:25

And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round

about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the

breadth five and twenty cubits.

40:26

And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof

were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and

another on that side, upon the posts thereof.

40:27

And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he

measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.

40:28

And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he

measured the south gate according to these measures;

40:29

And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the

arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were

windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty

cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.

40:30

And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and

five cubits broad.

40:31

And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees

were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps.

40:32

And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he

measured the gate according to these measures.

40:33

And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the

arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were

windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty

cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.

40:34

And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm

trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side:

and the going up to it had eight steps.

40:35

And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to

these measures;

40:36

The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches

thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty

cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

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And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees

were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the

going up to it had eight steps.

40:38

And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the

gates, where they washed the burnt offering.

40:39

And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two

tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin

offering and the trespass offering.

40:40

And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north

gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the

porch of the gate, were two tables.

40:41

Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the

side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices.

40:42

And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a

cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit

high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they

slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.

40:43

And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and

upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.

40:44

And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the

inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their

prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate

having the prospect toward the north.

40:45

And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the

south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

40:46

And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the

priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of

Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to

minister unto him.

40:47

So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred

cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.

40:48

And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each

post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that

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side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and

three cubits on that side.

40:49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven

cubits, and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to

it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another

on that side.

CHAPTER 41

41:1 Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts,

six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other

side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.

41:2 And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the

door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other

side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the

breadth, twenty cubits.

41:3 Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two

cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven

cubits.

41:4 So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth,

twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the

most holy place.

41:5 After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth

of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every

side.

41:6 And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in

order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for

the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they

had not hold in the wall of the house.

41:7 And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the

side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still

upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house

was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the

highest by the midst.

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41:

I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of

the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.

41:

The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without,

was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side

chambers that were within.

41:10

And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits

round about the house on every side.

41:11

And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was

left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south:

and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round

about.

41:12

Now the building that was before the separate place at the end

toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the

building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof

ninety cubits.

41:13

So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate

place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits

long;

41:14

Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place

toward the east, an hundred cubits.

41:15

And he measured the length of the building over against the

separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the

one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner

temple, and the porches of the court;

41:16

The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round

about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood

round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the

windows were covered;

41:17

To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without,

and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.

41:18

And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm

tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two

faces;

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41:19

So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side,

and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side:

it was made through all the house round about.

41:20

From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm

trees made, and on the wall of the temple.

41:21

The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the

sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the

other.

41:22

The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two

cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the

walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table

that is before the LORD.

41:23

And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.

41:24

And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two

leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door.

41:25

And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple,

cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and

there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.

41:26

And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side

and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side

chambers of the house, and thick planks.

CHAPTER 42

42:

Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the

north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against

the separate place, and which was before the building toward the

north.

42:

Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the

breadth was fifty cubits.

42:

Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and

over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was

gallery against gallery in three stories.

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42:

And before the chambers was a walk to ten cubits breadth inward,

a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.

42:

Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher

than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

42:

For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of

the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the

lowest and the middlemost from the ground.

42:

And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward

the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof

was fifty cubits.

42:

For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was

fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits.

42:

And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as

one goeth into them from the utter court.

42:10

The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward

the east, over against the separate place, and over against the

building.

42:11

And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers

which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they:

and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and

according to their doors.

42:12

And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the

south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly

before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.

42:13

Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south

chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy

chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall

eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things,

and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass

offering; for the place is holy.

42:14

When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the

holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their

garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on

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other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for

the people.

42:15

Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he

brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the

east, and measured it round about.

42:16

He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred

reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

42:17

He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring

reed round about.

42:18

He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring

reed.

42:19

He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds

with the measuring reed.

42:20

He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five

hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation

between the sanctuary and the profane place.

CHAPTER 43

43:

Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh

toward the east:

43:

And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of

the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the

earth shined with his glory.

43:

And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw,

even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the

city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river

Chebar; and I fell upon my face.

43:

And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the

gate whose prospect is toward the east.

43:

So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and,

behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.

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43:

And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man

stood by me.

43:

And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the

place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the

children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of

Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their

whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.

43:

In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post

by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even

defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have

committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.

43:

Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their

kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

43:10

Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they

may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the

pattern.

43:11

And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the

form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out

thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and

all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws

thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole

form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.

43:12

This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the

whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is

the law of the house.

43:13

And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit

is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and

the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof

round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the

altar.

43:14

And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle

shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser

settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth

one cubit.

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43:15

So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward

shall be four horns.

43:16

And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in

the four squares thereof.

43:17

And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in

the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a

cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs

shall look toward the east.

43:18

And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These

are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it,

to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.

43:19

And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of

Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the

Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering.

43:20

And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four

horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the

border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.

43:21

Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall

burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.

43:22

And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without

blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they

did cleanse it with the bullock.

43:23

When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a

young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without

blemish.

43:24

And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall

cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt

offering unto the LORD.

43:25

Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering:

they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock,

without blemish.

43:26

Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall

consecrate themselves.

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43:27

And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth

day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings

upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you,

saith the Lord GOD.

CHAPTER 44

44:

Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward

sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.

44:

Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not

be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the

God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.

44:

It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before

the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and

shall go out by the way of the same.

44:

Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house:

and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house

of the LORD: and I fell upon my face.

44:

And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold

with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee

concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the

laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every

going forth of the sanctuary.

44:

And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel,

Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you

of all your abominations,

44:

In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised

in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to

pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the

blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your

abominations.

44:

And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have

set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

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44:

Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor

uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any

stranger that is among the children of Israel.

44:10

And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went

astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they

shall even bear their iniquity.

44:11

Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the

gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the

burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand

before them to minister unto them.

44:12

Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused

the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up

mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear

their iniquity.

44:13

And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest

unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most

holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations

which they have committed.

44:14

But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the

service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

44:15

But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge

of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, REINCARNATION?

they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall

stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the

Lord GOD:

44:16

They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to

my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.

44:17

And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of

the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no

wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of

the inner court, and within.

44:18

They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have

linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with

any thing that causeth sweat.

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44:19

And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter

court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they

ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put

on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with

their garments.

44:20

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow

long; they shall only poll their heads.

44:21

Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner

court.

44:22

Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put

away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of

Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.

44:23

And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy

and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and

the clean.

44:24

And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall

judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws

and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my

sabbaths.

44:25

And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but

for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or

for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

44:26

And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.

44:27

And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner

court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering,

saith the Lord GOD.

44:28

And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance:

and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their

possession.

44:29

They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the

trespass offering: and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.

44:30

And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of

all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest’s: ye shall

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also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause

the blessing to rest in thine house.

44:31

The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn,

whether it be fowl or beast.

CHAPTER 45

45:

Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye

shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land:

the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds,

and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the

borders thereof round about.

45:

Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with

five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round

about for the suburbs thereof.

45:

And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and

twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall

be the sanctuary and the most holy place.

45:

The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers

of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the

LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place

for the sanctuary.

45:

And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand

of breadth shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have

for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.

45:

And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand

broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation

of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.

45:

And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the

other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the

possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and

before the possession of the city, from the west side westward,

and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against

one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.

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45:

In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall

no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they

give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

45:

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel:

remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take

away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.

45:10

Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

45:11

The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may

contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of

an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

45:12

And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and

twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.

45:13

This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of

an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of

an homer of barley:

45:14

Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the

tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths;

for ten baths are an homer:

45:15

And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat

pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and

for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord

GOD.

45:16

All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in

Israel.

45:17

And it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt offerings, and meat

offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons,

and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he

shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt

offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the

house of Israel.

45:18

Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of

the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and

cleanse the sanctuary:

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45:19

And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it

upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the

settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.

45:20

And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one

that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the

house.

45:21

In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall

have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be

eaten.

45:22

And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all

the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.

45:23

And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the

LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the

seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.

45:24

And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and

an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.

45:25

In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do

the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering,

according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering,

and according to the oil.

CHAPTER 46

46:

Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh

toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the

sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall

be opened.

46:

And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate

without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests

shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall

worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the

gate shall not be shut until the evening.

46:

Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this

gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons.

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46:

And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD in

the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram

without blemish.

46:

And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat

offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to

an ephah.

46:

And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock

without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without

blemish.

46:

And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an

ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain

unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah.

46:

And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the

porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.

46:

But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in

the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate

to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that

entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of

the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby

he came in, but shall go forth over against it.

46:10

And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in;

and when they go forth, shall go forth.

46:11

And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be

an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as

he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.

46:12

Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or

peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open

him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his

burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day:

then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the

gate.

46:13

Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of a lamb

of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every

morning.

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46:14

And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the

sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper

with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual

ordinance unto the LORD.

46:15

Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the

oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering.

46:16

Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of his

sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons’; it shall be their

possession by inheritance.

46:17

But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it

shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince:

but his inheritance shall be his sons’ for them.

46:18

Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance by

oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall

give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my

people be not scattered every man from his possession.

46:19

After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of

the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked

toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides

westward.

46:20

Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil

the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the

meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to

sanctify the people.

46:21

Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to

pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner

of the court there was a court.

46:22

In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty

cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one

measure.

46:23

And there was a row of building round about in them, round about

them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows

round about.

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46:24 Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil,

where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the

people.

CHAPTER 47

47:1 Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and,

behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house

eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and

the waters came down from under from the right side of the house,

at the south side of the altar.

47:2 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led

me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that

looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right

side.

47:3 And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth

eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me

through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.

47:4 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters;

the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and

brought me through; the waters were to the loins.

47:5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could

not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river

that could not be passed over.

47:6 And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he

brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.

47:7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were

very many trees on the one side and on the other.

47:8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east

country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which

being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.

47:9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which

moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there

shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall

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come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live

whither the river cometh.

47:10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from

Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth

nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the

great sea, exceeding many.

47:11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be

healed; they shall be given to salt.

47:12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that

side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither

shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit

according to his months, because their waters they issued out of

the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf

thereof for medicine.

47:13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye

shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph

shall have two portions.

47:14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which

I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land

shall fall unto you for inheritance.

47:15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from

the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;

47:16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of

Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by

the coast of Hauran.

47:17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of

Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath.

And this is the north side.

47:18 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from

Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan,

from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.

47:19 And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of

strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south

side southward.

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47:20

The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man

come over against Hamath. This is the west side.

47:21

So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of

Israel.

47:22

And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an

inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you,

which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you

as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have

inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

47:23

And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger

sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord

GOD.

CHAPTER 48

48:

Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the

coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan,

the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for

these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.

48:

And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a

portion for Asher.

48:

And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west

side, a portion for Naphtali.

48:

And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west

side, a portion for Manasseh.

48:

And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west

side, a portion for Ephraim.

48:

And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the

west side, a portion for Reuben.

48:

And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west

side, a portion for Judah.

48:

And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side,

shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty

thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts,

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from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in

the midst of it.

48:9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and

twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.

48:10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation;

toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward

the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand

in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in

length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst

thereof.

48:11 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok;

which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the

children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

48:12 And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a

thing most holy by the border of the Levites.

48:13 And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have

five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all

the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten

thousand.

48:14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the

firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD.

48:15 And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the

five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for

dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.

48:16 And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four

thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and

five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred,

and the west side four thousand and five hundred.

48:17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred

and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward

the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred

and fifty.

48:18 And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy

portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand

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westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy

portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that

serve the city.

48:19

And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of

Israel.

48:20

All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and

twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with

the possession of the city.

48:21

And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the

other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over

against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the

east border, and westward over against the five and twenty

thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the

prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the

house shall be in the midst thereof.

48:22

Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the

possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the

prince’s, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin,

shall be for the prince.

48:23

As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side,

Benjamin shall have a portion.

48:24

And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west

side, Simeon shall have a portion.

48:25

And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west

side, Issachar a portion.

48:26

And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west

side, Zebulun a portion.

48:27

And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west

side, Gad a portion.

48:28

And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border

shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and

to the river toward the great sea.

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48:29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of

Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord

GOD.

48:30 And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four

thousand and five hundred measures.

48:31 And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of

Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of

Judah, one gate of Levi.

48:32 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three

gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of

Dan.

48:33 And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures:

and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate

of Zebulun.

48:34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three

gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.

48:35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of

the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.

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The Book of

DANIEL

CHAPTER 1 https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2020/01/the-true-identity-of-daniels-end-times-4th-beast-revealed-video-blocked-by-youtube-in-u-s-canada-why-2509409.html

1:1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came 606BC Daniel was approximately 18

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

1:2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part

of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land

of Shinar to the house of his God; and he brought the vessels into

the treasure house of his God.

1:3 And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that

he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s

seed, and of the princes;

1:4 Children in whom was no blemish, but well favored, and skilful in

all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science,

and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and

whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the

Chaldeans.

1:5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king’s meat,

and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years,

that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.

1:6 Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah,

Mishael, and Azariah:

1:7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto

Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach;

and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego.

1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself

with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he

drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he

might not defile himself.

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Now God had brought Daniel into favor and tender love with the

prince of the eunuchs.

1:10

And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my Lord the

king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why

should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of

your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.

1:11

Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had

set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

1:12

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us

pulse to eat, and water to drink.

1:13

Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the eating of meat

countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king’s Daniel was a vegetsrian

meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.

1:14

So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.

1:15

And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and

fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the

king’s meat.

1:16

Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine

that they should drink; and gave them pulse.

1:17

As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in

all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions

and dreams.

1:18

Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring

them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before

Nebuchadnezzar.

1:19

And the king communed with them; and among them all was found

none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood

they before the king.

1:20

And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king

enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the

magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.

1:21

And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus. 559BC

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CHAPTER 2

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar 603 BC

Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was

troubled, and his sleep brake from him.

Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the

astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the

king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my

spirit was troubled to know the dream.

Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for

ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the

interpretation.

The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone first dream

from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the

interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses

shall be made a dunghill.

But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall

receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore shew me

the dream, and the interpretation thereof.

2:7

They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the

dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.

The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain

the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.

But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one

decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to

speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the

dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation

thereof.

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The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a

man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there

is no king, Lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician,

or astrologer, or Chaldean.

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2:11

And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other

that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is

not with flesh.

2:12

For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and

commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

2:13

And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and

they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

2:14

Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the

captain of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise

men of Babylon:

2:15

He answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why is the

decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known

to Daniel.

2:16

Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give

him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.

2:17

Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to

Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:

2:18

That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning

this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the

rest of the wise men of Babylon.

2:19

Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then

Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

2:20

Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and

ever: for wisdom and might are his:

2:21

And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and

setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge

to them that know understanding:

2:22

He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the

darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

2:23

I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast

given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now

what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us

the king’s matter.

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Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained

to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto

him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the

king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.

2:25

Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said

thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that

will make known unto the king the interpretation.

2:26

The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was

Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream

which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?

2:27

Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret

which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the

astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;

2:28

But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh

known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days.

Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;

2:29

As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy

bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth

secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.

2:30

But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that

I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make

known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know

the thoughts of thy heart.

2:31 PROPHECIES AND DEEDS

Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image,

whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form

thereof was terrible.

2:32 DREAM OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR

IN PROCESS

This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of HEAD OF GOLD, his breast and his arms of silver

silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, belly and his thighs of brass, His legs iron,

2:33 his feet part of iron and part of clay

His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.

2:34

Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which

smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake

them to pieces.

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Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold,

broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer

threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was

found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great

mountain, and filled the whole earth.

2:36

This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before

the king.

2:37

Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given

thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.

2:38

And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field

and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath

made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. (-Nebuchadnezzar , Babylon)

2:39

And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and

another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the

earth.

2:40

And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron

breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh IN DANIEL 7:7 THIS IS THE FOURTH BEAST

all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. IN REV 13 THIS IS THE COMBINATION OF THE PREVIOUS THREE BEASTS

2:41 IN DANIEL 11:2 The kings of Persia

And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, (- the last earthly king )

and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in

it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron

mixed with miry clay.

2:42

And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so

the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

2:43

And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall

mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave

one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

2:44

And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a (- God’s kingdom )

kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall

not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume

all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

2:45

Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the

mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the

brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made

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known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream

is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

2:46

Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped

Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and

sweet odours unto him.

2:47

The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your

God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets,

seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.

2:48

Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great

gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and

chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

2:49

Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach,

and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but

Daniel sat in the gate of the king.

CHAPTER 3

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was

threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in

the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes,

the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the

counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to

come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the

king had set up.

Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the

treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the

provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image

that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before

the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people,

nations, and languages,

5 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego IN FIERY FURNACE

That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp,

sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down

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and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath

set up:

3:6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour golden image and fiery furnace

be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

3:7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the

cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all

the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and

worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set

up.

3:8 Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused

the Jews.

3:9 They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for

ever.

3:10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear

the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and

dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the

golden image:

3:11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be

cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

3:12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the

province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these

men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor

worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men

before the king.

3:14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach,

Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship

the golden image which I have set up?

3:15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the

cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of

musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made;

well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the

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midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall

deliver you out of my hands?

3:16

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king,

O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this

matter.

3:17

If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the

burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O

king.

3:18

But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve

thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

3:19

Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage

was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore

he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one

seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

3:20

And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to

bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the

burning fiery furnace.

3:21

Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their

hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the

burning fiery furnace.

3:22

Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the

furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that

took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

3:23

And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down

bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

3:24

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste,

and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three

men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto

the king, True, O king.

3:25

He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the

midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth 4 men

is like the Son of God.

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Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery

furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,

ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither.

Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst

of the fire.

3:27

And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s

counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose

bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed,

neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed

on them.

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Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and

delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the

king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor

worship any God, except their own God.

3:29

Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language,

which speak any thing amiss 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 that can

deliver after this sort.

3:30

Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the

province of Babylon.

CHAPTER 4

Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages,

that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God

hath wrought toward me.

How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his

kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from

generation to generation.

I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my

palace:

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I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my

bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon

before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation

of the dream.

Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the

soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not

make known unto me the interpretation thereof.

But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was

Belteshazzar, according to the name of my God, and in whom is

the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying,

O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the

spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell

me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation

thereof.

4:10

Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a second dream

tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. tree

4:11

The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto

heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:

4:12

The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it

was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and

the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh

was fed of it.

4:13

I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a

watcher and an holy one came down from heaven;

4:14

He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his

branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts

get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:

4:15

Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a

band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be

wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts

in the grass of the earth:

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4:16

Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be

given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.

4:17

This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by

the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know

that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to

whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.

4:18

This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O

Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all

the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me

the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods

is in thee.

4:19

Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one

hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said,

Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof,

trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My Lord, the dream

be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine

enemies.

4:20

The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose interpretation

height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the

earth;

4:21

Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was

meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon

whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:

4:22

It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy

greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to

the end of the earth.

4:23

And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down

from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet

leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band

of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet

with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of

the field, till seven times pass over him;

4:24

This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most

High, which is come upon my Lord the king:

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4:25

That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with

the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as

oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven

times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth

in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

4:26

And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots;

thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have

known that the heavens do rule.

4:27

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and

break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by

shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy

tranquillity.

4:28

All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.

4:29

At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the fulfillment

kingdom of Babylon.

4:30

The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have

built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and

for the honor of my majesty?

4:31

While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from

heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The

kingdom is departed from thee.

4:32

And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with

the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen,

and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most

High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he

will.

4:33

The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and

he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body

was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like

eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.

4:34

And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes

unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I

blessed the most High, and I praised and honored him that liveth

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for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his

kingdom is from generation to generation:

4:35

And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he

doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the

inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto

him, What doest thou?

4:36

At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of

my kingdom, mine honor and brightness returned unto me; and my

counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in

my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.

4:37

Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of

heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and

those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

CHAPTER 5

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords,

and drank wine before the thousand.

2 Belshazzar hand writing on the wall

Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the

golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had

taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and

his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.

Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the

temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king,

and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.

They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of

brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote

over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the

king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts

troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his

knees smote one against another.

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The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and

the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of

Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the

interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a

chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the

kingdom.

Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the

writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.

Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance

was changed in him, and his lords were astonished.

5:10

Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords

came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king,

live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy

countenance be changed:

5:11

There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy

gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and

wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the

king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made

master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

5:12

Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and

understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard

sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel,

whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and

he will shew the interpretation.

5:13

Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake

and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the

children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father

brought out of Jewry?

5:14

I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and

that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.

5:15

And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in

before me, that they should read this writing, and make known

unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the

interpretation of the thing:

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5:16

And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and

dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make

known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with

scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the

third ruler in the kingdom.

5:17

Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to

thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing

unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

5:18

O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a

kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honor:

5:19

And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and

languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he

slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set

up; and whom he would he put down.

5:20

But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride,

he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory

from him:

5:21

And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made

like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed

him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of

heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of

men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.

5:22

And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart,

though thou knewest all this;

5:23

But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they

have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and

thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in

them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass,

iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the

God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast

thou not glorified:

5:24

Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was The writing

written.

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5:25

And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL,

UPHARSIN.

5:26

This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered

thy kingdom, and finished it.

5:27

TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

5:28

PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and

Persians.

5:29

Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet,

and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation

concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

5:30

In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

5:31

And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore

and two years old.

CHAPTER 6

It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty

princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;

And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that

the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should

have no damage.

Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes,

because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set

him over the whole realm.

Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against

Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion

nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error

or fault found in him.

Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this

Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king,

and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

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All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes,

the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to

establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever

shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of

thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. Daniel in the lions den

6: decreed not to pray for 30 days

Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be

not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians,

which altereth not.

Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

6:10

Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into

his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward

Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and

prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

6:11

Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making Daniel caught praying

supplication before his God.

6:12

Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the

king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that

shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of

thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered

and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and

Persians, which altereth not.

6:13

Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is

of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O

king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition

three times a day.

6:14

Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased

with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he

labored till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

6:15

Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king,

Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no

decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.

6:16

Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him cast into lions den

into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel,

Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.

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6:17

And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and

the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his

lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

6:18

Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting:

neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his

sleep went from him.

6:19

Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste

unto the den of lions.

6:20

And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice Daniel ok

unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel,

servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest

continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?

6:21

Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.

6:22

My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that

they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was

found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

6:23

Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that

they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up

out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him,

because he believed in his God.

6:24

And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had

accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them,

their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of

them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the

bottom of the den.

6:25

Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages,

that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

6:26

I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men

tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God,

and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be

destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.

6:27

He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in

heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of

the lions.

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6:28

So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of

Cyrus the Persian.

CHAPTER 7

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream at the end of the Babylon -14 years

and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and

told the sum of the matters. END TIMES

2 The four beasts

Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold,

the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from

another.

The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the ( England and US)

wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth,

and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was ( England only)

given to it.

And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up ( Russia)

itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between

the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon ( Germany & Balkans?)SAME AS REV 13

the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads;

and dominion was given to it.

After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast,

dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron IN REV 13

teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue IN DAN 2:23 THIS IS THE IRON AND CLAY

with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were FEET, UN

before it; and it had ten horns.

I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them It is diverse from the other nations because

another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns it is a group of nations. It is run by

plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like Satan’s / Cain’s decendants. There will be

the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. ten major economic areas it controls. Three of these

7: economic areas, VATICAN, LONDON CITY, DC,

will be taken over by the Antichrist who

9 will be the Leader of the UN.

I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days

did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head

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like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his

wheels as burning fire.

7:10

A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand

thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten

thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books

were opened.

7:11

I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the (God’s dominion established)

horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body

destroyed, and given to the burning flame.

7:12

As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken

away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.

7:13

I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man (Christ’s rule)NOTE –

IT IS ONE LIKE Jesus but not Jesus

came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days,

and they brought him near before him.

7:14

And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that

all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion

is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his

kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

7:15

I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the

visions of my head troubled me.

7:16

I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the

truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the INTERPRETATION

interpretation of the things.

7:17

These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise UK, RUSSIA, GERMANY, UN

out of the earth.

7:18

But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and

possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.

7:19

Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was

diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, rises in the presence of the

whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; first three

which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet

;

7:20

And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which THE ANTICHRIST

came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had

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eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was

more stout than his fellows.

7:21

I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and RELIGIOUS WAR ON CHURCH

prevailed against them;

7:22

Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the GOD PREVAILS

saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints

possessed the kingdom.

7:23

Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon

earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour THE FOURTH KINGDOM INFLUENCES WHOLE EARTH

the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. IT HAS TEN KINGS

7:24

And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: AN ELEVENTH KING (ANTICHRIST) WILL SUBDUE

and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the THREE OF THE ORIGINAL KINGS

first, and he shall subdue three kings. KINGDOM OF THE ANTICHRIST LAST KINGDOM OF MAN’S RULE

7:25

And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall

wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and

laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times (3.x years last king of humans)

and the dividing of time. MORE DESCRIPTION OF ANTICHRIST REV 13)

7:26

But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion,

to consume and to destroy it unto the end.

7:27

And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom GOD’S KINGDOM ON EARTH

under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints

of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all

dominions shall serve and obey him.

7:28

Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations

much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept

the matter in my heart.

CHAPTER 8

8: https://www.bitchute.com/video/ZAXS1t5OOmY6/

In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared 539 BC

unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me

at the first.

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And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was

at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I

saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.

3 This prophecy is in progress

1. RAM WITH 2 HORNS – IRAQ 1932 OR 1958 AND IRAN 1979, LARGER HORN

2. He goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth (USA), and touched not the ground
35 NATIONS SPEARHEADED BY USA ATTACKED BY AIR. 1991 (DONE)

3. NATO, THE GREAT HORN IS LOSING POWER DISSOLVING. 2022 AND FOUR NOTABLE HORNS
UN, UK, RUSSIA, GERMANY.

WE ARE HERE IN 2023

à YET TO HAPPEN ß

4. THE ANTICHRIST COMES OUT OF ONE OF THE FOUR GOVERNMENTS (HORNS).
HE CONQUERS TERRITORY TO THE SOUTH, EAST AND ISRAEL.

5. HE BATTLES ALIENS AND WINS. HE CONQUERS MANY BY “PEACE”

6. BY HIM the daily sacrifice was taken away and the sanctuary was cast down.
ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION PLACED IN SANCTUARY IN MID 70^TH WEEK (AOD).

7. And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression,
and it cast down the truth to the ground;
and it practiced, and prospered. “HE IS DEFEATED BUT NOT BY HAND”.
NOTE FROM FIRST VISION HIS FEET WERE IRON+CLAY AND SMASHED BY A STONE “NOT CUT BY HAND”.

8. IT WILL BE 6.3 YEARS FROM THE AOD UNTIL THE SANCTUARY IS CLENSED.
AOD IS 3.5 YEARS INTO ANTICHRIST’S RULE. AOD TO DEFEAT OF ANTICHRIST 3.5 YEARS
(LEAVES 1260 DAYS AND 1040 DAYS FROM THE AOD TO CLEANSING THE SANCTUARY)

Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood RAM AND GOATS

before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns

were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came

up last.

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I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; ( MEDIA = IRAQ/PERSIA=IRAN)

so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any

that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will,

and became great.

And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west

on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the 35 COUNTRIES SPEARHEADED BY USA AIR STRIKES

goat had a notable horn between his eyes. NATO, MUSLIM COUNTRIES +OTHERS

And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen

standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his

power.

And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with

choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns:

and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast (NATO, IN THE GULF WARS?)

him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was

none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.

Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, NATO, THE GREAT HORN IS LOSING POWER

the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones AND DISSOLVING. 2022 FOUR NOTABLE HORNS

toward the four winds of heaven. UN, UK, RUSSIA, GERMANY

8:9

And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed ANTICHRIST OUT OF ONE OF THE FOUR

exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward NOTABLE HORNS

the pleasant land.

8:10

And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down ANTICHRIST FROM UK?

some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon (WAR WITH ALIENS?)

them.

8:11

Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by

him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the (Dan 12:11 1290 days = 3.5 yr)

sanctuary was cast down.

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8:12

And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of

transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it

practiced, and prospered.

8:13

Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that This ties the removal of the sacrifice in mid week

certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning and start of trodding the sanctuary under foot together.

the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both

the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?

8:14

And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; (2300 days = 6.3 yr)

then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

8:15

And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision,

and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as

the appearance of a man.

8:16

And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of Ulai, which called,

and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.

8:17

So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and

fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man:

for at the time of the end shall be the vision.

8:18

Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face

toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.

8:19

And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the

last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall

be.

8:20

The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of IRAQ, IRAN

Media and Persia.

8:21

And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is ORIGINAL WORD IS YAWAN OR JAVAN GENERALLY

between his eyes is the first king. ROMAN OR WESTERN PEOPLES SIMILAR MEANING

FOR CHITTIM (NATO Or USA)

came from the west on the face of the whole earth,(USA)

and touched not the ground

The first king refers to western ruler.

NATO, THE GREAT HORN IS LOSING POWER

AND DISSOLVING. (2022) FOUR NOTABLE HORNS

UN, UK, RUSSIA, GERMANY

8:22

Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four The beast

kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. FOUR NOTABLE HORNS – UN, UK, RUSSIA, GERMANY

8:23

And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are Antichrist

come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding

dark sentences, shall stand up.

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8:24

And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he

shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and

shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.

8:25

And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his

hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall

destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;

but he shall be broken without hand.

8:26

And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is

true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many

days.

8:27

And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose

up, and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision,

but none understood it.

CHAPTER 9

In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the NOT DARIUS 1^ST DARIUS THE MEDE

Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the 548/547 BC

number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to

Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in

the desolations of Jerusalem.

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and

supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession,

and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant

and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his

commandments;

We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done

wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts

and from thy judgments:

Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which

spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to

all the people of the land.

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O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us

confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the

inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that

are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them,

because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.

O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our

princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we

have rebelled against him;

9:10

Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk

in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.

9:11

Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that

they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon

us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of

God, because we have sinned against him.

9:12

And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and

against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil:

for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done

upon Jerusalem.

9:13

As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us:

yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we

might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

9:14

Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it

upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which

he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.

9:15

And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out

of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee

renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.

9:16

O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let

thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem,

thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of

our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all

that are about us.

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9:17

Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his

supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that

is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.

9:18

O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold

our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we

do not present our supplications before thee for our

righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

9:19

O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not,

for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are

called by thy name.

9:20

And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin

and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication

before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;

9:21

Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom

I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly

swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.

9:22

And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am

now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.

9:23

At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came

forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved:

therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.

9:24 GABRIEL TO DANIEL IN A VISION 70 week

Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy (490 YEARS) TIMING GIVEN

city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to

make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting

righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to

anoint the most Holy.

9:25

Know therefore and underst and, that from the going forth of the 456 BC

commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah (483 YEARS) 456 B.C.E.-- 483-456=27, +1 for no 0 year =28 AD THE year of the coming of the Messiah.

the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: 69 WEEKS

NOTE: Nissan, 456/455 B.C.E.-- Nehemiah describes and dates the command for restoration on of Jerusalem. What This is explained as follows: (go to section 11 of link) The Sabbath and Jubilee Cycle, Chapter XI The Sabbath year of 456/455 B.C.E; PAGE 159.
by Qadesh La Yahweh Press ISBN 0-9623638-8-X . The following year was a jubilee year-455/454 BC.

Ezra dates his work from the 7^th year of Artaxerxes reign and is in Jerusalem one year before reading the Torah to the Jews.

Jesus was born 3 BC and was about 30 in 28 AD.

9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but

not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall the Romans destroy the temple in 70 A.D. Note that

destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be the antichrist is a descendant of the Romans

with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are

determined.

9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in WHAT OCCURS IN THE 70^TH WEEK

the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation - COVENENT CONFIRMED

to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it - AFTER ~3.5 YEARS SACRIFICE AND OBLATION CEASE

desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be - & abomination making desolate

poured upon the desolate.

CHAPTER 10

10:1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto 557 BC

Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was

true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing,

and had understanding of the vision.

10:2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.

10:3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth,

neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were

fulfilled.

10:4 And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by

the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;

10:5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man

clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:

10:6 His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of

lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet

like in color to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the

voice of a multitude.

10:7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me

saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they

fled to hide themselves.

10:8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there

remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me

into corruption, and I retained no strength.

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10:

Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of

his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face

toward the ground.

10:10

And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees

and upon the palms of my hands.

10:11

And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand

the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee

am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I

stood trembling.

10:12

Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that

thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself

before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy

words.

10:13

But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and

twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to

help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.

10:14

Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy LATTER DAY INTERPRETATION

people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.

10:15

And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face

toward the ground, and I became dumb.

10:16

And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my

lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that

stood before me, O my Lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned

upon me, and I have retained no strength.

10:17

For how can the servant of this my Lord talk with this my Lord?

for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither

is there breath left in me.

10:18

Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a

man, and he strengthened me,

10:19

And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be

strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was

strengthened, and said, Let my Lord speak; for thou hast

strengthened me.

10:20

Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now

will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone

forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.

10:21

But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth:

and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael

your prince.

CHAPTER 11

Daniel 11 explained

11:1

Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to

confirm and to strengthen him.

11:2

And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up origin or lineage of the antichrist

yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they

all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against Xerxes 486-465 bc fourth king of Persia (Iran) will stir up all against Grecia

the realm of Grecia. (western countries?) ORIGINAL WORD IS YAWAN OR JAVAN GENERALLY

11:3 ROMAN OR WESTERN PEOPLES SIMILAR MEANING FOR CHITTIM

And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great Alexander the great 332 – 130 bc

dominion, and do according to his will.

11:4

And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall 1. Ptolemaic Empire (South) 323 - 30 BC

2. Seleucid Empire (North) 323 - 130 BC

3. Roman / Byzantine Empire (West) 63 BC - 637 AD

4. Parthian / Sassanid Empire (East) 130 BC - 651 AD.

(dates are approx. for occupation of Middle East only)

be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his

posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his

kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.

11: Rashidun Caliphate, Muhammad and his initial successors,

5 who eventually conquered the entire Middle East. (622 - 661 AD)

And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; The powerful commander was Muawiyah, the governor of Syria,

and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion who revolted against Ali, assassinated him, and ruled the entire

shall be a great dominion. kingdom from Damascus. (661 - 750 AD)

11:

6 Muawiyah signed a treaty with Hasan, Ali’s son and Muhammad’s grandson. he

And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the died and his heir was rejected. However, he enticed Ja’da, Hasan’s wife,

king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to to poison him and come North. Yet, when she got there, she did not marry

make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; Muawiyah’s son, Yazid. She was ‘handed over’ to another to marry.

neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and Yazid’s ‘power did not last’ because he died and his heir was rejected.

they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that

strengthened her in these times.

11: The founder of the Fatimid Caliphate (909 - 1171) traced his ancestry

7 to Muhammad’s daughter, Fatimid, whose husband, Ali, and two sons were

But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, killed by the Sunni. They battled all the way to Baghdad and are said

which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of to have occupied it for two years. They built Cairo, Egypt, in 969,

the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail: to be the Southern capital.

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11:

And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their

princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and

he shall continue more years than the king of the north.

11:

So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall Genghis Khan amassed a huge empire, extending into eastern Persia,

return into his own land. but never attacked the Abbasids in Baghdad. He is unique in the fact

11:10 that he split his empire among many ‘sons’. The empire continued to

But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of spread from generation to generation. Hugalu Khan destroyed Baghdad,

great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass took the Northern kingdom in 1258 and approached Egypt

through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.

11:11

And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall As Hugalu pushed into Gaza, in 1260, his brother died, so he returned

come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and with most of his army to pick the next Great Khan (as was the custom).

he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given His remaining forces were attacked by the Mamluks, who gave the Mongols

into his hand. their 1st major defeat, and continued to push them out of Syria, later

11:12 that year.

And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be

lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall

not be strengthened by it.

11:13 Yet, Ghazan Khan, great-grandson of Hugalu, returned with a huge army

For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a and pushed south, as far as Gaza, again. Once again, circumstances made

multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after them turn back.

certain years with a great army and with much riches.

11:14 The Mamluks controled the South (1250-1517).

And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of The North split into Anatolia (Turkey) and Persia (Iran).

the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to Osman, founder of the Ottomans, who was Turkish and Sunni (like the Mamluks),

establish the vision; but they shall fall. had a vision of a great empire in 1277. However, in 1402, they were defeated

11:15 by Timur, from Persia, which delayed their expansion into the Middle East.

So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take The Ottoman Empire united the Middle East and ruled both North and South

the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not from 1517-1919. Mehmed II captured Constantinople and made it their capital

withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any in 1455. That city had not been defeated since it was built, by the Romans,

strength to withstand. in 330 AD.

11:16

But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will,

and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious Selim I had captured Syria and Palestine by 1516.

land, which by his hand shall be consumed.

11:17

He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole From there, he offered a deal to the Mamluks in Cairo, perhaps because they were

kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall both Turkish and Sunni (”own people” in vs.14 above). Details of the marriage

give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not are scarce, perhaps because the deal didn’t go through and Cairo was taken by

stand on his side, neither be for him. force, anyway. [William Muir 1896]

11:18

After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: By 1571, the Ottomans had established dominance around the “coastlands of

but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by the Mediterranean” but then they eased their ambitions for a while.

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him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn In 1656, the Koprulus became in charge of military affairs and invaded Europe.

upon him. The Ottomans were eventually beaten and lost considerable territory, including Hungary.

11:19 In the 1800’s, the Ottomans initiated a defensive policy but continued to lose

Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he territory on all fronts.They were inadvertently swept into WWI, on the side of

shall stumble and fall, and not be found. Germany, and the Ottoman Empire was ‘seen no more’.

11:20

Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the The British and French split the Middle East into national boundaries and assigned leaders.

kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in The British were instrumental in striking oil and got rich in Iraq but most of the oil

anger, nor in battle. wells were nationalized in 1961. In 1972, the last disputes were settled in intl. courts.

11:21

And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall Ayatollah Khomeini incited huge demonstrations that eventually overran the Shah’s forces,

not give the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, even though he was exiled to Paris. He was hailed as Supreme Leader and revered as

and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. almost ‘divine’, but never royalty.

11:22

And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before

him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.

11:23

And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for

he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.

11:24

He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the

province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor

his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and

spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the

strong holds, even for a time.

11:25

And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of

the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be

stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall

not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.

11:26

Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him,

and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.

11:27

And both of these kings’ hearts shall be to do mischief, and they

shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the

end shall be at the time appointed.

11:28

Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart

shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and

return to his own land.

11:29

At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; START OF LATTER DAYS

but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.

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11:30

For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall The USA intervenes stopping the antichrist?

be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy Notice: the USA is not with the UN

covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence

with them that forsake the holy covenant.

11:31

And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the

sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and MID WEEK ABOMINATION

they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.

11:32

And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by

flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong,

and do exploits.

11:33

And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: Persecution of the church

yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and

by spoil, many days.

11:34

Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help:

but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.

11:35

And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to

purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end:

because it is yet for a time appointed.

11:36

And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt Anti Christ saying he is God

himself, and magnify himself above every God, and shall speak

marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the

indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be

done.

11:37

Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of

women, nor regard any God: for he shall magnify himself above all.

11:38

But in his estate shall he honor the God of forces: and a God whom

his fathers knew not shall he honor with gold, and silver, and with

precious stones, and pleasant things.

11:39

Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange God,

whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall

cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.

11:40

And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him:

and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind,

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with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he

shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

11:41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall

be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom,

and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. SAFE COUNTRIES: EDOM = JORDAN/SOUTHEAST ISRAEL

11:42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the AMMON = JORDAN

land of Egypt shall not escape. MOAB = JORDAN

11:43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver,

and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the

Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

11:44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him:

therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to

make away many.

11:45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in

the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none

shall help him.

CHAPTER 12

12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which

standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of

trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that ALIEN WAR End 70^th week

same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one

that shall be found written in the book.

12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,

some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting

contempt.

12:3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the

firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars

for ever and ever.

12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to

the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall

be increased.

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12:5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one

on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of

the bank of the river.

12:6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the

waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these

wonders?

12:7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters

of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto

heaven, and swear by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a

time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to 3.5 YEARS

scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be

finished.

12:8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what

shall be the end of these things?

12:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and

sealed till the time of the end.

12:10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked

shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the

wise shall understand.

12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and

the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a

thousand two hundred and ninety days. (1290=3.5 YEARS DAN 8:11) 1290 DAYS FROM

12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three SACRIFICE TAKEN AWAY TO scatter the power of

hundred and five and thirty days. THE HOLY people

12:13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand (1335 days 45 days after 1290)

in thy lot at the end of the days.

Sacrifice taken away8:11

3.66 years 12:12

3.5 years rule of last king 7:25

Abomination set up 12:11

Sanctuary clensed 8:12

God’s dominion established and Christ’s return 7:14

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The Book of

HOSEA

CHAPTER 1

The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in

the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, (810-726 BC)

and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD

said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and

children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great

whoredom, departing from the LORD.

So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which

conceived, and bare him a son.

And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little

while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of

Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of

Israel, in the valley of Jezreel.

And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto

him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon

the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. (conquering of the northern kingdom by Assyria)

But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them

by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by

sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. (release of Jews by Babylon)

Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a

son.

Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people,

and I will not be your God.

1:10

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the

sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to

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pass, that in the place (Land of Judea) where it was said unto them, Ye are not my

people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the (in Israel )

living God.

1:11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be (1946 - 48)

gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall

come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

CHAPTER 2

2:1 Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

2:2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I

her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her

sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

2:3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born,

and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay

her with thirst.

2:4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the

children of whoredoms.

2:5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them

hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that

give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil

and my drink.

2:6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make

a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

2:7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake

them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall

she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it

better with me than now.

2:8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and

multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.

2:9 Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof,

and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and

my flax given to cover her nakedness.

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2:10

And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and

none shall deliver her out of mine hand.

2:11

I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new

moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.

2:12

And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath

said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I

will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

2:13

And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned

incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her

jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the

LORD.

2:14

Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the

wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

2:15

And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of

Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of

her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of

Egypt.

2:16

And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me

Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.

2:17

For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and

they shall no more be remembered by their name.

2:18

And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of

the field and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things

of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the

battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

2:19

And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee (after the 70^th week)

unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness,

and in mercies.

2:20

I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt

know the LORD.

2:21

And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD,

I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;

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2:22

And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and

they shall hear Jezreel.

2:23

And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy

upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them

which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall

say, Thou art my God.

CHAPTER 3

Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of

her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD

toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love

flagons of wine.

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer

of barley, and an half homer of barley:

And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt

not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I

also be for thee.

For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and

without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image,

and without an ephod, and without teraphim:

Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD

their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his

goodness in the latter days.

CHAPTER 4

Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD

hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there

is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing

adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein

shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of

heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

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Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as

they that strive with the priest.

Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall

with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast

rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no

priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will

also forget thy children.

As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I

change their glory into shame.

They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their

iniquity.

And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them

for their ways, and reward them their doings.

4:10

For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit

whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to

take heed to the LORD.

4:11

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

4:12

My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth

unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err,

and they have gone a whoring from under their God.

4:13

They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense

upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the

shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit

whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

4:14

I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom,

nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are

separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore

the people that doth not understand shall fall.

4:15

Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and

come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear,

The LORD liveth.

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4:16

For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will

feed them as a lamb in a large place.

4:17

Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

4:18

Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually:

her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.

4:19

The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be

ashamed because of their sacrifices.

CHAPTER 5

Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give

ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because

ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have

been a rebuker of them all.

I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O

Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.

They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the

spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not

known the LORD.

And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall

Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with

them.

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the

LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself

from them.

They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have

begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with

their portions.

Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud

at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.

Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of

Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

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5:10

The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound:

therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

5:11

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly

walked after the commandment.

5:12

Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of

Judah as rottenness.

5:13

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then

went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he

not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

5:14

For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the

house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away,

and none shall rescue him.

5:15

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their Enlil went home

offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me

early.

CHAPTER 6

Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he

will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us (after 2000 years…2070/71,-revival)

up, and we shall live in his sight.

Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going

forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the

rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do

unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the

early dew it goeth away.

Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them

by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that

goeth forth.

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God

more than burnt offerings.

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6:7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they

dealt treacherously against me.

6:8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with

blood.

6:9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of

priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

6:10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the

whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

6:11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the

captivity of my people.

CHAPTER 7

7:1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was

discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit

falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers

spoileth without.

7:2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their

wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are

before my face.

7:3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes

with their lies.

7:4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who

ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be

leavened.

7:5 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles

of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.

7:6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie

in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth

as a flaming fire.

7:7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all

their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto

me.

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Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a

cake not turned.

Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea,

gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

7:10

And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return

to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.

7:11

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt,

they go to Assyria.

7:12

When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring

them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their

congregation hath heard.

7:13

Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto

them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have

redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

7:14

And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they

howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and

wine, and they rebel against me.

7:15

Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they

imagine mischief against me.

7:16

They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful

bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their

tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

CHAPTER 8

Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the

house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant,

and trespassed against my law.

Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.

Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue

him.

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They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes,

and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made

them idols, that they may be cut off.

Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled

against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not

God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it

hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the

strangers shall swallow it up.

Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a

vessel wherein is no pleasure.

For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself:

Ephraim hath hired lovers.

8:10

Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather

them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of

princes.

8:11

Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto

him to sin.

8:12

I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were

counted as a strange thing.

8:13

They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it;

but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their

iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

8:14

For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and

Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his

cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

CHAPTER 9

Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a

whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every

cornfloor.

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The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine

shall fail in her.

They shall not dwell in the LORD’s land; but Ephraim shall return

to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they

be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the

bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their

bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.

What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of

the LORD?

For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather

them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their

silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their

tabernacles.

The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come;

Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad,

for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.

The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a

snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his

God.

They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah:

therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.

9:10

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as

the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to

Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their

abominations were according as they loved.

9:11

As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the

birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.

9:12

Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that

there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart

from them!

9:13

Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but

Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.

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9:14

Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying

womb and dry breasts.

9:15

All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the

wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I

will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.

9:16

Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit:

yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit

of their womb.

9:17

My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto

him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

CHAPTER 10

10:

Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself:

according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars;

according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly

images.

10:

Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall

break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

10:

For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not

the LORD; what then should a king do to us?

10:

They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant:

thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

10:

The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of

Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the

priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it

is departed from it.

10:

It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb:

Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his

own counsel.

10:

As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.

10:

The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed:

the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they

shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

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10:

O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they

stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not

overtake them.

10:10

It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall

be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their

two furrows.

10:11

And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out

the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim

to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.

10:12

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your

fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and

rain righteousness upon you.

10:13

Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have

eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the

multitude of thy mighty men.

10:14

Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy

fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day

of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.

10:15

So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a

morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.

CHAPTER 11

11:

When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of

Egypt.

11:

As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto

Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

11:

I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they

knew not that I healed them.

11:

I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to

them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat

unto them.

11:

He shall not return into the land of Egypt, and the Assyrian shall

be his king, because they refused to return.

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11:

And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his

branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

11:

And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called

them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.

11:

How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel?

how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim?

mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

11:

I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to

destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the

midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.

11:10

They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he

shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

11:11

They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the

land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the

LORD.

11:12

Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel

with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the

saints.

CHAPTER 12

12:

Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he

daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant

with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

12:

The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish

Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he

recompense him.

12:

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength

he had power with God:

12:

Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and

made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he

spake with us;

12:

Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.

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12:6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and

wait on thy God continually.

12:7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to

oppress.

12:8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out

substance: in all my labors they shall find none iniquity in me that

were sin.

12:9 And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet

make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn

feast.

12:10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions,

and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

12:11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice

bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of

the fields.

12:12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a

wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

12:13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a

prophet was he preserved.

12:14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he

leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return

unto him.

CHAPTER 13

13:1 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but

when he offended in Baal, he died.

13:2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten

images of their silver, and idols according to their own

understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of

them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

13:3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew

that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind

out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

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13:

Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou

shalt know no God but me: for there is no savior beside me.

13:

I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

13:

According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled,

and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

13:

Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way

will I observe them:

13:

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will

rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion:

the wild beast shall tear them.

13:

O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.

13:10

I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy

cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and

princes?

13:11

I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.

13:12

The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.

13:13

The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an

unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking

forth of children.

13:14

I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them

from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy

destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

13:15

Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come,

the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his

spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall

spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

13:16

Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her

God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in

pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

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CHAPTER 14

14:

O israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by

thine iniquity.

14:

Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take

away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the

calves of our lips.

14:

Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will

we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in

thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

14:

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger

is turned away from him.

14:

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast

forth his roots as Lebanon.

14:

His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree,

and his smell as Lebanon.

14:

They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as

the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the

wine of Lebanon.

14:

Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have

heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is

thy fruit found.

14:

Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he

shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just

shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

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The Book of

JOEL

CHAPTER 1

The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land.

Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children,

and their children another generation.

That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and

that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that

which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine,

because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without

number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek

teeth of a great lion.

He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it

clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.

Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her

youth.

The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house

of the LORD; the priests, the LORD’s ministers, mourn.

1:10

The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the

new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

1:11

Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for

the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is

perished.

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1:12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate

tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the

field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of

men.

1:13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the

altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for

the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the

house of your God.

1:14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all

the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God,

and cry unto the LORD,

1:15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a

destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

1:16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from

the house of our God?

1:17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, FIRE FROM PLANET X PASSING

the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

1:18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because

they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

1:19 O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures

of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the

field.

1:20 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters

are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the

wilderness.

CHAPTER 2

2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy

mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of

the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

2:2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick

darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great

Chapters 1&2 describe the 6^th trumpet in Revelation after the passing of Planet X

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people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall

be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the

land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a

desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as

horsemen, so shall they run.

Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap,

like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a

strong people set in battle array.

Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall

gather blackness.

They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men

of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall

not break their ranks:

Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his

path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be

wounded.

They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall,

they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the

windows like a thief.

2:10

The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the

sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their

shining:

2:11

And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp

is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day

of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?

2:12

Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all

your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

2:13

And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the

LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger,

and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

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2:14

Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing

behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the

LORD your God?

2:15

Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:

2:16

Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders,

gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the

bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

2:17

Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the

porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD,

and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule

over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is

their God?

2:18

Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.

2:19

Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will

send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied

therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the

heathen:

2:20

But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will

drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the

east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink

shall come up, and his ill savor shall come up, because he hath done

great things.

2:21

Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great

things.

2:22

Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the

wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and

the vine do yield their strength.

2:23

Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your

God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will

cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter

rain in the first month.

2:24

And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow

with wine and oil.

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2:25

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the ISRAEL RESTORED

cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great

army which I sent among you.

2:26

And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of

the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and

my people shall never be ashamed.

2:27

And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am

the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be

ashamed.

2:28

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit IN LATTER DAYS PEOPLE ARE SPIRITUAL

upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see

visions:

2:29

And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days

will I pour out my spirit.

2:30

And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, PLANET X

and fire, and pillars of smoke.

2:31

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood,

before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.

2:32

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of DELIVERANCE IN JERUSALEM

the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem

shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant

whom the LORD shall call.

CHAPTER 3

For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM

again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat?

valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my

people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered

among the nations, and parted my land.

And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an

harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

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Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all

the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye

recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your

recompence upon your own head;

Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into

your temples my goodly pleasant things:

The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye

sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their

border.

Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold

them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:

And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the

children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a

people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.

Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the

mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:

3:10

Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into

spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

3:11

Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather

yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to

come down, O LORD.

3:12

Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of valley of Jehoshaphat-JUDGEMENT

Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round

about.

3:13

Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down;

for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

3:14

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the

LORD is near in the valley of decision.

3:15

The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall

withdraw their shining.

3:16

The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from

Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the

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LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the

children of Israel.

3:17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion,

my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no

strangers pass through her any more.

3:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall

drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the

rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come

forth out of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of

Shittim.

3:19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate

wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because

they have shed innocent blood in their land.

3:20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to

generation.

3:21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the

LORD dwelleth in Zion.

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The Book of

AMOS

CHAPTER 1

1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which

he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and

in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years

before the earthquake.

1:2 And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice

from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn,

and the top of Carmel shall wither.

1:3 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and

for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they

have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

1:4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour FIRE ON DAMASCUS

the palaces of Benhadad.

1:5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant

from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the

house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto SYRIA INTO CAPTIVITY

Kir, saith the LORD.

1:6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for FIRE ON GAZA

four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they

carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to

Edom:

1:7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the

palaces thereof:

1:8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that

holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand

against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith remnant of the Philistines shall perish

the Lord GOD.

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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for FIRE ON TYRUS

four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they

delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the

brotherly covenant:

1:10

But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the

palaces thereof.

1:11

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for

four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did

pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his

anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:

1:12

But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces

of Bozrah.

1:13

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of

Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof;

because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that

they might enlarge their border:

1:14

But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the FIRE ON RABBAH

palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest

in the day of the whirlwind:

1:15

And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together,

saith the LORD.

CHAPTER 2

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for

four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he

burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of FIRE ON MOAB

Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with

the sound of the trumpet:

And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all

the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for

four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they

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have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his

commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which

their fathers have walked:

2:5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of FIRE ON JUDAH

Jerusalem.

2:6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for

four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they

sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

2:7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and

turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in

unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

2:8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by

every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house

of their God.

2:9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like

the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I

destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

2:10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty ISRAEL HUMBLED

years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

2:11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men

for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the

LORD.

2:12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the

prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

2:13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of

sheaves.

2:14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall

not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

2:15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of

foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse

deliver himself.

2:16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked

in that day, saith the LORD.

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CHAPTER 3

Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O

children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up

from the land of Egypt, saying,

You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I

will punish you for all your iniquities.

Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young

lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him?

shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at

all?

Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid?

shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?

Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret

unto his servants the prophets.

The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath

spoken, who can but prophesy?

Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of

Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of

Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the

oppressed in the midst thereof.

3:10

For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up

violence and robbery in their palaces.

3:11

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be

even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength

from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.

3:12

Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of

the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel

be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in

Damascus in a couch.

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3:13

Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD,

the God of hosts,

3:14

That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon

him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar

shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.

3:15

And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the

houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end,

saith the LORD.

CHAPTER 4

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of

Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which

say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall

come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your

posterity with fishhooks.

And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is

before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD.

Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression;

and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three

years:

And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and

publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of

Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and

want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me,

saith the LORD.

And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet

three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city,

and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained

upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

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So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but

they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the

LORD.

I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens

and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees

increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not

returned unto me, saith the LORD.

4:10

I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt:

your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away

your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up

unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the

LORD.

4:11

I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and

Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning:

yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

4:12

Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do

this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

4:13

For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and

declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning

darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The

LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.

CHAPTER 5

Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation,

O house of Israel.

The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken

upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a

thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an

hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and

ye shall live:

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But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to

Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall

come to nought.

Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the

house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in

Bethel.

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness

in the earth,

Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the

shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with

night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out

upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:

That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the

spoiled shall come against the fortress.

5:10

They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that

speaketh uprightly.

5:11

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take

from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone,

but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards,

but ye shall not drink wine of them.

5:12

For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins:

they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor

in the gate from their right.

5:13

Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an

evil time.

5:14

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the

God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

5:15

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate:

it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the

remnant of Joseph.

5:16

Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus;

Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the

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highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to

mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

5:17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee,

saith the LORD.

5:18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it

for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.

5:19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into

the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

5:20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even

very dark, and no brightness in it?

5:21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your

solemn assemblies.

5:22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will

not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your

fat beasts.

5:23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear

the melody of thy viols.

5:24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a

mighty stream.

5:25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness

forty years, O house of Israel?

5:26 But ye have born the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your

images, the star of your God, which ye made to yourselves.

5:27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,

saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.

CHAPTER 6

6:1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of

Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house

of Israel came!

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Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the

great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than

these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?

Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to

come near;

That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their

couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of

the midst of the stall;

That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves

instruments of musick, like David;

That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief

ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive,

and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be

removed.

The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God

of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces:

therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.

And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house,

that they shall die.

6:10

And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to

bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is

by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall

say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make

mention of the name of the LORD.

6:11

For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great

house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

6:12

Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for

ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness

into hemlock:

6:13

Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not

taken to us horns by our own strength?

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6:14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel,

saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from

the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.

CHAPTER 7

7:1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed

grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter

growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.

7:2 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the

grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee:

by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

7:3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

7:4 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord

GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and

did eat up a part.

7:5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall

Jacob arise? for he is small.

7:6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord

GOD.

7:7 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the LORD stood upon a wall

made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

7:8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said,

A plumbline. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumbline

in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any

more:

7:9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries

of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of

Jeroboam with the sword.

7:10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel,

saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house

of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

7:11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel

shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.

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7:12

Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away

into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

7:13

But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king’s

chapel, and it is the king’s court.

7:14

Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet,

neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer

of sycomore fruit:

7:15

And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD

said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

7:16

Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest,

Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the

house of Isaac.

7:17

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the

city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and

thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted

land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.

CHAPTER 8

Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of

summer fruit.

And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of

summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon

my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.

And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the

Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they

shall cast them forth with silence.

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor

of the land to fail,

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn?

and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah

small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of

shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

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The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will

never forget any of their works.

Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that

dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall

be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I

will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth

in the clear day:

8:10

And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into

lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and

baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an

only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

8:11

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a

famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but

of hearing the words of the LORD:

8:12

And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to

the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD,

and shall not find it.

8:13

In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.

8:14

They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy God, O Dan,

liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall,

and never rise up again.

CHAPTER 9

I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the

lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the

head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword:

he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of

them shall not be delivered.

Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them;

though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will

search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my

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sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent,

and he shall bite them:

9:4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will

I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine

eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

9:5 And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it

shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up

wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of

Egypt.

9:6 It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his

troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and

poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his

name.

9:7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of

Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the

land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians

from Kir?

9:8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom,

and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will

not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.

9:9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all

nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain

fall upon the earth.

9:10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say,

The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

9:11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and

close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I

will build it as in the days of old:

9:12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the

heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth

this.

9:13 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall

overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth

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seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills

shall melt.

9:14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and

they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall

plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make

gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

9:15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be

pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the

LORD thy God.

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The Book of

OBADIAH

The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning

Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an

ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up

against her in battle.

Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly

despised.

The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in

the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his

heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy

nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the

LORD.

If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!)

would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the

grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?

How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things

sought up!

All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the

border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee,

and prevailed against thee; that they eat thy bread have laid a

wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.

Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men

out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that

every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

1:10

For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee,

and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

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1:11

In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the

strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered

into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one

of them.

1:12

But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in

the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have

rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction;

neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

1:13

Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the

day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their

affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their

substance in the day of their calamity;

1:14

Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off

those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered

up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.

1:15

For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast

done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine

own head.

1:16

For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the

heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall

swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.

1:17

But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be

holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

1:18

And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a

flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in

them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the

house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.

1:19

And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they

of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of

Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess

Gilead.

1:20

And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall

possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the

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captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the

cities of the south.

1:21

And saviors shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of

Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’s.

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The Book of

JONAH

CHAPTER 1

1:1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai,

saying,

1:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their

wickedness is come up before me.

1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the

LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to

Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go

with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

1:4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a

mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

1:5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his God,

and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to

lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the

ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

1:6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest

thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will

think upon us, that we perish not.

1:7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots,

that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they

cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

1:8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause

this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest

thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?

1:9 And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the

God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.

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1:10

Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him. Why

hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the

presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

1:11

Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea

may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.

1:12

And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea;

so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this

great tempest is upon you.

1:13

Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they

could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

1:14

Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee,

O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and

lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it

pleased thee.

1:15

So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea

ceased from her raging.

1:16

Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice

unto the LORD, and made vows.

1:17

Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.

And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

CHAPTER 2

Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,

And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and

he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my

voice.

For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and

the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves

passed over me.

Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward

thy holy temple.

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The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth

closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her

bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from

corruption, O LORD my God.

When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my

prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will

pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

2:10

And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon

the dry land.

CHAPTER 3

And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time,

saying,

Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the

preaching that I bid thee.

So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of

the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three

days’ journey.

And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he

cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and

put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of

them.

For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his

throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with

sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh

by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man

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nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor

drink water:

3:8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily

unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from

the violence that is in their hands.

3:9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his

fierce anger, that we perish not?

3:10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way;

and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do

unto them; and he did it not.

CHAPTER 4

4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

4:2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD,

was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore

I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious

God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and

repentest thee of the evil.

4:3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me;

for it is better for me to die than to live.

4:4 Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?

4:5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city,

and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he

might see what would become of the city.

4:6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up

over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him

from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.

4:7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day,

and it smote the gourd that it withered.

4:8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a

vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that

he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me

to die than to live.

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And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd?

And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

4:10

Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the

which thou hast not labored, neither madest it grow; which came

up in a night, and perished in a night:

4:11

And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more

then sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their

right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

1899

MICAH

CHAPTER 1

1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the

days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw

concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

1:2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let

the Lord GOD be witness against you, the LORD from his holy

temple.

1:3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will

come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

1:4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall

be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured

down a steep place.

1:5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the

house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not

Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not

Jerusalem?

1:6 Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as

plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof

into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.

1:7 And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all

the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols

thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an

harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.

1:8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will

make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

1:9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come

unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

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1:10

Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of

Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.

1:11

Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked:

the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of

Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing.

1:12

For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil

came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.

1:13

O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast:

she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the

transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

1:14

Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of

Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.

1:15

Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he

shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.

1:16

Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy

baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

CHAPTER 2

Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds!

when the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the

power of their hand.

And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and

take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man

and his heritage.

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I

devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither

shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.

In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament

with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath

changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from

me! turning away he hath divided our fields.

Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the

congregation of the LORD.

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Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not

prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the

LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good

to him that walketh uprightly?

Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the

robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men

averse from war.

The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant

houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.

2:10

Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is

polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.

2:11

If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will

prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be

the prophet of this people.

2:12

I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the

remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah,

as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise

by reason of the multitude of men.

2:13

The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and

have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king

shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.

CHAPTER 3

And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of

the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?

Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from

off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off

them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for

the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

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Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he

will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have

behaved themselves ill in their doings.

Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my

people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that

putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.

Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision;

and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun

shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over

them.

Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea,

they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.

But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of

judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and

to Israel his sin.

Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes

of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

3:10

They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

3:11

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach

for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they

lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none

evil can come upon us.

3:12

Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and

Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as

the high places of the forest.

CHAPTER 4

But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the LATTER DAYS JERUSALEM REVERED

house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the

mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall

flow unto it.

And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to

the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob;

1903

and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for

the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from

Jerusalem.

4:3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations

afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their PEACE

spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against

nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

4:4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree;

and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of

hosts hath spoken it.

4:5 For all people will walk every one in the name of his God, and we

will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.

4:6 In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I

will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;

4:7 And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far

off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount

Zion from henceforth, even for ever.

4:8 And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of

Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom

shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.

4:9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy

counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in

travail.

4:10 Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a

woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and

thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon;

there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee

from the hand of thine enemies.

4:11 Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her

be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.

4:12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand

they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the

floor.

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4:13

Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn

iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces

many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and

their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

CHAPTER 5

Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid

siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon

the cheek.

But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the CHRIST FROM Bethlehem

thousandS OF judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me

that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of

old, from everlasting.

Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which

travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall

return unto the children of Israel.

And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the

majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide:

for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come

into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we

raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the

land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us

from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he

treadeth within our borders.

And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a

dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth

not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst

of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young

lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both

treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

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5:9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine

enemies shall be cut off.

5:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will

cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy

chariots:

5:11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy

strong holds:

5:12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt

have no more soothsayers:

5:13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out

of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of

thine hands.

5:14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I

destroy thy cities.

5:15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen,

such as they have not heard.

CHAPTER 6

6:1 Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the

mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

6:2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD’s controversy, and ye strong

foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with

his people, and he will plead with Israel.

6:3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I

wearied thee? testify against me.

6:4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee

out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron,

and Miriam.

6:5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted,

and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto

Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.

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Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before

the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with

calves of a year old?

Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten

thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my

transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the

LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to

walk humbly with thy God?

The LORD’s voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom

shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

6:10

Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the

wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

6:11

Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag

of deceitful weights?

6:12

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants

thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their

mouth.

6:13

Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee

desolate because of thy sins.

6:14

Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be

in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver;

and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.

6:15

Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the

olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but

shalt not drink wine.

6:16

For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of

Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a

desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall

bear the reproach of my people.

1907

CHAPTER 7

7:1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits,

as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my

soul desired the firstripe fruit.

7:2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none

upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every

man his brother with a net.

7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince

asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he

uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

7:4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a

thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh;

now shall be their perplexity.

7:5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the

doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

7:6 For the son dishonoreth the father, the daughter riseth up against

her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s

enemies are the men of his own house.

7:7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of

my salvation: my God will hear me.

7:8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise;

when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.

7:9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned

against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me:

he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his

righteousness.

7:10 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her

which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall

behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the

streets.

7:11 In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree

be far removed.

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7:12

In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from

the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from

sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

7:13

Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that

dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

7:14

Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which

dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed

in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

7:15

According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I

shew unto him marvellous things.

7:16

The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they

shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

7:17

They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their

holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our

God, and shall fear because of thee.

7:18

Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth

by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not

his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

7:19

He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will

subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the

depths of the sea.

7:20

Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham,

which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

1909

The Book of

NAHUM

CHAPTER 1

The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the

Elkoshite.

God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and

is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he

reserveth wrath for his enemies.

The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all

acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in

the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers:

Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon

languisheth.

The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is

burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the

fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the

rocks are thrown down by him.

The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he

knoweth them that trust in him.

But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the

place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end:

affliction shall not rise up the second time.

1:10

For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are

drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

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1:11

There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the

LORD, a wicked counsellor.

1:12

Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many,

yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through.

Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

1:13

For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy

bonds in sunder.

1:14

And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that

no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I

cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy

grave; for thou art vile.

1:15

Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good

tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts,

perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee;

he is utterly cut off.

CHAPTER 2

He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the

munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power

mightily.

For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the

excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and

marred their vine branches.

The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in

scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his

preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.

The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against

another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall

run like the lightnings.

He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk;

they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be

prepared.

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The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be

dissolved.

And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up,

and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering

upon their breasts.

But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away.

Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none

end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.

2:10

She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the

knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of

them all gather blackness.

2:11

Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the

young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the

lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?

2:12

The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangeld for

his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with

ravin.

2:13

Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn

her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young

lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of

thy messengers shall no more be heard.

CHAPTER 3

Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey

departeth not;

The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and

of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering

spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of

carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon

their corpses:

1912

Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavored

harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her

whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will

discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy

nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and

will set thee as a gazingstock.

And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall

flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan

her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the

rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the

sea, and her wall was from the sea?

Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and

Lubim were thy helpers.

3:10

Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young

children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and

they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were

bound in chains.

3:11

Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek

strength because of the enemy.

3:12

All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if

they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

3:13

Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of

thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall

devour thy bars.

3:14

Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into

clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

3:15

There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it

shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the

cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.

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3:16

Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the

cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.

3:17

Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great

grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when

the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where

they are.

3:18

Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell

in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no

man gathereth them.

3:19

There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that

hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon

whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?

1914

The Book of

HABAKKUK

CHAPTER 1

The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.

O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry

out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold

grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are

that raise up strife and contention.

Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for

the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong

judgment proceedeth.

Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously:

for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe,

though it be told you.

For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation,

which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the

dwellingplaces that are not their’s.

They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity

shall proceed of themselves.

Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce

than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread

themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly

as the eagle that hasteth to eat.

They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east

wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.

1:10

And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn

unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap

dust, and take it.

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1:11

Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend,

imputing this his power unto his God.

1:12

Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One?

we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment;

and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.

1:13

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on

iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal

treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth

the man that is more righteous than he?

1:14

And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things,

that have no ruler over them?

1:15

They take up all of them with the angel, they catch them in their

net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are

glad.

1:16

Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their

drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat

plenteous.

1:17

Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to

slay the nations?

CHAPTER 2

I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will

watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer

when I am reproved.

And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make

it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall

speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely

come, it will not tarry.

Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the

just shall live by his faith.

Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man,

neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as

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death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations,

and heapeth unto him all people:

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting

proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that

which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with

thick clay!

Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that

shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the

people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the

violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he

may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power

of evil!

2:10

Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many

people, and hast sinned against thy soul.

2:11

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the

timber shall answer it.

2:12

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city

by iniquity!

2:13

Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor

in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very

vanity?

2:14

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the

LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

2:15

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy

bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look

on their nakedness!

2:16

Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy

foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD’s right hand shall be

turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

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2:17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of

beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for

the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

2:18 What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven

it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his

work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

2:19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone,

Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and

there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

2:20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence

before him.

CHAPTER 3

3:1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.

3:2 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD,

revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years

make known; in wrath remember mercy.

3:3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran.

Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his

praise.

3:4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his

hand: and there was the hiding of his power.

3:5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his

feet.

3:6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the

nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the

perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.

3:7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land

of Midian did tremble.

3:8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger

against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst

ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?

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Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the

tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with

rivers.

3:10

The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the

water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands

on high.

3:11

The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of

thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.

3:12

Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh

the heathen in anger.

3:13

Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for

salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the

house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck.

Selah.

3:14

Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages:

they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as

to devour the poor secretly.

3:15

Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the

heap of great waters.

3:16

When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice:

rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I

might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the

people, he will invade them with his troops.

3:17

Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the

vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no

meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no

herd in the stalls:

3:18

Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my

salvation.

3:19

The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like

hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To

the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

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The Book of

ZEPHANIAH

CHAPTER 1

The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of

Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah,

in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.

I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the

heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the

wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.

I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the

inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal

from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;

And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops;

and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that

swear by Malcham;

And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that

have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.

Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of

the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he

hath bid his guests.

And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD’s sacrifice, that I

will punish the princes, and the king’s children, and all such as are

clothed with strange apparel.

In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the

threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

1:10

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there

shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from

the second, and a great crashing from the hills.

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1:11

Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are

cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.

1:12

And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem

with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that

say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do

evil.

1:13

Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a

desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and

they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.

1:14

The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly,

even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry

there bitterly.

1:15

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of

wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day

of clouds and thick darkness,

1:16

A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and

against the high towers.

1:17

And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind

men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood

shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.

1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the

day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by

the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of

all them that dwell in the land.

CHAPTER 2

Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not

desired;

Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff,

before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the

day of the LORD’s anger come upon you.

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Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought

his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall

be hid in the day of the LORD’s anger.

For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall

drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the

Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the

land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be

no inhabitant.

And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds,

and folds for flocks.

And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they

shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down

in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn

away their captivity.

I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children

of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and

magnified themselves against their border.

Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,

Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as

Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a

perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them,

and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

2:10

This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached

and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of

hosts.

2:11

The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the

gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his

place, even all the isles of the heathen.

2:12

Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.

2:13

And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy

Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a

wilderness.

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2:14

And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the

nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper

lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall

be in the thresholds; for he shall uncover the cedar work.

2:15

This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her

heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a

desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth

by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

CHAPTER 3

Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!

She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted

not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.

Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening

wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have

polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity:

every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not;

but the unjust knoweth no shame.

I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their

streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so

that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.

I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so

their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them:

but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.

Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I

rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations,

that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine

indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be

devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all

call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

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3:10

From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the

daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.

3:11

In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein

thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of

the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no

more be haughty because of my holy mountain.

3:12

I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people,

and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.

3:13

The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither

shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed

and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

3:14

Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with

all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

3:15

The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine

enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee:

thou shalt not see evil any more.

3:16

In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion,

Let not thine hands be slack.

3:17

The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he

will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy

over thee with singing.

3:18

I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who

are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

3:19

Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save

her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get

them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to

shame.

3:20

At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather

you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of

the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith

the LORD.

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The Book of

HAGGAI

CHAPTER 1

In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the

first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the

prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah,

and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The

time is not come, the time that the LORD’s house should be built.

Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,

Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this

house lie waste?

Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not

enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you,

but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to

put it into a bag with holes.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I

will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.

Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye brought

it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts.

Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto

his own house.

1:10

Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is

stayed from her fruit.

1:11

And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains,

and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and

upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and

upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands.

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1:12

Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of

Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people,

obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai

the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people

did fear before the LORD.

1:13

Then spake Haggai the LORD’s messenger in the LORD’s message

unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.

1:14

And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of

Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of

Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the

people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of

hosts, their God,

1:15

In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second

year of Darius the king.

CHAPTER 2

In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month,

came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying,

Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah,

and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the

residue of the people, saying,

Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and

how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as

nothing?

Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong,

O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye

people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you,

saith the LORD of hosts:

According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came

out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.

For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and

I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry

land;

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And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall

come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of

hosts.

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.

The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former,

saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith

the LORD of hosts.

2:10

In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second

year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the

prophet, saying,

2:11

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the

law, saying,

2:12

If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt

do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be

holy? And the priests answered and said, No.

2:13

Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any

of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It

shall be unclean.

2:14

Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this

nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their

hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

2:15

And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from

before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:

2:16

Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty

measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to

draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.

2:17

I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the

labors of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD.

2:18

Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and

twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the

foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid, consider it.

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2:19

Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree,

and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth:

from this day will I bless you.

2:20

And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and

twentieth day of the month, saying,

2:21

Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the

heavens and the earth;

2:22

And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy

the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow

the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their

riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

2:23

In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O

Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and

will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD

of hosts.

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THE BOOK OF

ZECHARIAH

CHAPTER 1

1:1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word

of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo

the prophet, saying,

1:2 The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.

1:3 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts;

Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto

you, saith the LORD of hosts.

1:4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have

cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from

your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear,

nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.

1:5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for

ever?

1:6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants

the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they

returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto

us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he

dealt with us.

1:7 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is

the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of

the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo

the prophet, saying,

1:8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he

stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind

him were there red horses, speckled, and white.

1:9 Then said I, O my Lord, what are these? And the angel that talked

with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.

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1:10

And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said,

These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro

through the earth.

1:11

And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the

myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the

earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.

1:12

Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts,

how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities

of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore

and ten years?

1:13

And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good

words and comfortable words.

1:14

So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou,

saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem

and for Zion with a great jealousy.

1:15

And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for

I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

1:16

Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with

mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and

a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

1:17

Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through

prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet

comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

1:18

Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.

1:19

And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And

he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah,

Israel, and Jerusalem.

1:20

And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.

1:21

Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These

are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift

up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns

of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to

scatter it.

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CHAPTER 2

2:1 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a

measuring line in his hand.

2:2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure

Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the

length thereof.

2:3 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another

angel went out to meet him,

2:4 And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying,

Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the

multitude of men and cattle therein:

2:5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about,

and will be the glory in the midst of her.

2:6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the

LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the

heaven, saith the LORD.

2:7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of

Babylon.

2:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me

unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you

toucheth the apple of his eye.

2:9 For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a

spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts

hath sent me.

2:10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will

dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.

2:11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and

shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou

shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

2:12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and

shall choose Jerusalem again.

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2:13

Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of

his holy habitation.

CHAPTER 3

And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel

of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan;

even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this

a brand plucked out of the fire?

Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before

the angel.

And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him,

saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he

said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I

will clothe thee with change of raiment.

And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a

fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the

angel of the LORD stood by.

And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and

if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house,

and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk

among these that stand by.

Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit

before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring

forth my servant the BRANCH.

For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone

shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith

the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in

one day.

3:10

In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his

neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.

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CHAPTER 4

And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a

man that is wakened out of his sleep.

And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and

behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and

his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps,

which are upon the top thereof:

And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and

the other upon the left side thereof.

So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying,

What are these, my Lord?

Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me,

Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my Lord.

Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of

the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power,

but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt

become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with

shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.

Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his

hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of

hosts hath sent me unto you.

4:10

For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall

rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with

those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro

through the whole earth.

4:11

Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees

upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side

thereof?

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4:12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive

branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil

out of themselves?

4:13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be?

And I said, No, my Lord.

4:14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the

LORD of the whole earth.

CHAPTER 5

5:1 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a

flying roll.

5:2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a

flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth

thereof ten cubits.

5:3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the

face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off

as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be

cut off as on that side according to it.

5:4 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into

the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth

falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house,

and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

5:5 Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me,

Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.

5:6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth

forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the

earth.

5:7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a

woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.

5:8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of

the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

5:9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out

two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings

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like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the

earth and the heaven.

5:10 Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear

the ephah?

5:11 And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and

it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.

CHAPTER 6

6:1 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold,

there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the

mountains were mountains of brass.

6:2 In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black

horses;

6:3 And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot

grisled and bay horses.

6:4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What

are these, my Lord?

6:5 And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four

spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the

LORD of all the earth.

6:6 The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country;

and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward

the south country.

6:7 And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to

and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and

fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.

6:8 Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these

that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the

north country.

6:9 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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6:10

Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of

Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same

day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;

6:11

Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the

head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;

6:12

And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts,

saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall

grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the

LORD:

6:13

Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the

glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest

upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them

both.

6:14

And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah,

and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of

the LORD.

6:15

And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the

LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me

unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey

the voice of the LORD your God.

CHAPTER 7

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the

word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the

ninth month, even in Chisleu;

When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and

Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,

And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the

LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the

fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many

years?

Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,

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Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying,

When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even

those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?

And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for

yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the

former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity,

and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the

south and the plain?

And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment,

and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

7:10

And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor

the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in

your heart.

7:11

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and

stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

7:12

Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should

hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in

his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath

from the LORD of hosts.

7:13

Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not

hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:

7:14

But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom

they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man

passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land

desolate.

CHAPTER 8

Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great

jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

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Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in

the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth;

and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old

women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his

staff in his hand for very age.

And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in

the streets thereof.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of

the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be

marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from

the east country, and from the west country;

And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of

Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in

truth and in righteousness.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that

hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets,

which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the

LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

8:10

For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for

beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in

because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his

neighbor.

8:11

But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the

former days, saith the LORD of hosts.

8:12

For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and

the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their

dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all

these things.

8:13

And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the

heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you,

and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.

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8:14

For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you,

when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of

hosts, and I repented not:

8:15

So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and

to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

8:16

These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth

to his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your

gates:

8:17

And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his

neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate,

saith the LORD.

8:18

And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying,

8:19

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and

the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the

tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful

feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.

8:20

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there

shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:

8:21

And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us

go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of

hosts: I will go also.

8:22

Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD

of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.

8:23

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass,

that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even

shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go

with you: for we have heard that God is with you.

CHAPTER 9

The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and

Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all

the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.

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And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it

be very wise.

And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as

the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in

the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very

sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the

king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of

the Philistines.

And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his

abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even

he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and

Ekron as a Jebusite.

And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because

of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no

oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen

with mine eyes.

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of

Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and

having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the

foal of an ass.

9:10

And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from

Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak

peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to

sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.

9:11

As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth

thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

9:12

Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do

I declare that I will render double unto thee;

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9:13

When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and

raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made

thee as the sword of a mighty man.

9:14

And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go

forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet,

and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.

9:15

The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and

subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as

through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners

of the altar.

9:16

And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock

of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up

as an ensign upon his land.

9:17

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn

shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

CHAPTER 10

10:

Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the

LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to

every one grass in the field.

10:

For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie,

and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they

went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was

no shepherd.

10:

Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the

goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of

Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.

10:

Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him

the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.

10:

And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies

in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because

the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be

confounded.

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10:

And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house

of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have

mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them

off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.

10:

And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart

shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be

glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.

10:

I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and

they shall increase as they have increased.

10:

And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember

me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn

again.

10:10

I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather

them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead

and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.

10:11

And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite

the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and

the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of

Egypt shall depart away.

10:12

And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up

and down in his name, saith the LORD.

CHAPTER 11

11:

Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

11:

Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are

spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is

come down.

11:

There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is

spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of

Jordan is spoiled.

11:

Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;

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11:

Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and

they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and

their own shepherds pity them not.

11:

For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the

LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor’s

hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land,

and out of their hand I will not deliver them.

11:

And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the

flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and

the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

11:

Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed

them, and their soul also abhorred me.

11:

Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that

that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one

the flesh of another.

11:10

And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might

break my covenant which I had made with all the people.

11:11

And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that

waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

11:12

And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if

not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.

11:13

And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly

price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of

silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.

11:14

Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break

the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

11:15

And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments

of a foolish shepherd.

11:16

For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit

those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that

that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the

flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.

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11:17

Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be

upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried

up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

CHAPTER 12

12:

The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD,

which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of

the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.

12:

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the

people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against

Judah and against Jerusalem.

12:

And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all

people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces,

though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.

12:

In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with

astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine

eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the

people with blindness.

12:

And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants

of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.

12:

In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire 1946?

among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall

devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the

left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even

in Jerusalem.

12:

The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of Judah first then jerusalem

the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do

not magnify themselves against Judah.

12:

In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and

the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD

before them.

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12:

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all

the nations that come against Jerusalem.

12:10

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants later days?

of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they

shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn

for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness

for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

12:11

In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the

mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.

12:12

And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the

house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the

house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;

12:13

The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the

family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;

12:14

All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives

apart.

CHAPTER 13

13:

In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David

and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.

13:

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts,

that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they

shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets

and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

13:

And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then

his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou

shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and

his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through

when he prophesieth.

13:

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be

ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither

shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:

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13:5 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man

taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

13:6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine

hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in

the house of my friends.

13:7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is

my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the

sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little

ones.

13:8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two 2/3^rd of all man die

parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left

therein.

13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them

as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call

on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and

they shall say, The LORD is my God.

CHAPTER 14

14:1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be

divided in the midst of thee.

14:2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city

shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and

half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the

people shall not be cut off from the city.

14:3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as

when he fought in the day of battle.

14:4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, The final battle faught in Jerusalem

which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives

shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the

west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the

mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the

south.

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14:

And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of

the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye

fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of

Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with

thee.

14:

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be

clear, nor dark:

14:

But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not

day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it

shall be light.

14:

And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from

Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them

toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

14:

And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall GOD, king of earth

there be one LORD, and his name one.

14:10

All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south

of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place,

from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the

corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s

winepresses.

14:11

And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter

destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

14:12

And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the

people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall

consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes

shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume

away in their mouth.

14:13

And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the

LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on

the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand

of his neighbor.

14:14

And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the

heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and

apparel, in great abundance.

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14:15

And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel,

and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as

this plague.

14:16

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the

nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to

year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the

feast of tabernacles.

14:17

And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of

the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts,

even upon them shall be no rain.

14:18

And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no

rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the

heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

14:19

This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all

nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

14:20

In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS

UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD’s house shall be

like the bowls before the altar.

14:21

Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the

LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of

them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the

Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.

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The Book of

MALACHI

CHAPTER 1

1:1 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.

1:2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou

loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I

loved Jacob,

1:3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for

the dragons of the wilderness.

1:4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and

build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall

build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border

of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath

indignation for ever.

1:5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be

magnified from the border of Israel.

1:6 A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a

father, where is mine honor? and if I be a master, where is my fear?

saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my

name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

1:7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have

we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is

contemptible.

1:8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer

the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor;

will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the

LORD of hosts.

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And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto

us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons?

saith the LORD of hosts.

1:10

Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for

nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no

pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an

offering at your hand.

1:11

For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the

same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every

place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering:

for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of

hosts.

1:12

But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is

polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.

1:13

Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at

it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn,

and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I

accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.

1:14

But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and

voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a

great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful

among the heathen.

CHAPTER 2

And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.

If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory

unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse

upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them

already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces,

even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away

with it.

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And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you,

that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to

him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my

name.

The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in

his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many

away from iniquity.

For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek

the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of

hosts.

But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to

stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith

the LORD of hosts.

Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all

the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been

partial in the law.

2:10

Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do

we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning

the covenant of our fathers?

2:11

Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in

Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the

LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange

God.

2:12

The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the

scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an

offering unto the LORD of hosts.

2:13

And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with

tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he

regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will

at your hand.

2:14

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness

between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast

2:15

2:16

2:17

3:1

3:2

3:3

3:4

3:5

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dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy

covenant.

And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And

wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take

heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife

of his youth.

For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting

away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD

of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not

treacherously.

Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein

have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is

good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or,

Where is the God of judgment?

CHAPTER 3

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way

before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to

his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight

in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand

when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’

soap:

And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall

purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that

they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.

Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the

LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift

witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against

false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his

wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the

stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

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For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are

not consumed.

Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine

ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will

return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein

shall we return?

Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein

have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole

nation.

3:10

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat

in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of

hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you

out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

3:11

And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not

destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her

fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

3:12

And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome

land, saith the LORD of hosts.

3:13

Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye

say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

3:14

Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we

have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully

before the LORD of hosts?

3:15

And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work

wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even

delivered.

3:16

Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and

the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was

written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that

thought upon his name.

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3:17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when

I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his

own son that serveth him.

3:18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the

wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him

not.

CHAPTER 4

4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the

proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day

that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it

shall leave them neither root nor branch.

4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness

arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up

as calves of the stall.

4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under

the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the

LORD of hosts.

4:4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded

unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the

great and dreadful day of the LORD:

4:6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the

heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth

with a curse.

The Gospel According to

MATTHEW

CHAPTER 1

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the

son of Abraham.

Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas

and his brethren;

And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat

Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;

And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and

Naasson begat Salmon;

And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth;

and Obed begat Jesse;

And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon

of her that had been the wife of Urias;

And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia

begat Asa;

And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram

begat Ozias;

And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz

begat Ezekias;

1:10

And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and

Amon begat Josias;

1:11

And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they

were carried away to Babylon:

1:12

And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel;

and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;

1:13

And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim

begat Azor;

1:14

And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat

Eliud;

1:15

And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan

begat Jacob;

1:16

And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born

Jesus, who is called Christ.

1:17

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen

generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon

are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon

unto Christ are fourteen generations.

1:18

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his

mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together,

she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

1:19

Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make

her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.

1:20

But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the

LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of

David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is

conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

1:21

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS:

for he shall save his people from their sins.

1:22

Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken

of the Lord by the prophet, saying,

1:23

Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and

they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God

with us.

1:24

Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord

had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:

1:25

And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and

he called his name JESUS.

CHAPTER 2

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of

Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to

Jerusalem,

Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen

his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and

all Jerusalem with him.

And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the

people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be

born.

And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is

written by the prophet,

And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among

the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that

shall rule my people Israel.

Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of

them diligently what time the star appeared.

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently

for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word

again, that I may come and worship him also.

When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star,

which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood

over where the young child was.

2:10

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

2:11

And when they were come into the house, they saw the young

child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him:

and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him

gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.

2:12

And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to

Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

2:13

And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord

appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young

child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I

bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy

him.

2:14

When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night,

and departed into Egypt:

2:15

And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled

which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of

Egypt have I called my son.

2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men,

was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that

were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old

and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of

the wise men.

2:17

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet,

saying,

2:18

In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and

great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be

comforted, because they are not.

2:19

But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth

in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

2:20

Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into

the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s

life.

2:21

And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came

into the land of Israel.

2:22

But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room

of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding,

being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of

Galilee:

2:23

And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be

fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a

Nazarene.

CHAPTER 3

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of

Judaea,

And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying,

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of

the Lord, make his paths straight.

And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern

girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region

round about Jordan,

And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his

baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath

warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our

father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise

up children unto Abraham.

3:10

And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore

every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and

cast into the fire.

3:11

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that

cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to

bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

3:12

Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and

gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with

unquenchable fire.

3:13

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be

baptized of him.

3:14

But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee,

and comest thou to me?

3:15

And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus

it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

3:16

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the

water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the

Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:

3:17

And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in

whom I am well pleased.

CHAPTER 4

Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be

tempted of the devil.

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was

afterward an hungred.

And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of

God, command that these stones be made bread.

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread

alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on

a pinnacle of the temple,

And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down:

for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and

in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash

thy foot against a stone.

Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the

Lord thy God.

Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and

sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt

fall down and worship me.

4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written,

Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou

serve.

4:11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered

unto him.

4:12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he

departed into Galilee;

4:13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is

upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:

4:14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet,

saying,

4:15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of

the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;

4:16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them

which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the

kingdom of heaven is at hand.

4:18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon

called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for

they were fishers.

4:19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of

men.

4:20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.

4:21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the

son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their

father, mending their nets; and he called them.

4:22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed

him.

4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and

preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of

sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

4:24

And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him

all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments,

and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were

lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

4:25

And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee,

and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and

from beyond Jordan.

CHAPTER 5

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when

he was set, his disciples came unto him:

And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for

they shall be filled.

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of

God.

5:10

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for

theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

5:11

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and

shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

5:12

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven:

for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

5:13

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor,

wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but

to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

5:14

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be

hid.

5:15

Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a

candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

5:16

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good

works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

5:17

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am

not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

5:18

For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or

one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

5:19

Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments,

and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of

heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be

called great in the kingdom of heaven.

5:20

For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed

the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case

enter into the kingdom of heaven.

5:21

Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not

kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

5:22

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother

without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever

shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but

whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

5:23

Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest

that thy brother hath ought against thee;

5:24

Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be

reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

5:25

Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way

with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge,

and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into

prison.

5:26

Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence,

till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

5:27

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not

commit adultery:

5:28

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust

after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

5:29

And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee:

for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish,

and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

5:30

And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee:

for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish,

and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

5:31

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give

her a writing of divorcement:

5:32

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife,

saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery:

and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth

adultery.

5:33

Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time,

Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord

thine oaths:

5:34

But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is

God’s throne:

5:35

Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it

is the city of the great King.

5:36

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make

one hair white or black.

5:37

But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for

whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

5:38

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth

for a tooth:

5:39

But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall

smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

5:40

And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let

him have thy cloak also.

5:41

And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

5:42

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of

thee turn not thou away.

5:43

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor,

and hate thine enemy.

5:44

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you,

do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which

despitefully use you, and persecute you;

5:45

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for

he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth

rain on the just and on the unjust.

5:46

For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not

even the publicans the same?

5:47

And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others?

do not even the publicans so?

5:48

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is

perfect.

CHAPTER 6

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them:

otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet

before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the

streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you,

They have their reward.

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy

right hand doeth:

That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in

secret himself shall reward thee openly.

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are:

for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners

of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you,

They have their reward.

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou

hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy

Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for

they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what

things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in

heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

6:10

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

6:11

Give us this day our daily bread.

6:12

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

6:13

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine

is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

6:14

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will

also forgive you:

6:15

But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father

forgive your trespasses.

6:16

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad

countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear

unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

6:17

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

6:18

That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which

is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee

openly.

6:19

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and

rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

6:20

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth

nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor

steal:

6:21

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

6:22

The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy The pineal gland

whole body shall be full of light.

6:23

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If

therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that

darkness!

6:24

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and

love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.

Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

6:25

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye

shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye

shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than

raiment?

6:26

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap,

nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are

ye not much better than they?

6:27

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

6:28

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the

field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

6:29

And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was

not arrayed like one of these.

6:30

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is,

and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe

you, O ye of little faith?

6:31

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What

shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

6:32

(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly

Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

6:33

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all

these things shall be added unto you.

6:34

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall

take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the

evil thereof.

CHAPTER 7

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with

what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but

considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out

of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and

then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s

eye.

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your

pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and

turn again and rend you.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it

shall be opened unto you:

For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;

and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he

give him a stone?

7:10

Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

7:11

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your

children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give

good things to them that ask him?

7:12

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to

you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

7:13

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the

way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in

thereat:

7:14

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth

unto life, and few there be that find it.

7:15

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing,

but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

7:16

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of

thorns, or figs of thistles?

7:17

Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree

bringeth forth evil fruit.

7:18

A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree

bring forth good fruit.

7:19

Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and

cast into the fire.

7:20

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

7:21

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the

kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which

is in heaven.

7:22

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not

prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and

in thy name done many wonderful works?

7:23

And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from

me, ye that work iniquity.

7:24

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth

them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon

a rock:

7:25

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew,

and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a

rock.

7:26

And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them

not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon

the sand:

7:27

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew,

and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

7:28

And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the

people were astonished at his doctrine:

7:29

For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

CHAPTER 8

When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes

followed him.

And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord,

if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be

thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way,

shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses

commanded, for a testimony unto them.

And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him

a centurion, beseeching him,

And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy,

grievously tormented.

And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.

The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou

shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my

servant shall be healed.

For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say

to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he

cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

8:10

When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed,

Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in

Israel.

8:11

And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west,

and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the

kingdom of heaven.

8:12

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer

darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

8:13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast

believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the

selfsame hour.

8:14 And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s

mother laid, and sick of a fever.

8:15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and

ministered unto them.

8:16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were

possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word,

and healed all that were sick:

8:17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet,

saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave

commandment to depart unto the other side.

8:19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow

thee whithersoever thou goest.

8:20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of

the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his

head.

8:21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to

go and bury my father.

8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their

dead.

8:23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.

8:24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that

the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

8:25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save

us: we perish.

8:26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?

Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a

great calm.

8:27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that

even the winds and the sea obey him!

8:28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the

Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out

of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that

way.

8:29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee,

Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before

the time?

8:30 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine

feeding.

8:31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to

go away into the herd of swine.

8:32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they

went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine

ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the

waters.

8:33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city,

and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the

devils.

8:34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when

they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their

coasts.

CHAPTER 9

9:1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own

city.

9:2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on

a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy;

Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.

9:3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This

man blasphemeth.

And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in

your hearts?

For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say,

Arise, and walk?

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to

forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up

thy bed, and go unto thine house.

And he arose, and departed to his house.

But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God,

which had given such power unto men.

And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named

Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him,

Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

9:10

And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold,

many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his

disciples.

9:11

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why

eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?

9:12

But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole

need not a physician, but they that are sick.

9:13

But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not

sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to

repentance.

9:14

Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and

the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

9:15

And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber

mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will

come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then

shall they fast.

9:16

No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that

which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is

made worse.

9:17

Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles

break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they

put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

9:18

While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain

ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead:

but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

9:19

And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.

9:20

And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood

twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his

garment:

9:21

For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall

be whole.

9:22

But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said,

Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And

the woman was made whole from that hour.

9:23

And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels

and the people making a noise,

9:24

He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but

sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

9:25

But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by

the hand, and the maid arose.

9:26

And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.

9:27

And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him,

crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.

9:28

And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him:

and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this?

They said unto him, Yea, Lord.

9:29

Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it

unto you.

9:30

And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them,

saying, See that no man know it.

9:31

But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all

that country.

9:32

As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man

possessed with a devil.

9:33

And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the

multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.

9:34

But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of

the devils.

9:35

And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their

synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing

every sickness and every disease among the people.

9:36

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion

on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep

having no shepherd.

9:37

Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous,

but the laborers are few;

9:38

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth

laborers into his harvest.

CHAPTER 10

10:

And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave

them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all

manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

10:

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon,

who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of

Zebedee, and John his brother;

10:

Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican;

James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was

Thaddaeus;

10:

Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

10:

These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go

not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the

Samaritans enter ye not:

10:

But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

10:

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

10:

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils:

freely ye have received, freely give.

10:

Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,

10:10

Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor

yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.

10:11

And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it

is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.

10:12

And when ye come into an house, salute it.

10:13

And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it

be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

10:14

And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when

ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

10:15

Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of

Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

10:16

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye

therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

10:17

But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils,

and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

10:18

And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake,

for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

10:19

But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye

shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye

shall speak.

10:20

For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which

speaketh in you.

10:21

And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father

the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and

cause them to be put to death.

10:22

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that

endureth to the end shall be saved.

10:23

But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for

verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of

Israel, till the Son of man be come.

10:24

The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his

Lord.

10:25

It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the

servant as his Lord. If they have called the master of the house

Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

10:26

Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not

be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

10:27

What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye

hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

10:28

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the

soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and

body in hell.

10:29

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not

fall on the ground without your Father.

10:30

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

10:31

Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

10:32

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I

confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

10:33

But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny

before my Father which is in heaven.

10:34

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to

send peace, but a sword.

10:35

For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the

daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her

mother in law.

10:36

And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.

10:37

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me:

and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of

me.

10:38

And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not

worthy of me.

10:39

He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for

my sake shall find it.

10:40

He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me

receiveth him that sent me.

10:41

He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a

prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the

name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.

10:42

And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a

cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto

you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

CHAPTER 11

11:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding

his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in

their cities.

11:2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he

sent two of his disciples,

11:3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look

for another?

11:4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those

things which ye do hear and see:

11:

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are

cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor

have the gospel preached to them.

11:

And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

11:

And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes

concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A

reed shaken with the wind?

11:

But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment?

behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.

11:

But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you,

and more than a prophet.

11:10

For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger

before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

11:11

Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there

hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he

that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

11:12

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of

heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

11:13

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

11:14

And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. John is the reincarnation of Elias/Elija

11:15

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

11:16

But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children

sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,

11:17

And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we

have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

11:18

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a

devil.

11:19

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a

man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and

sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

11:20

Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty

works were done, because they repented not:

11:21

Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the

mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and

Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

11:22

But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at

the day of judgment, than for you.

11:23

And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be

brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been

done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until

this day.

11:24

But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of

Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

11:25

At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord

of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the

wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

11:26

Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.

11:27

All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth

the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save

the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

11:28

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give

you rest.

11:29

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly

in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

11:30

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

CHAPTER 12

12:

At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and

his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn

and to eat.

12:

But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy

disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.

12:

But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he

was an hungred, and they that were with him;

12:

How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread,

which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were

with him, but only for the priests?

12:

Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the

priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

12:

But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the

temple.

12:

But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not

sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

12:

For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

12:

And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:

12:10

And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And

they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days?

that they might accuse him.

12:11

And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that

shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will

he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?

12:12

How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is

lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

12:13

Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he

stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

12:14

Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how

they might destroy him.

12:15

But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and

great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;

12:16

And charged them that they should not make him known:

12:17

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias 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 upon him, and he shall

shew judgment to the Gentiles.

12:19

He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in

the streets.

12:20

A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not

quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

12:21

And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.

12:22

Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and

dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both

spake and saw.

12:23

And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of

David?

12:24

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not

cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

12:25

And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every

kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every

city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

12:26

And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall

then his kingdom stand?

12:27

And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children

cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.

12:28

But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of

God is come unto you.

12:29

Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his

goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil

his house.

12:30

He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with

me scattereth abroad.

12:31

Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall

be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost

shall not be forgiven unto men.

12:32

And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be

forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it

shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world

to come.

12:33

Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree

corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

12:34

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things?

for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

12:35

A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth

good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth

evil things.

12:36

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak,

they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

12:37

For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou

shalt be condemned.

12:38

Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying,

Master, we would see a sign from thee.

12:39

But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous

generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it,

but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

12:40

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly;

so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart

of the earth.

12:41

The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and

shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas;

and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

12:42

The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this

generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost

parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a

greater than Solomon is here.

12:43

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through

dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

12:44

Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out;

and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

12:45

Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more

wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last

state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also

unto this wicked generation.

12:46

While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his

brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.

12:47

Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren

stand without, desiring to speak with thee.

12:48

But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my

mother? and who are my brethren?

12:49

And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said,

Behold my mother and my brethren!

12:50

For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven,

the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

CHAPTER 13

13:

The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.

13:

And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he

went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the

shore.

13:

And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a

sower went forth to sow;

13:

And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the

fowls came and devoured them up:

13:

Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and

forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

13:

And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they

had no root, they withered away.

13:

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked

them:

13:

But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an

hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

13:

Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

13:10

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou

unto them in parables?

13:11

He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to

know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not

given.

13:12

For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more

abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away

even that he hath.

13:13

Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not;

and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

13:14

And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By

hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall

see, and shall not perceive:

13:15

For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of

hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they

should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should

understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should

heal them.

13:16

But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they

hear.

13:17

For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men

have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen

them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard

them.

13:18

Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

13:19

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth

it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which

was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way

side.

13:20

But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that

heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

13:21

Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when

tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by

he is offended.

13:22

He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the

word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches,

choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

13:23

But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth

the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and

bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

13:24

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of

heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

13:25

But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the

wheat, and went his way.

13:26

But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then

appeared the tares also.

13:27

So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir,

didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath

it tares?

13:28

He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said

unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

13:29

But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also

the wheat with them.

13:30

Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest

I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind

them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

13:31

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of

heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and

sowed in his field:

13:32

Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the

greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the

air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

13:33

Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like

unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of

meal, till the whole was leavened.

13:34

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and

without a parable spake he not unto them:

13:35

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet,

saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which

have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

13:36

Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and

his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of

the tares of the field.

13:37

He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is

the Son of man;

13:38

The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the

kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

13:39

The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of

the world; and the reapers are the angels.

13:40

As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it

be in the end of this world.

13:41

The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather

out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do

iniquity;

13:42

And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and

gnashing of teeth.

13:43

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of

their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

13:44

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the

which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth

and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

13:45

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking

goodly pearls:

13:46

Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all

that he had, and bought it.

13:47

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into

the sea, and gathered of every kind:

13:48

Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and

gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

13:49

So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth,

and sever the wicked from among the just,

13:50

And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing

and gnashing of teeth.

13:51

Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They

say unto him, Yea, Lord.

13:52

Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed

unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an

householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new

and old.

13:53

And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables,

he departed thence.

13:54

And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in

their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said,

Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?

13:55

Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and

his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

13:56

And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this

man all these things?

13:57

And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A

prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his

own house.

13:58

And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

CHAPTER 14

14:

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,

14:

And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen

from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth

themselves in him.

14:

For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in

prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.

14:

For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

14:

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude,

because they counted him as a prophet.

14:

But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias

danced before them, and pleased Herod.

14:

Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she

would ask.

14:

And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here

John Baptist’s head in a charger.

14:

And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them

which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.

14:10

And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

14:11

And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and

she brought it to her mother.

14:12

And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and

went and told Jesus.

14:13

When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert

place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed

him on foot out of the cities.

14:14

And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved

with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.

14:15

And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is

a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away,

that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.

14:16

But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to

eat.

14:17

And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two

fishes.

14:18

He said, Bring them hither to me.

14:19

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and

took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven,

he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the

disciples to the multitude.

14:20

And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the

fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

14:21

And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside

women and children.

14:22

And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship,

and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the

multitudes away.

14:23

And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a

mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was

there alone.

14:24

But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves:

for the wind was contrary.

14:25

And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them,

walking on the sea.

14:26

And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were

troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

14:27

But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer;

it is I; be not afraid.

14:28

And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come

unto thee on the water.

14:29

And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the

ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.

14:30

But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning

to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.

14:31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him,

and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou

doubt?

14:32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.

14:33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying,

Of a truth thou art the Son of God.

14:34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of

Gennesaret.

14:35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent

out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that

were diseased;

14:36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his

garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

CHAPTER 15

15:1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of

Jerusalem, saying,

15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for

they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress

the commandment of God by your tradition?

15:4 For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother: and,

He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

15:5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a

gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

15:6 And honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have

ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your

tradition.

15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoreth

me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

15:

But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the

commandments of men.

15:10

And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and

understand:

15:11

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which

cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

15:12

Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the

Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

15:13

But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father

hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

15:14

Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind

lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

15:15

Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this

parable.

15:16

And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

15:17

Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the

mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

15:18

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from

the heart; and they defile the man.

15:19

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries,

fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

15:20

These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen

hands defileth not a man.

15:21

Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and

Sidon.

15:22

And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and

cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of

David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

15:23

But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and

besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

15:24

But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of

the house of Israel.

15:25

Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

15:26

But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s

bread, and to cast it to dogs.

15:27

And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which

fall from their masters’ table.

15:28

Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy

faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made

whole from that very hour.

15:29

And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of

Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.

15:30

And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that

were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them

down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:

15:31

Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb

to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind

to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

15:32

Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have

compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now

three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away

fasting, lest they faint in the way.

15:33

And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much

bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

15:34

And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they

said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

15:35

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

15:36

And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and

brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the

multitude.

15:37

And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the

broken meat that was left seven baskets full.

15:38

And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and

children.

15:39

And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the

coasts of Magdala.

CHAPTER 16

16:

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired

him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.

16:

He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will

be fair weather: for the sky is red.

16:

And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is

red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the

sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

16:

A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there

shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas.

And he left them, and departed.

16:

And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had

forgotten to take bread.

16:

Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of

the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

16:

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we

have taken no bread.

16:

Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little

faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought

no bread?

16:

Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the

five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

16:10

Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many

baskets ye took up?

16:11

How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you

concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the

Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

16:12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the

leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the

Sadducees.

16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his

disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

16:14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some,

Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

16:15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son

of the living God.

16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon

Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my

Father which is in heaven.

16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I

will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against

it.

16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and

whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and

whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

16:20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he

was Jesus the Christ.

16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how

that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the

elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised

again the third day.

16:22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far

from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.

16:23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou

art an offense unto me: for thou savorest not the things that be of

God, but those that be of men.

16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me,

let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will

lose his life for my sake shall find it.

16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and

lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his

soul?

16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his

angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

16:28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall

not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his Ascension and Pentecost

kingdom.

CHAPTER 17

17:1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother,

and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,

17:2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the

sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

17:3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking

with him.

17:4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to

be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for

thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and

behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved

Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

17:6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were

sore afraid.

17:7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not

afraid.

17:8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save

Jesus only.

17:

And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them,

saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen

again from the dead.

17:10

And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that

Elias must first come?

17:11

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first

come, and restore all things.

17:12

But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him

not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall

also the Son of man suffer of them.

17:13

Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the

Baptist.

17:14

And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a

certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,

17:15

Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for

ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

17:16

And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

17:17

Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation,

how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring

him hither to me.

17:18

And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the

child was cured from that very hour.

17:19

Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not

we cast him out?

17:20

And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I

say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall

say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall

remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

17:21

Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

17:22

And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of

man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:

17:23

And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again.

And they were exceeding sorry.

17:24

And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received

tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay

tribute?

17:25

He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus

prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do

the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children,

or of strangers?

17:26

Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are

the children free.

17:27

Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea,

and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and

when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of

money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.

CHAPTER 18

18:1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the

greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

18:2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of

them,

18:3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and

become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of

heaven.

18:4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the

same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

18:5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth

me.

18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me,

it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck,

and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

18:7 Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that

offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh!

18:

Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and

cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or

maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into

everlasting fire.

18:

And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it

is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having

two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

18:10

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say

unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of

my Father which is in heaven.

18:11

For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.

18:12

How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be

gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into

the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

18:13

And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more

of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.

18:14

Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that

one of these little ones should perish.

18:15

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him

his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast

gained thy brother.

18:16

But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more,

that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be

established.

18:17

And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he

neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man

and a publican.

18:18

Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be

bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be

loosed in heaven.

18:19

Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as

touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of

my Father which is in heaven.

18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am

I in the midst of them.

18:21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother

sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

18:22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but,

Until seventy times seven.

18:23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king,

which would take account of his servants.

18:24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him,

which owed him ten thousand talents.

18:25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his Lord commanded him to

be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment

to be made.

18:26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying,

Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

18:27 Then the Lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and

loosed him, and forgave him the debt.

18:28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his

fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid

hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that

thou owest.

18:29 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him,

saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

18:30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should

pay the debt.

18:31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very

sorry, and came and told unto their Lord all that was done.

18:32 Then his Lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou

wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst

me:

18:33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant,

even as I had pity on thee?

18:34

And his Lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till

he should pay all that was due unto him.

18:35

So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from

your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

CHAPTER 19

19:

And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he

departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond

Jordan;

19:

And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

19:

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto

him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

19:

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he

which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

19:

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and

shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

19:

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore

God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

19:

They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a

writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

19:

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts

suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it

was not so.

19:

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it

be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery:

and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

19:10

His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his

wife, it is not good to marry.

19:11

But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save

they to whom it is given.

19:12

For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their

mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made

eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made

themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is

able to receive it, let him receive it.

19:13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put

his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.

19:14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come

unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

19:15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.

19:16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good

thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none

good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the

commandments.

19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder,

Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt

not bear false witness,

19:19 Honor thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy

neighbor as thyself.

19:20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from

my youth up: what lack I yet?

19:21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou

hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven:

and come and follow me.

19:22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away

sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

19:23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a

rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the

eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of

God.

19:25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying,

Who then can be saved?

19:26

But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is

impossible; but with God all things are possible.

19:27

Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken

all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?

19:28

And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which

have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit

in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones,

judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

19:29

And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or

father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s

sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

19:30

But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.

CHAPTER 20

20:

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an

householder, which went out early in the morning to hire laborers

into his vineyard.

20:

And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he

sent them into his vineyard.

20:

And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle

in the marketplace,

20:

And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever

is right I will give you. And they went their way.

20:

Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.

20:

And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others

standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day

idle?

20:

They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto

them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that

shall ye receive.

20:

So when even was come, the Lord of the vineyard saith unto his

steward, Call the laborers, and give them their hire, beginning from

the last unto the first.

20:

And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they

received every man a penny.

20:10

But when the first came, they supposed that they should have

received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

20:11

And when they had received it, they murmured against the

goodman of the house,

20:12

Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made

them equal unto us, which have born the burden and heat of the

day.

20:13

But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong:

didst not thou agree with me for a penny?

20:14

Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even

as unto thee.

20:15

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine

eye evil, because I am good?

20:16

So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but

few chosen.

20:17

And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in

the way, and said unto them,

20:18

Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be

betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall

condemn him to death,

20:19

And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and

to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.

20:20

Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons,

worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.

20:21

And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant

that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the

other on the left, in thy kingdom.

20:22

But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye

able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized

with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We

are able.

20:23

And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be

baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on

my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be

given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.

20:24

And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation

against the two brethren.

20:25

But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes

of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great

exercise authority upon them.

20:26

But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great

among you, let him be your minister;

20:27

And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

20:28

Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to

minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

20:29

And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

20:30

And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they

heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O

Lord, thou son of David.

20:31

And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their

peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord,

thou son of David.

20:32

And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I

shall do unto you?

20:33

They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

20:34

So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and

immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

CHAPTER 21

21:

And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to

Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two

disciples,

21:

Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and

straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose

them, and bring them unto me.

21:

And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath

need of them; and straightway he will send them.

21:

All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by

the prophet, saying,

21:

Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee,

meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

21:

And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,

21:

And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes,

and they set him thereon.

21:

And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way;

others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the

way.

21:

And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried,

saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in

the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

21:10

And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved,

saying, Who is this?

21:11

And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of

Galilee.

21:12

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that

sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the

moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

21:13

And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the

house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

21:14

And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he

healed them.

21:15

And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things

that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying,

Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased,

21:16

And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith

unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and

sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

21:17

And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he

lodged there.

21:18

Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.

21:19

And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found

nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow

on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered

away.

21:20

And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon

is the fig tree withered away!

21:21

Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye

have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done

to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou

removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

21:22

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye

shall receive.

21:23

And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the

elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said,

By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this

authority?

21:24

And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one

thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what

authority I do these things.

21:25

The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And

they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From

heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?

21:26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as

a prophet.

21:27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said

unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

21:28 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to

the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.

21:29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and

went.

21:30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered

and said, I go, sir: and went not.

21:31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto

him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That

the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before

you.

21:32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye

believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him:

and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might

believe him.

21:33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which

planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a

winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and

went into a far country:

21:34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to

the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.

21:35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed

another, and stoned another.

21:36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto

them likewise.

21:37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will

reverence my son.

21:38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among

themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize

on his inheritance.

21:39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew

him.

21:40 When the Lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do

unto those husbandmen?

21:41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men,

and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall

render him the fruits in their seasons.

21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The

stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of

the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our

eyes?

21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from

you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

21:44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on

whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

21:45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables,

they perceived that he spake of them.

21:46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the

multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

CHAPTER 22

22:1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and

said,

22:2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a

marriage for his son,

22:3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the

wedding: and they would not come.

22:4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are

bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my

fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.

22:5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm,

another to his merchandise:

22:

And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully,

and slew them.

22:

But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth

his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their

city.

22:

Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they

which were bidden were not worthy.

22:

Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find,

bid to the marriage.

22:10

So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered

together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the

wedding was furnished with guests.

22:11

And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man

which had not on a wedding garment:

22:12

And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not

having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

22:13

Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and

take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be

weeping and gnashing of teeth.

22:14

For many are called, but few are chosen.

22:15

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might

entangel him in his talk.

22:16

And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians,

saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way

of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest

not the person of men.

22:17

Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute

unto Caesar, or not?

22:18

But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me,

ye hypocrites?

22:19

Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.

22:20

And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?

22:21

They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render

therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God

the things that are God’s.

22:22

When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him,

and went their way.

22:23

The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is

no resurrection, and asked him,

22:24

Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his

brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

22:25

Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had

married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his

brother:

22:26

Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.

22:27

And last of all the woman died also.

22:28

Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven?

for they all had her.

22:29

Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the

scriptures, nor the power of God.

22:30

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in

marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

22:31

But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that

which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

22:32

I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of

Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

22:33

And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his

doctrine.

22:34

But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to

silence, they were gathered together.

22:35

Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question,

tempting him, and saying,

22:36

Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

22:37

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy

heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

22:38

This is the first and great commandment.

22:39

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as

thyself.

22:40

On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

22:41

While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

22:42

Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto

him, The son of David.

22:43

He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord,

saying,

22:44

The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I

make thine enemies thy footstool?

22:45

If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?

22:46

And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man

from that day forth ask him any more questions.

CHAPTER 23

23:

Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,

23:

Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:

23:

All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and

do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

23:

For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be born, and lay them

on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with

one of their fingers.

23:

But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad

their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

23:

And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the

synagogues,

23:

And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

23:

But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ;

and all ye are brethren.

23:

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father,

which is in heaven.

23:10

Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.

23:11

But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

23:12

And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall

humble himself shall be exalted.

23:13

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut

up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in

yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

23:14

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour

widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayer: therefore ye

shall receive the greater damnation.

23:15

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass

sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make

him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

23:16

Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear

by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold

of the temple, he is a debtor!

23:17

Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple

that sanctifieth the gold?

23:18

And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but

whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.

23:19

Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that

sanctifieth the gift?

23:20

Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all

things thereon.

23:21

And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him

that dwelleth therein.

23:22

And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God,

and by him that sitteth thereon.

23:23

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe

of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier

matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to

have done, and not to leave the other undone.

23:24

Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

23:25

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make

clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are

full of extortion and excess.

23:26

Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and

platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

23:27

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like

unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward,

but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

23:28

Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within

ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

23:29

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build

the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the

righteous,

23:30

And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not

have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

23:31

Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the

children of them which killed the prophets.

23:32

Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

23:33

Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the

damnation of hell?

23:34

Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and

scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of

them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from

city to city:

23:35

That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the

earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias

son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

23:36

Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this

generation.

23:37

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest

them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered

thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under

her wings, and ye would not!

23:38

Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

23:39

For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall

say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

CHAPTER 24

24:

And Jesus w ent out, and departed from the temple: and his

disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

24:

And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say

unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that

shall not be thrown down.

24:

And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto

him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what

shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

24:

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man

deceive you.

24:

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall

deceive many.

24:

And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not

troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not

yet.

24:

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:

and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in

divers places.

24:

All these are the beginning of sorrows.

24:

Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you:

and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.

24:10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and

shall hate one another.

24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax

cold.

24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world SIGN THAT END TIMES HAS BEGUN

for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken

of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth,

let him understand:)

24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

24:17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing

out of his house:

24:18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

24:19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck

in those days!

24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the

sabbath day:

24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the START OF TRIBULATION

beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh

be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there;

believe it not.

24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall

shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible,

they shall deceive the very elect.

24:25 Behold, I have told you before.

24:26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go

not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

24:27

For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto

the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

24:28

For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered

together.

24:29

Immediately after the tribulation of those days

shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the

stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

24:30

And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and

then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the

Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great ALIEN INVASION

glory.

24:31

And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and

they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one RAPTURE

end of heaven to the other.

24:32

Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender,

and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

24:33

So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is

near, even at the doors.

24:34

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these

things be fulfilled.

24:35

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass

away.

24:36

But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of

heaven, but my Father only.

24:37

But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of

man be.

24:38

For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and

drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe

entered into the ark,

24:39

And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so

shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

24:40

Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other RAPTURE

left.

24:41

Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and

the other left.

24:42

Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

24:43

But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in

what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and

would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

24:44

Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the

Son of man cometh.

24:45

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his Lord hath made

ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

24:46

Blessed is that servant, whom his Lord when he cometh shall find

so doing.

24:47

Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his

goods.

24:48

But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My Lord delayeth

his coming;

24:49

And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink

with the drunken;

24:50

The Lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not

for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

24:51

And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the

hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

CHAPTER 25

25:

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins,

which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

25:

And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

25:

They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with

them:

25:

But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

25:

While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

25:

And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom

cometh; go ye out to meet him.

25:

Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

25:

And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our

lamps are gone out.

25:

But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for

us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for

yourselves.

25:10

And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that

were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was

shut.

25:11

Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to

us.

25:12

But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

25:13

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein

the Son of man cometh.

25:14

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country,

who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

25:15

And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another

one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway

took his journey.

25:16

Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the

same, and made them other five talents.

25:17

And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.

25:18

But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid

his lord’s money.

25:19

After a long time the Lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth

with them.

25:20

And so he that had received five talents came and brought other

five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents:

behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.

25:21 His Lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant:

thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over

many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.

25:22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou

deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other

talents beside them.

25:23 His Lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou

hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over

many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.

25:24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I

knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not

sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

25:25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there

thou hast that is thine.

25:26 His Lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful

servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather

where I have not strawed:

25:27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers,

and then at my coming I should have received mine own with

usury.

25:28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath

ten talents.

25:29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have

abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even

that which he hath.

25:30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there

shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy

angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate

them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the

goats:

25:33

And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the

left.

25:34

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye

blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from

the foundation of the world:

25:35

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye

gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

25:36

Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in

prison, and ye came unto me.

25:37

Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we

thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

25:38

When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and

clothed thee?

25:39

Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

25:40

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto

you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my

brethren, ye have done it unto me.

25:41

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me,

ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his

angels:

25:42

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and

ye gave me no drink:

25:43

I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me

not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

25:44

Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee

an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison,

and did not minister unto thee?

25:45

Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you,

Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not

to me.

25:46

And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the

righteous into life eternal.

CHAPTER 26

26:

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he

said unto his disciples,

26:

Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the

Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

26:

Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the

elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was

called Caiaphas,

26:

And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

26:

But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among

the people.

26:

Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

26:

There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very

precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.

26:

But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To

what purpose is this waste?

26:

For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the

poor.

26:10

When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the

woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

26:11

For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

26:12

For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it

for my burial.

26:13

Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in

the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done,

be told for a memorial of her.

26:14

Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief

priests,

26:15

And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him

unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of

silver.

26:16

And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

26:17

Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples THERE ARE SEVEN DAYS TO THE FEAST

came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare THE DINNER DID NOT FOLLOW THE SEDER

for thee to eat the passover? THAT NIGHT (26:48) CHRIST WAS BETRAYED

26:18 THIS IS WEDNESDAY EVENING. THURSDAY MORNING (26:60) CHRIST IS TRIED THEN CRUCIFIED UNTIL ABOUT 3pm, BURIED AND AROSE ON SUNDAY.

And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The

Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy

house with my disciples.

26:19

And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made

ready the passover.

26:20

Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.

26:21

And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you

shall betray me.

26:22

And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them

to say unto him, Lord, is it I?

26:23

And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the

dish, the same shall betray me.

26:24

The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that

man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that

man if he had not been born.

26:25

Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it

I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.

26:26

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and

brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my

body.

26:27

And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying,

Drink ye all of it;

26:28

For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many

for the remission of sins.

26:29

But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the

vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s

kingdom.

26:30

And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount

of Olives.

26:31

Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me

this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep

of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

26:32

But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.

26:33

Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be

offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.

26:34

Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before

the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

26:35

Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not

deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.

26:36

Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and

saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.

26:37

And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and

began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

26:38

Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even

unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

26:39

And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed,

saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me:

nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

26:40

And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and

saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

26:41

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit

indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

26:42

He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my

Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it,

thy will be done.

26:43

And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were

heavy.

26:44

And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time,

saying the same words.

26:45

Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on

now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of

man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

26:46

Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.

26:47

And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and

with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief

priests and elders of the people.

26:48

Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I

shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.

26:49

And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed

him.

26:50

And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then

came they, and laid hands on Jesus and took him.

26:51

And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his

hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest’s,

and smote off his ear.

26:52

Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place:

for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

26:53

Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall

presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

26:54

But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

26:55

In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as

against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily

with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.

26:56

But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be

fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

26:57

And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the

high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

26:58

But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest’s palace, and

went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.

26:59

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false

witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

26:60

But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found

they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

26:61

And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God,

and to build it in three days.

26:62

And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou

nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

26:63

But Jesus held his peace, And the high priest answered and said

unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether

thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

26:64

Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you,

Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of

power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

26:65

Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken

blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now

ye have heard his blasphemy.

26:66

What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.

26:67

Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote

him with the palms of their hands,

26:68

Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?

26:69

Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him,

saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.

26:70

But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou

sayest.

26:71

And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him,

and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with

Jesus of Nazareth.

26:72

And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.

26:73

And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to

Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth

thee.

26:74

Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man.

And immediately the cock crew.

26:75

And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him,

Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out,

and wept bitterly.

CHAPTER 27

27:

When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the

people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

27:

And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered

him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

27:

Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was

condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces

of silver to the chief priests and elders,

27:

Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood.

And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

27:

And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed,

and went and hanged himself.

27:

And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not

lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of

blood.

27:

And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to

bury strangers in.

27:

Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.

27:

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet,

saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him

that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;

27:10

And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.

27:11

And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him,

saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him,

Thou sayest.

27:12

And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he

answered nothing.

27:13

Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they

witness against thee?

27:14

And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor

marvelled greatly.

27:15

Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people

a prisoner, whom they would.

27:16

And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

27:17

Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them,

Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is

called Christ?

27:18

For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

27:19

When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto

him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have

suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

27:20

But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they

should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

27:21

The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain

will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.

27:22

Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is

called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.

27:23

And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they

cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

27:24

When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a

tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the

multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person:

see ye to it.

27:25

Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on

our children.

27:26

Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged

Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

27:27

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall,

and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.

27:28

And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

27:29

And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his

head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before

him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

27:30

And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the

head.

27:31

And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from

him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify

him.

27:32

And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by

name: him they compelled to bear his cross.

27:33

And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to

say, a place of a skull,

27:34

They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had

tasted thereof, he would not drink.

27:35

And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that

it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They

parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they

cast lots.

27:36

And sitting down they watched him there;

27:37

And set up over his head his accusation written,

THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

27:38

Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right

hand, and another on the left.

27:39

And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

27:40

And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in

three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down

from the cross.

27:41

Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and

elders, said,

27:42

He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel,

let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

27:43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for

he said, I am the Son of God.

27:44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in

his teeth.

27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto

the ninth hour.

27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli,

Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast

thou forsaken me?

27:47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This

man calleth for Elias.

27:48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it

with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

27:49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save

him.

27:50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the

ghost.

27:51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top

to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

27:52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which

slept arose,

27:53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the

holy city, and appeared unto many.

27:54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching

Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they

feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

27:55 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed

Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:

27:56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of

James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedees children.

27:57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea,

named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple:

27:58

He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate

commanded the body to be delivered.

27:59

And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean

linen cloth,

27:60

And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the

rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and

departed.

27:61

And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over

against the sepulchre.

27:62

Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the

chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,

27:63

Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet

alive, After three days I will rise again.

27:64

Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third

day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say

unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be

worse than the first.

27:65

Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as

sure as ye can.

27:66

So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and

setting a watch.

CHAPTER 28

28:

In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day

of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the

sepulchre.

28:

And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord

descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from

the door, and sat upon it.

28:

His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

28:

And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

28:

And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for

I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

28:

He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where

the Lord lay.

28:

And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead;

and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see

him: lo, I have told you.

28:

And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great

joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.

28:

And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them,

saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and

worshipped him.

28:10

Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that

they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.

28:11

Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into

the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were

done.

28:12

And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken

counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,

28:13

Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away

while we slept.

28:14

And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and

secure you.

28:15

So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this

saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

28:16

Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain

where Jesus had appointed them.

28:17

And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.

28:18

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given

unto me in heaven and in earth.

28:19

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name

of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

28:20

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded

you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.

Amen.

The Gospel According to

MARK

CHAPTER 1

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger

before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of

the Lord, make his paths straight.

John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of

repentance for the remission of sins.

And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of

Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan,

confessing their sins.

And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin

about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me,

the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and

unloose.

I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you

with the Holy Ghost.

And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth

of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.

1:10

And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens

opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:

1:11

And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved

Son, in whom I am well pleased.

1:12

And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness.

1:13

And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan;

and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

1:14

Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee,

preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

1:15

And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at

hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

1:16

Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew

his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

1:17

And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you

to become fishers of men.

1:18

And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.

1:19

And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James the son

of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship

mending their nets.

1:20

And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee

in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.

1:21

And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath

day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.

1:22

And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one

that had authority, and not as the scribes.

1:23

And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and

he cried out,

1:24

Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of

Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art,

the Holy One of God.

1:25

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of

him.

1:26

And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud

voice, he came out of him.

1:27

And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among

themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this?

for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and

they do obey him.

1:28 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region

round about Galilee.

1:29 And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they

entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

1:30 But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell

him of her.

1:31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and

immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.

1:32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that

were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.

1:33 And all the city was gathered together at the door.

1:34 And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out

many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they

knew him.

1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out,

and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

1:36 And Simon and they that were with him followed after him.

1:37 And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek

for thee.

1:38 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may

preach there also: for therefore came I forth.

1:39 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and

cast out devils.

1:40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down

to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me

clean.

1:41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and

touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.

1:42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed

from him, and he was cleansed.

1:43

And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away;

1:44

And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy

way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those

things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

1:45

But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad

the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into

the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him

from every quarter.

CHAPTER 2

And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was

noised that he was in the house.

And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there

was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door:

and he preached the word unto them.

And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was

born of four.

And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they

uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up,

they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son,

thy sins be forgiven thee.

But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in

their hearts,

Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins

but God only?

And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so

reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye

these things in your hearts?

Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be

forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?

2:10

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to

forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)

2:11

I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into

thine house.

2:12

And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before

them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God,

saying, We never saw it on this fashion.

2:13

And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude

resorted unto him, and he taught them.

2:14

And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at

the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose

and followed him.

2:15

And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many

publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples:

for there were many, and they followed him.

2:16

And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans

and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth

and drinketh with publicans and sinners?

2:17

When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have

no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call

the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

2:18

And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and

they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of

the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

2:19

And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber

fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the

bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

2:20

But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away

from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

2:21

No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else

the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the

rent is made worse.

2:22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine

doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will

be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.

2:23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the

sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the

ears of corn.

2:24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the

sabbath day that which is not lawful?

2:25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when

he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?

2:26 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the

high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat

but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not

man for the sabbath:

2:28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

CHAPTER 3

3:1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there

which had a withered hand.

3:2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath

day; that they might accuse him.

3:3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand

forth.

3:4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath

days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their

peace.

3:5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being

grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man,

Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was

restored whole as the other.

And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with

the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a

great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,

And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan;

and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had

heard what great things he did, came unto him.

And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him

because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

3:10

For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for

to touch him, as many as had plagues.

3:11

And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and

cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

3:12

And he straitly charged them that they should not make him

known.

3:13

And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he

would: and they came unto him.

3:14

And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he

might send them forth to preach,

3:15

And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:

3:16

And Simon he surnamed Peter;

3:17

And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and

he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:

3:18

And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and

Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and

Simon the Canaanite,

3:19

And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an

house.

3:20

And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so

much as eat bread.

3:21

And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him:

for they said, He is beside himself.

3:22

And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath

Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.

3:23

And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How

can Satan cast out Satan?

3:24

And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot

stand.

3:25

And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

3:26

And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot

stand, but hath an end.

3:27

No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods,

except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his

house.

3:28

Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of

men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:

3:29

But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never

forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.

3:30

Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

3:31

There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing

without, sent unto him, calling him.

3:32

And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold,

thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.

3:33

And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my

brethren?

3:34

And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said,

Behold my mother and my brethren!

3:35

For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother,

and my sister, and mother.

CHAPTER 4

And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered

unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in

the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them

in his doctrine,

Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and

the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and

immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no

root, it withered away.

And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked

it, and it yielded no fruit.

And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up

and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and

some an hundred.

And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

4:10

And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve

asked of him the parable.

4:11

And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery

of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these

things are done in parables:

4:12

That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may

hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be

converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

4:13

And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then

will ye know all parables?

4:14

The sower soweth the word.

4:15

And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but

when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away

the word that was sown in their hearts.

4:16

And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who,

when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with

gladness;

4:17

And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time:

afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s

sake, immediately they are offended.

4:18

And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the

word,

4:19

And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the

lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh

unfruitful.

4:20

And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear

the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold,

some sixty, and some an hundred.

4:21

And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a

bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

4:22

For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was

any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.

4:23

If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

4:24

And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what

measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that

hear shall more be given.

4:25

For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from

him shall be taken even that which he hath.

4:26

And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed

into the ground;

4:27

And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should

spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

4:28

For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the

ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

4:29

But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the

sickle, because the harvest is come.

4:30

And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or

with what comparison shall we compare it?

4:31

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the

earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:

4:32

But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all

herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air

may lodge under the shadow of it.

4:33

And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as

they were able to hear it.

4:34

But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were

alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

4:35

And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them,

Let us pass over unto the other side.

4:36

And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even

as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little

ships.

4:37

And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the

ship, so that it was now full.

4:38

And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and

they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we

perish?

4:39

And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace,

be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

4:40

And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye

have no faith?

4:41

And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner

of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

CHAPTER 5

And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country

of the Gadarenes.

And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him

out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind

him, no, not with chains:

Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and

the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken

in pieces: neither could any man tame him.

And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the

tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,

And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee,

Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that

thou torment me not.

For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.

And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying,

My name is Legion: for we are many.

5:10

And he besought him much that he would not send them away out

of the country.

5:11

Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine

feeding.

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And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine,

that we may enter into them.

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And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went

out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a

steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were

choked in the sea.

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And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the

country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.

5:15

And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the

devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind:

and they were afraid.

5:16

And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was

possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.

5:17

And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.

5:18

And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed

with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.

5:19

Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to

thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for

thee, and hath had compassion on thee.

5:20

And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great

things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.

5:21

And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side,

much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.

5:22

And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue,

Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,

5:23

And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the

point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she

may be healed; and she shall live.

5:24

And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and

thronged him.

5:25

And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,

5:26

And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent

all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

5:27

When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and

touched his garment.

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For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.

5:29

And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she

felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

5:30

And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone

out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched

my clothes?

5:31

And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude

thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

5:32

And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.

5:33

But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in

her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

5:34

And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go

in peace, and be whole of thy plague.

5:35

While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s

house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou

the Master any further?

5:36

As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto

the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.

5:37

And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and

John the brother of James.

5:38

And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and

seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.

5:39

And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this

ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.

5:40

And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out,

he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that

were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.

5:41

And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha

cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.

5:42

And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the

age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great

astonishment.

5:43

And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and

commanded that something should be given her to eat.

CHAPTER 6

And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and

his disciples follow him.

And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the

synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From

whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which

is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his

hands?

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James,

and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with

us? And they were offended at him.

But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, but in

his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.

And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands

upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round

about the villages, teaching.

And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth

by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;

And commanded them that they should take nothing for their

journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their

purse:

But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.

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And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an

house, there abide till ye depart from that place.

6:11

And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye

depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony

against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for

Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

6:12

And they went out, and preached that men should repent.

6:13

And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that

were sick, and healed them.

6:14

And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:)

and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and

therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

6:15

Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet,

or as one of the prophets.

6:16

But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I

beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

6:17

For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and

bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife:

for he had married her.

6:18

For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy

brother’s wife.

6:19

Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed

him; but she could not:

6:20

For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an

holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many

things, and heard him gladly.

6:21

And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday

made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of

Galilee;

6:22

And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced,

and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto

the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.

6:23

And he swear unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will

give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.

6:24

And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask?

And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

6:25

And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked,

saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of

John the Baptist.

6:26

And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for

their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.

6:27

And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his

head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

6:28

And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and

the damsel gave it to her mother.

6:29

And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his

corpse, and laid it in a tomb.

6:30

And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told

him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.

6:31

And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert

place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and

they had no leisure so much as to eat.

6:32

And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.

6:33

And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran

afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together

unto him.

6:34

And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved

with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not

having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

6:35

And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him,

and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:

6:36

Send them away, that they may go into the country round about,

and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have

nothing to eat.

6:37

He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they

say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of

bread, and give them to eat?

6:38

He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And

when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

6:39

And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon

the green grass.

6:40

And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

6:41

And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he

looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave

them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided

he among them all.

6:42

And they did all eat, and were filled.

6:43

And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the

fishes.

6:44

And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.

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6:45 And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship,

and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent

away the people.

6:46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to

pray.

6:47 And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and

he alone on the land.

6:48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto

them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto

them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

6:49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it

had been a spirit, and cried out:

6:50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he

talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be

not afraid.

6:51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and

they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and

wondered.

6:52 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart

was hardened.

6:53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of

Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.

6:54 And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew

him,

6:55 And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry

about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.

6:56 And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country,

they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might

touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as

touched him were made whole.

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CHAPTER 7

Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the

scribes, which came from Jerusalem.

And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled,

that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands

oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat

not. And many other things there be, which they have received to

hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of

tables.

Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy

disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with

unwashen hands?

He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of

you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with

their lips, but their heart is far from me.

Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the

commandments of men.

For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of

men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like

things ye do.

And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of

God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

7:10

For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso

curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

7:11

But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban,

that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by

me; he shall be free.

7:12

And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;

7:13

Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition,

which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

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7:14 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them,

Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:

7:15 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can

defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they

that defile the man.

7:16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

7:17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his

disciples asked him concerning the parable.

7:18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do

ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into

the man, it cannot defile him;

7:19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth

out into the draught, purging all meats?

7:20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the

man.

7:21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts,

adulteries, fornications, murders,

7:22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil

eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

7:23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

7:24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and

Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it:

but he could not be hid.

7:25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit,

heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:

7:26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she

besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

7:27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not

meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.

7:28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under

the table eat of the children’s crumbs.

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7:29

And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone

out of thy daughter.

7:30

And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone

out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

7:31

And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came

unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of

Decapolis.

7:32

And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment

in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.

7:33

And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into

his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;

7:34

And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him,

Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

7:35

And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue

was loosed, and he spake plain.

7:36

And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he

charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;

7:37

And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all

things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to

speak.

CHAPTER 8

In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to

eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,

I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been

with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will

faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy

these men with bread here in the wilderness?

And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said,

Seven.

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And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he

took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his

disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the

people.

And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded

to set them also before them.

So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken

meat that was left seven baskets.

And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent

them away.

8:10

And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came

into the parts of Dalmanutha.

8:11

And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him,

seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

8:12

And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this

generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no

sign be given unto this generation.

8:13

And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the

other side.

8:14

Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in

the ship with them more than one loaf.

8:15

And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of

the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

8:16

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we

have no bread.

8:17

And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye,

because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand?

have ye your heart yet hardened?

8:18

Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye

not remember?

8:19

When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many

baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.

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8:20

And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full

of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.

8:21

And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?

8:22

And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him,

and besought him to touch him.

8:23

And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the

town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon

him, he asked him if he saw ought.

8:24

And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

8:25

After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look

up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

8:26

And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the

town, nor tell it to any in the town.

8:27

And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea

Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them,

Whom do men say that I am?

8:28

And they answered, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and

others, One of the prophets.

8:29

And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter

answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.

8:30

And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.

8:31

And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many

things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and

scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

8:32

And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began

to rebuke him.

8:33

But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he

rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savorest

not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.

8:34

And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples

also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him

deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

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8:35

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall

lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.

8:36

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and

lose his own soul?

8:37

Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

8:38

Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in

this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of

man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with

the holy angels.

CHAPTER 9

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some

of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they

have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and

John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by

themselves: and he was transfigured before them.

And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no

fuller on earth can white them.

And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were

talking with Jesus.

And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to

be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for

Moses, and one for Elias.

For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.

And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came

out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no

man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.

And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that

they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of

man were risen from the dead.

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9:10

And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with

another what the rising from the dead should mean.

9:11

And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must

first come?

9:12

And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and

restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he

must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

9:13

But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done

unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.

9:14

And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about

them, and the scribes questioning with them.

9:15

And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were

greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.

9:16

And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?

9:17

And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have

brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;

9:18

And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth,

and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy

disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.

9:19

He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall

I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.

9:20

And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him,

straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and

wallowed foaming.

9:21

And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto

him? And he said, Of a child.

9:22

And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to

destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on

us, and help us.

9:23

Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to

him that believeth.

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9:24

And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with

tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

9:25

When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked

the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I

charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

9:26

And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he

was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.

9:27

But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.

9:28

And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him

privately, Why could not we cast him out?

9:29

And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but

by prayer and fasting.

9:30

And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he

would not that any man should know it.

9:31

For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is

delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after

that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.

9:32

But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.

9:33

And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them,

What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?

9:34

But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among

themselves, who should be the greatest.

9:35

And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any

man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of

all.

9:36

And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he

had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,

9:37

Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth

me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that

sent me.

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9:38 And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out

devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him,

because he followeth not us.

9:39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a

miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.

9:40 For he that is not against us is on our part.

9:41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name,

because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose

his reward.

9:42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in

me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck,

and he were cast into the sea.

9:43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter

into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire

that never shall be quenched:

9:44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

9:45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter

halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire

that never shall be quenched:

9:46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

9:47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to

enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes

to be cast into hell fire:

9:48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

9:49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be

salted with salt.

9:50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye

season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with

another.

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10:

And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by

the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again;

and, as he was wont, he taught them again.

10:

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a

man to put away his wife? tempting him.

10:

And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command

you?

10:

And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and

to put her away.

10:

And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your

heart he wrote you this precept.

10:

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and

female.

10:

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to

his wife;

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And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain,

but one flesh.

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What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

10:10

And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.

10:11

And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and

marry another, committeth adultery against her.

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And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to

another, she committeth adultery.

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And they brought young children to him, that he should touch

them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.

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But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto

them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them

not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

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Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of

God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

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And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and

blessed them.

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And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running,

and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do

that I may inherit eternal life?

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And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none

good but one, that is, God.

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Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do

not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not,

Honor thy father and mother.

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And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I

observed from my youth.

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Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing

thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the

poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the

cross, and follow me.

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And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had

great possessions.

10:23

And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How

hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

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And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus

answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for

them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

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It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a

rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

10:26

And they were astonished out of measure, saying among

themselves, Who then can be saved?

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And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but

not with God: for with God all things are possible.

10:28

Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have

followed thee.

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And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no

man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or

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mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the

gospel’s,

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But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and

brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with

persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

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But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

10:32

And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went

before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they

were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them

what things should happen unto him,

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Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be

delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall

condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:

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And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit

upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

10:35

And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying,

Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we

shall desire.

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And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?

10:37

They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy

right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.

10:38

But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink

of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I

am baptized with?

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And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye

shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism

that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:

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But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give;

but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.

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And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with

James and John.

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But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that

they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship

over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.

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But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great

among you, shall be your minister:

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And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.

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For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to

minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

10:46

And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his

disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son

of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.

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And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry

out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.

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And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried

the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.

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And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they

call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he

calleth thee.

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And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.

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And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I

should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I

might receive my sight.

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And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee

whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus

in the way.

CHAPTER 11

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And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and

Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his

disciples,

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And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against

you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied,

whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.

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And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the

Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.

11:

And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door

without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.

11:

And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye,

loosing the colt?

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And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they

let them go.

11:

And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him;

and he sat upon him.

11:

And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down

branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.

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And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying,

Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:

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Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the

name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.

11:11

And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when

he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide

was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.

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And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was

hungry:

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And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he

might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found

nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.

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And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee

hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.

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And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and

began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and

overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them

that sold doves;

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And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel

through the temple.

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And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall

be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a

den of thieves.

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And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they

might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was

astonished at his doctrine.

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And when even was come, he went out of the city.

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And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried

up from the roots.

11:21

And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold,

the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.

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And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.

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For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this

mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall

not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he

saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

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Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye

pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

11:25

And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any:

that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your

trespasses.

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But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven

forgive your trespasses.

11:27

And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the

temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the

elders,

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And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and

who gave thee this authority to do these things?

11:29

And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one

question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do

these things.

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The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.

11:31

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From

heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?

11:32

But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men

counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.

11:33

And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus

answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority

I do these things.

CHAPTER 12

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And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man

planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for

the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and

went into a far country.

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And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he

might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

12:

And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

12:

And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast

stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away

shamefully handled.

12:

And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others;

beating some, and killing some.

12:

Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last

unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

12:

But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir;

come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our’s.

12:

And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the

vineyard.

12:

What shall therefore the Lord of the vineyard do? he will come and

destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

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And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders

rejected is become the head of the corner:

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This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

12:12

And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for

they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they

left him, and went their way.

12:13

And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the

Herodians, to catch him in his words.

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And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know

that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the

person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to

give tribute to Caesar, or not?

12:15

Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their

hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny,

that I may see it.

12:16

And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image

and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar’s.

12:17

And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things

that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they

marvelled at him.

12:18

Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no

resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

12:19

Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his

wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take

his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

12:20

Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying

left no seed.

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And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the

third likewise.

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And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died

also.

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In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall

she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

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And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err,

because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

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For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are

given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

12:26

And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the

book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am

the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

12:27

He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye

therefore do greatly err.

12:28

And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning

together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked

him, Which is the first commandment of all?

12:29

And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is,

Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

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And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with

all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is

the first commandment.

12:31

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor

as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

12:32

And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the

truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:

12:33

And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding,

and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his

neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and

sacrifices.

12:34

And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him,

Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that

durst ask him any question.

12:35

And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How

say the scribes that Christ is the son of David?

12:36

For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my

Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy

footstool.

12:37

David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his

son? And the common people heard him gladly.

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And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which

love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,

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And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at

feasts:

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Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long

prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

12:41

And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people

cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in

much.

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And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites,

which make a farthing.

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And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I

say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all

they which have cast into the treasury:

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For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did

cast in all that she had, even all her living.

CHAPTER 13

13:

And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto

him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are

here!

13:

And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great

buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall

not be thrown down.

13:

And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple,

Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

13:

Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when

all these things shall be fulfilled?

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And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man

deceive you:

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For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall

deceive many.

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And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not

troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be

yet.

13:

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:

and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be

famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

13:

But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to

councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be

brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against

them.

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And the gospel must first be published among all nations.

13:11

But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought

beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but

whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is

not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.

13:12

Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father

the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall

cause them to be put to death.

13:13

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that

shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

13:14

But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by

Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that

readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the

mountains:

13:15

And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house,

neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:

13:16

And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his

garment.

13:17

But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in

those days!

13:18

And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.

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For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the

beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither

shall be.

13:20

And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh

should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he

hath shortened the days.

13:21

And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he

is there; believe him not:

13:22

For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs

and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

13:23

But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

13:24

But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened,

and the moon shall not give her light,

13:25

And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven

shall be shaken.

13:26

And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with

great power and glory.

13:27

And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect

from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the

uttermost part of heaven.

13:28

Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender,

and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:

13:29

So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass,

know that it is nigh, even at the doors.

13:30

Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all

these things be done.

13:31

Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass

away.

13:32

But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels

which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

13:33

Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

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For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his

house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his

work, and commanded the porter to watch.

13:35

Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house

cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the

morning:

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Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

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And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

CHAPTER 14

14:

After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened

bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might

take him by craft, and put him to death.

14:

But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the

people.

14:

And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at

meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of

spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on

his head.

14:

And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and

said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

14:

For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and

have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

14:

And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath

wrought a good work on me.

14:

For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye

may do them good: but me ye have not always.

14:

She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my

body to the burying.

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Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached

throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be

spoken of for a memorial of her.

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And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests,

to betray him unto them.

14:11

And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him

money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

14:12

And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the

passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go

and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?

14:13

And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go

ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of

water: follow him.

14:14

And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the

house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall

eat the passover with my disciples?

14:15

And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared:

there make ready for us.

14:16

And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as

he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

14:17

And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.

14:18

And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One

of you which eateth with me shall betray me.

14:19

And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one,

Is it I? and another said, Is it I?

14:20

And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that

dippeth with me in the dish.

14:21

The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to

that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for

that man if he had never been born.

14:22

And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it,

and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.

14:23

And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to

them: and they all drank of it.

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And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament,

which is shed for many.

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Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine,

until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

14:26

And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount

of Olives.

14:27

And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me

this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep

shall be scattered.

14:28

But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

14:29

But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will

not I.

14:30

And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day,

even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me

thrice.

14:31

But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will

not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.

14:32

And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he

saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.

14:33

And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be

sore amazed, and to be very heavy;

14:34

And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death:

tarry ye here, and watch.

14:35

And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed

that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.

14:36

And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take

away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou

wilt.

14:37

And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter,

Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?

14:38

Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly

is ready, but the flesh is weak.

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And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words.

14:40

And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes

were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.

14:41

And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now,

and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son

of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

14:42

Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.

14:43

And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the

twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves,

from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

14:44

And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying,

Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him

away safely.

14:45

And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and

saith, Master, master; and kissed him.

14:46

And they laid their hands on him, and took him.

14:47

And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant

of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

14:48

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as

against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?

14:49

I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not:

but the scriptures must be fulfilled.

14:50

And they all forsook him, and fled.

14:51

And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth

cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:

14:52

And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.

14:53

And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were

assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.

14:54

And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high

priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.

14:55

And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against

Jesus to put him to death; and found none.

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For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed

not together.

14:57

And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,

14:58

We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with

hands, and within three days I will build another made without

hands.

14:59

But neither so did their witness agree together.

14:60

And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying,

Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against

thee?

14:61

But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest

asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the

Blessed?

14:62

And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the

right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

14:63

Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any

further witnesses?

14:64

Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all

condemned him to be guilty of death.

14:65

And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet

him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike

him with the palms of their hands.

14:66

And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the

maids of the high priest:

14:67

And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him,

and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.

14:68

But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou

sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.

14:69

And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by,

This is one of them.

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14:70

And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said

again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean,

and thy speech agreeth thereto.

14:71

But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of

whom ye speak.

14:72

And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the

word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou

shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.

CHAPTER 15

15:

And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a

consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and

bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

15:

And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he

answering said unto them, Thou sayest it.

15:

And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered

nothing.

15:

And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing?

behold how many things they witness against thee.

15:

But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.

15:

Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever

they desired.

15:

And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them

that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in

the insurrection.

15:

And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had

ever done unto them.

15:

But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you

the King of the Jews?

15:10

For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.

15:11

But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather

release Barabbas unto them.

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15:12

And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then

that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?

15:13

And they cried out again, Crucify him.

15:14

Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And

they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.

15:15

And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas

unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be

crucified.

15:16

And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and

they call together the whole band.

15:17

And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns,

and put it about his head,

15:18

And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!

15:19

And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon

him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.

15:20

And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from

him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify

him.

15:21

And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming

out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his

cross.

15:22

And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being

interpreted, The place of a skull.

15:23

And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he

received it not.

15:24

And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting

lots upon them, what every man should take.

15:25

And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.

15:26

And the superscription of his accusation was written over,

THE KING OF THE JEWS.

15:27

And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand,

and the other on his left.

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15:28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered

with the transgressors.

15:29 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and

saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three

days,

15:30 Save thyself, and come down from the cross.

15:31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves

with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.

15:32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we

may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled

him.

15:33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the

whole land until the ninth hour.

15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi,

Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my

God, why hast thou forsaken me?

15:35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold,

he calleth Elias.

15:36 And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed,

and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias

will come to take him down.

15:37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.

15:38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the

bottom.

15:39 And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he

so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the

Son of God.

15:40 There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was

Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of

Joses, and Salome;

15:41 (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered

unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto

Jerusalem.

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15:42

And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, This was the Passover Sabbath

that is, the day before the sabbath,

15:43

Joseph of Arimathaea, an honorable counsellor, which also waited

for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and

craved the body of Jesus.

15:44

And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him

the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

15:45

And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

15:46

And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in

the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock,

and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

15:47

And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where

he was laid.

CHAPTER 16

16:

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the

mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they

might come and anoint him.

16:

And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came

unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.

16:

And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone

from the door of the sepulchre?

16:

And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away:

for it was very great.

16:

And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on

the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were

affrighted.

16:

And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of

Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold

the place where they laid him.

16:

But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before

you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.

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16:

And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they

trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man;

for they were afraid.

16:

Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he

appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven

devils.

16:10

And she went and told them that had been with him, as they

mourned and wept.

16:11

And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been

seen of her, believed not.

16:12

After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they

walked, and went into the country.

16:13

And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they

them.

16:14

Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and

upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because

they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.

16:15

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the

gospel to every creature.

16:16

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that

believeth not shall be damned.

16:17

And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall

they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

16:18

They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it

shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall

recover.

16:19

So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up

into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

16:20

And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working

with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

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The Gospel According to

LUKE

CHAPTER 1

Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a

declaration of those things which are most surely believed among

us,

Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning

were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;

It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all

things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most

excellent Theophilus,

That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein

thou hast been instructed.

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest

named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the

daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the

commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they

both were now well stricken in years.

And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office

before God in the order of his course,

According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn

incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.

1:10

And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the

time of incense.

1:11

And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the

right side of the altar of incense.

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1:12

And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon

him.

1:13

But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is

heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt

call his name John.

1:14

And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his

birth.

1:15

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither

wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost,

even from his mother’s womb.

1:16

And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their

God.

1:17

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn

the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the

wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

1:18

And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I

am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.

1:19

And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in

the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew

thee these glad tidings.

1:20

And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the

day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not

my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

1:21

And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried

so long in the temple.

1:22

And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they

perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned

unto them, and remained speechless.

1:23

And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration

were accomplished, he departed to his own house.

1:24

And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself

five months, saying,

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1:25

Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on

me, to take away my reproach among men.

1:26

And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a

city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

1:27

To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the

house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.

1:28

And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly

favored, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

1:29

And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in

her mind what manner of salutation this should be.

1:30

And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found

favor with God.

1:31

And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a

son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

1:32

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the

Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

1:33

And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his

kingdom there shall be no end.

1:34

Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know

not a man?

1:35

And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall

come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow

thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall

be called the Son of God.

1:36

And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in

her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called

barren.

1:37

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

1:38

And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me

according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

1:39

And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with

haste, into a city of Juda;

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1:40

And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.

1:41

And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of

Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with

the Holy Ghost:

1:42

And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou

among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

1:43

And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come

to me?

1:44

For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears,

the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

1:45

And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of

those things which were told her from the Lord.

1:46

And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,

1:47

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.

1:48

For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold,

from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

1:49

For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his

name.

1:50

And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to

generation.

1:51

He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud

in the imagination of their hearts.

1:52

He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of

low degree.

1:53

He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath

sent empty away.

1:54

He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;

1:55

As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.

1:56

And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her

own house.

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1:57 Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and

she brought forth a son.

1:58 And her neighbors and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed

great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.

1:59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to

circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name

of his father.

1:60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called

John.

1:61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called

by this name.

1:62 And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.

1:63 And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is

John. And they marvelled all.

1:64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed,

and he spake, and praised God.

1:65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these

sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of

Judaea.

1:66 And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying,

What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was

with him.

1:67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and

prophesied, saying,

1:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed

his people,

1:69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his

servant David;

1:70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been

since the world began:

1:71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of

all that hate us;

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1:72

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember

his holy covenant;

1:73

The oath which he swear to our father Abraham,

1:74

That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the

hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

1:75

In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

1:76

And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou

shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

1:77

To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of

their sins,

1:78

Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from

on high hath visited us,

1:79

To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of

death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

1:80

And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the

deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

CHAPTER 2

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree

from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.

(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of

Syria.)

And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth,

into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem;

(because he was of the house and lineage of David:)

To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were

accomplished that she should be delivered.

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And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in

swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no

room for them in the inn.

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field,

keeping watch over their flock by night.

And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the

Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

2:10

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you

good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

2:11

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which

is Christ the Lord.

2:12

And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped

in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

2:13

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly

host praising God, and saying,

2:14

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward

men.

2:15

And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into

heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto

Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the

Lord hath made known unto us.

2:16

And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the

babe lying in a manger.

2:17

And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying

which was told them concerning this child.

2:18

And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told

them by the shepherds.

2:19

But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

2:20

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the

things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

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2:21

And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the

child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel

before he was conceived in the womb.

2:22

And when the days of her purification according to the law of

Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to

present him to the Lord;

2:23

(As it is written in the law of the LORD, Every male that openeth

the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

2:24

And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of

the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.

2:25

And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was

Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the

consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.

2:26

And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should

not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

2:27

And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents

brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the

law,

2:28

Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,

2:29

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to

thy word:

2:30

For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

2:31

Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

2:32

A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

2:33

And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were

spoken of him.

2:34

And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold,

this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and

for a sign which shall be spoken against;

2:35

(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the

thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

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2:36

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of

the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an

husband seven years from her virginity;

2:37

And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which

departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and

prayers night and day.

2:38

And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord,

and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in

Jerusalem.

2:39

And when they had performed all things according to the law of the

Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.

2:40

And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom:

and the grace of God was upon him.

2:41

Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the

passover.

2:42

And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem

after the custom of the feast.

2:43

And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child

Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew

not of it.

2:44

But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a

day’s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and

acquaintance.

2:45

And when they found him not, they turned back again to

Jerusalem, seeking him.

2:46

And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the

temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and

asking them questions.

2:47

And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and

answers.

2:48

And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said

unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy

father and I have sought thee sorrowing.

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2:49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not

that I must be about my Father’s business?

2:50 And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.

2:51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was

subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her

heart.

2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God

and man.

CHAPTER 3

3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius

Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee,

and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of

Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,

3:2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came

unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

3:3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the

baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

3:4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet,

saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the

way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

3:5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be

brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough

ways shall be made smooth;

3:6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

3:7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of

him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the

wrath to come?

3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to

say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say

unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children

unto Abraham.

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And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree

therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and

cast into the fire.

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And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?

3:11

He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him

impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do

likewise.

3:12

Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him,

Master, what shall we do?

3:13

And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed

you.

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And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall

we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither

accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

3:15

And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their

hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;

3:16

John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with

water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I

am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy

Ghost and with fire:

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Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and

will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with

fire unquenchable.

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And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the

people.

3:19

But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his

brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,

3:20

Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.

3:21

Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus

also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

3:22

And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon

him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my

beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

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3:23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as

was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,

3:24 Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which

was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the

son of Joseph,

3:25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos,

which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was

the son of Nagge,

3:26 Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias,

which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which

was the son of Juda,

3:27 Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which

was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which

was the son of Neri,

3:28 Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which

was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was

the son of Er,

3:29 Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which

was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was

the son of Levi,

3:30 Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which

was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the

son of Eliakim,

3:31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which

was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was

the son of David,

3:32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which

was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the

son of Naasson,

3:33 Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram,

which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which

was the son of Juda,

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Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which

was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was

the son of Nachor,

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Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which

was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the

son of Sala,

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Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad,

which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was

the son of Lamech,

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Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch,

which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which

was the son of Cainan,

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Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was

the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

CHAPTER 4

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and

was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat

nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command

this stone that it be made bread.

And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not

live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

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And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto

him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the

glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I

will I give it.

If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.

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And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan:

for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him

only shalt thou serve.

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the

temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself

down from hence:

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For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep

thee:

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And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou

dash thy foot against a stone.

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And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not

tempt the Lord thy God.

4:13

And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from

him for a season.

4:14

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and

there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.

4:15

And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.

4:16

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as

his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day,

and stood up for to read.

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And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias.

And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it

was written,

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The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to

preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the

brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering

of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

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To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

4:20

And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat

down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were

fastened on him.

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And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled

in your ears.

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And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words

which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this

Joseph’s son?

4:23

And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb,

Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in

Capernaum, do also here in thy country.

4:24

And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his

own country.

4:25

But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of

Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months,

when great famine was throughout all the land;

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But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of

Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

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And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet;

and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.

4:28

And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were

filled with wrath,

4:29

And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the

brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast

him down headlong.

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But he passing through the midst of them went his way,

4:31

And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them

on the sabbath days.

4:32

And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with

power.

4:33

And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an

unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,

4:34

Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of

Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art;

the Holy One of God.

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And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of

him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out

of him, and hurt him not.

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And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying,

What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth

the unclean spirits, and they come out.

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And the fame of him went out into every place of the country

round about.

4:38

And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s

house. And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with a great fever;

and they besought him for her.

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And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and

immediately she arose and ministered unto them.

4:40

Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with

divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on

every one of them, and healed them.

4:41

And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art

Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to

speak: for they knew that he was Christ.

4:42

And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place:

and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him,

that he should not depart from them.

4:43

And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other

cities also: for therefore am I sent.

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And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.

CHAPTER 5

And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear

the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,

And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were

gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and

prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he

sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.

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Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out

into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the

night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let

down the net.

And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of

fishes: and their net brake.

And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other

ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and

filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.

When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying,

Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of

the fishes which they had taken:

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And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were

partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from

henceforth thou shalt catch men.

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And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all,

and followed him.

5:12

And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man

full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him,

saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

5:13

And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou

clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.

5:14

And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the

priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded,

for a testimony unto them.

5:15

But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great

multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their

infirmities.

5:16

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

5:17

And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there

were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come

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out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the

power of the Lord was present to heal them.

5:18

And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a

palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before

him.

5:19

And when they could not find by what way they might bring him

in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let

him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before

Jesus.

5:20

And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are

forgiven thee.

5:21

And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is

this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God

alone?

5:22

But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto

them, What reason ye in your hearts?

5:23

Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise

up and walk?

5:24

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth

to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee,

Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.

5:25

And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that

whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.

5:26

And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled

with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.

5:27

And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named

Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow

me.

5:28

And he left all, rose up, and followed him.

5:29

And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a

great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.

5:30

But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples,

saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

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5:31

And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not

a physician; but they that are sick.

5:32

I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

5:33

And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often,

and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but

thine eat and drink?

5:34

And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the

Bride chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

5:35

But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away

from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

5:36

And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of

a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh

a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with

the old.

5:37

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine

will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.

5:38

But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are

preserved.

5:39

No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for

he saith, The old is better.

CHAPTER 6

And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he

went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of

corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.

And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which

is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this,

what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which

were with him;

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How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the

shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is

not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?

And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the

sabbath.

And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into

the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand

was withered.

And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal

on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the

withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose

and stood forth.

Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on

the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to

destroy it?

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And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man,

Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored

whole as the other.

6:11

And they were filled with madness; and communed one with

another what they might do to Jesus.

6:12

And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a

mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

6:13

And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them

he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;

6:14

Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother,

James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

6:15

Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon

called Zelotes,

6:16

And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was

the traitor.

6:17

And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the

company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all

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Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon,

which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

6:18 And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were

healed.

6:19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue

out of him, and healed them all.

6:20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye

poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

6:21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are

ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

6:22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall

separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast

out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

6:23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is

great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the

prophets.

6:24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your

consolation.

6:25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that

laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

6:26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did

their fathers to the false prophets.

6:27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to

them which hate you,

6:28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully

use you.

6:29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the

other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy

coat also.

6:30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away

thy goods ask them not again.

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6:31

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them

likewise.

6:32

For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for

sinners also love those that love them.

6:33

And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have

ye? for sinners also do even the same.

6:34

And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank

have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.

6:35

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for

nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the

children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to

the evil.

6:36

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

6:37

Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall

not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

6:38

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down,

and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your

bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be

measured to you again.

6:39

And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind?

shall they not both fall into the ditch?

6:40

The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect

shall be as his master.

6:41

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but

perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

6:42

Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out

the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the

beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the

beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull

out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.

6:43

For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a

corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

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6:44

For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not

gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.

6:45

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that

which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart

bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart

his mouth speaketh.

6:46

And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I

say?

6:47

Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them,

I will shew you to whom he is like:

6:48

He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the

foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat

vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was

founded upon a rock.

6:49

But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a

foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream

did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that

house was great.

CHAPTER 7

Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the

people, he entered into Capernaum.

And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear unto him, was

sick, and ready to die.

And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the

Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.

And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly,

saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:

For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.

Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from

the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord,

trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter

under my roof:

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Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but

say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.

For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers,

and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he

cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him

about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you,

I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

7:10

And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant

whole that had been sick.

7:11

And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called

Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.

7:12

Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a

dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a

widow: and much people of the city was with her.

7:13

And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said

unto her, Weep not.

7:14

And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood

still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.

7:15

And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered

him to his mother.

7:16

And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a

great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his

people.

7:17

And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and

throughout all the region round about.

7:18

And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things.

7:19

And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus,

saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?

7:20

When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath

sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look

we for another?

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7:21

And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and

plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave

sight.

7:22

Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John

what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the

lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are

raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

7:23

And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

7:24

And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to

speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the

wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

7:25

But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment?

Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately,

are in kings’ courts.

7:26

But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you,

and much more than a prophet.

7:27

This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger

before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

7:28

For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is

not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in

the kingdom of God is greater than he.

7:29

And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God,

being baptized with the baptism of John.

7:30

But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against

themselves, being not baptized of him.

7:31

And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this

generation? and to what are they like?

7:32

They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling

one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have

not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.

7:33

For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine;

and ye say, He hath a devil.

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7:34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a

gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and

sinners!

7:35 But wisdom is justified of all her children.

7:36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him.

And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat.

7:37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she

knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an

alabaster box of ointment,

7:38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his

feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and

kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

7:39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake

within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have

known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him:

for she is a sinner.

7:40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to

say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.

7:41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed

five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

7:42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both.

Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?

7:43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave

most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.

7:44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this

woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my

feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with

the hairs of her head.

7:45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in

hath not ceased to kiss my feet.

7:46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath

anointed my feet with ointment.

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Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven;

for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth

little.

7:48

And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.

7:49

And they that sat at meat with him began to say within

themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?

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And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

CHAPTER 8

And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city

and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom

of God: and the twelve were with him,

And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and

infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven

devils,

And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and

many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.

And when much people were gathered together, and were come to

him out of every city, he spake by a parable:

A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by

the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air

devoured it.

And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it

withered away, because it lacked moisture.

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and

choked it.

And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an

hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that

hath ears to hear, let him hear.

And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

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And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the

kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might

not see, and hearing they might not understand.

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Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

8:12

Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil,

and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should

believe and be saved.

8:13

They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the

word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe,

and in time of temptation fall away.

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And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have

heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures

of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

8:15

But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good

heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with

patience.

8:16

No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or

putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they

which enter in may see the light.

8:17

For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any

thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.

8:18

Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall

be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even

that which he seemeth to have.

8:19

Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come

at him for the press.

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And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy

brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.

8:21

And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren

are these which hear the word of God, and do it.

8:22

Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with

his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other

side of the lake. And they launched forth.

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But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of

wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in

jeopardy.

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And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we

perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the

water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.

8:25

And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid

wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for

he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.

8:26

And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over

against Galilee.

8:27

And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a

certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes,

neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.

8:28

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and

with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou

Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.

8:29

(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man.

For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with

chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the

devil into the wilderness.)

8:30

And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said,

Legion: because many devils were entered into him.

8:31

And they besought him that he would not command them to go out

into the deep.

8:32

And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the

mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to

enter into them. And he suffered them.

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Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine:

and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and

were choked.

8:34

When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went

and told it in the city and in the country.

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Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and

found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the

feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

8:36

They also which saw it told them by what means he that was

possessed of the devils was healed.

8:37

Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round

about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with

great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.

8:38

Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him

that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,

8:39

Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath

done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout

the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.

8:40

And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people

gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.

8:41

And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of

the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus’ feet, and besought him

that he would come into his house:

8:42

For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she

lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.

8:43

And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had

spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

8:44

Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and

immediately her issue of blood stanched.

8:45

And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they

that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and

press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

8:46

And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that

virtue is gone out of me.

8:47

And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came

trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him

before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how

she was healed immediately.

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And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath

made thee whole; go in peace.

8:49

While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the

synagogue’s house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble

not the Master.

8:50

But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe

only, and she shall be made whole.

8:51

And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in,

save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of

the maiden.

8:52

And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not

dead, but sleepeth.

8:53

And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.

8:54

And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called,

saying, Maid, arise.

8:55

And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he

commanded to give her meat.

8:56

And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they

should tell no man what was done.

CHAPTER 9

Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power

and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.

And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the

sick.

And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither

staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two

coats apiece.

And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence

depart.

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And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city,

shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against

them.

And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the

gospel, and healing every where.

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he

was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was

risen from the dead;

And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of

the old prophets was risen again.

And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I

hear such things? And he desired to see him.

9:10

And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they

had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert

place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.

9:11

And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received

them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed

them that had need of healing.

9:12

And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and

said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the

towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we

are here in a desert place.

9:13

But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We

have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go

and buy meat for all this people.

9:14

For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his

disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

9:15

And they did so, and made them all sit down.

9:16

Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to

heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set

before the multitude.

9:17

And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of

fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.

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And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were

with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I

am?

9:19

They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and

others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.

9:20

He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering

said, The Christ of God.

9:21

And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man

that thing;

9:22

Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of

the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised

the third day.

9:23

And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him

deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

9:24

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will

lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

9:25

For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose

himself, or be cast away?

9:26

For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him

shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own

glory, and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels.

9:27

But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall

not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.

9:28

And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he

took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to

pray.

9:29

And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and

his raiment was white and glistering.

9:30

And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses

and Elias:

9:31

Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should

accomplish at Jerusalem.

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But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and

when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that

stood with him.

9:33

And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto

Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three

tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not

knowing what he said.

9:34

While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them:

and they feared as they entered into the cloud.

9:35

And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my

beloved Son: hear him.

9:36

And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they

kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things

which they had seen.

9:37

And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come

down from the hill, much people met him.

9:38

And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I

beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.

9:39

And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it

teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly

departeth from him.

9:40

And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.

9:41

And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how

long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.

9:42

And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare

him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and

delivered him again to his father.

9:43

And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while

they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto

his disciples,

9:44

Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man

shall be delivered into the hands of men.

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But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them,

that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that

saying.

9:46

Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be

greatest.

9:47

And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and

set him by him,

9:48

And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name

receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that

sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.

9:49

And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out

devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not

with us.

9:50

And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against

us is for us.

9:51

And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be

received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,

9:52

And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered

into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.

9:53

And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he

would go to Jerusalem.

9:54

And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord,

wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and

consume them, even as Elias did?

9:55

But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what

manner of spirit ye are of.

9:56

For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save

them. And they went to another village.

9:57

And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man

said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

9:58

And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air

have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

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And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me

first to go and bury my father.

9:60

Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and

preach the kingdom of God.

9:61

And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go

bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.

9:62

And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the

plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

CHAPTER 10

10:

After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and

sent them two and two before his face into every city and place,

whither he himself would come.

10:

Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the

laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he

would send forth laborers into his harvest.

10:

Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.

10:

Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the

way.

10:

And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this

house.

10:

And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if

not, it shall turn to you again.

10:

And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as

they give: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house

to house.

10:

And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such

things as are set before you:

10:

And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom

of God is come nigh unto you.

10:10

But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go

your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,

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Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe

off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the

kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

10:12

But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for

Sodom, than for that city.

10:13

Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the

mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been

done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in

sackcloth and ashes.

10:14

But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment,

than for you.

10:15

And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust

down to hell.

10:16

He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you

despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.

10:17

And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the

devils are subject unto us through thy name.

10:18

And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

10:19

Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions,

and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any

means hurt you.

10:20

Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto

you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

10:21

In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O

Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things

from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes:

even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

10:22

All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth

who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son,

and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

10:23

And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed

are the eyes which see the things that ye see:

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For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see

those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear

those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

10:25

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying,

Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

10:26

He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

10:27

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all

thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with

all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.

10:28

And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou

shalt live.

10:29

But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my

neighbor?

10:30

And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from

Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of

his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

10:31

And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and

when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

10:32

And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked

on him, and passed by on the other side.

10:33

But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and

when he saw him, he had compassion on him,

10:34

And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and

wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and

took care of him.

10:35

And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and

gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and

whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay

thee.

10:36

Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him

that fell among the thieves?

10:37

And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto

him, Go, and do thou likewise.

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Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain

village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her

house.

10:39

And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and

heard his word.

10:40

But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him,

and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to

serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.

10:41

And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art

careful and troubled about many things:

10:42

But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part,

which shall not be taken away from her.

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11:

And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place,

when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us

to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

11:

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art

in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be

done, as in heaven, so in earth.

11:

Give us day by day our daily bread.

11:

And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is

indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us

from evil.

11:

And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall

go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three

loaves;

11:

For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have

nothing to set before him?

11:

And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door

is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and

give thee.

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11:

I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is

his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him

as many as he needeth.

11:

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye

shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

11:10

For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;

and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

11:11

If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give

him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

11:12

Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

11:13

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your

children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy

Spirit to them that ask him?

11:14

And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to

pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people

wondered.

11:15

But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub

the chief of the devils.

11:16

And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

11:17

But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom

divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided

against a house falleth.

11:18

If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom

stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.

11:19

And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast

them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

11:20

But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the

kingdom of God is come upon you.

11:21

When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in

peace:

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11:22

But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome

him, he taketh from him all his armor wherein he trusted, and

divideth his spoils.

11:23

He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with

me scattereth.

11:24

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through

dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return

unto my house whence I came out.

11:25

And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.

11:26

Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked

than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state

of that man is worse than the first.

11:27

And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of

the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the

womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

11:28

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God,

and keep it.

11:29

And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to

say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no

sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

11:30

For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of

man be to this generation.

11:31

The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men

of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the

utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and,

behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

11:32

The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this

generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching

of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

11:33

No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place,

neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come

in may see the light.

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The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single,

thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy

body also is full of darkness.

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Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

11:36

If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the

whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle

doth give thee light.

11:37

And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him:

and he went in, and sat down to meat.

11:38

And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first

washed before dinner.

11:39

And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the

outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of

ravening and wickedness.

11:40

Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that

which is within also?

11:41

But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all

things are clean unto you.

11:42

But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all

manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God:

these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

11:43

Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the

synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

11:44

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as

graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not

aware of them.

11:45

Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus

saying thou reproachest us also.

11:46

And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with

burdens grievous to be born, and ye yourselves touch not the

burdens with one of your fingers.

11:47

Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and

your fathers killed them.

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Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for

they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

11:49

Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets

and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:

11:50

That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the

foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

11:51

From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished

between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be

required of this generation.

11:52

Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of

knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were

entering in ye hindered.

11:53

And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the

Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to

speak of many things:

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Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his

mouth, that they might accuse him.

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In the mean time, when there were gathered together an

innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one

upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware

ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

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For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid,

that shall not be known.

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Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in

the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall

be proclaimed upon the housetops.

12:

And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the

body, and after that have no more that they can do.

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But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after

he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you,

Fear him.

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Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them

is forgotten before God?

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But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not

therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

12:

Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him

shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

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But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels

of God.

12:10

And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall

be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy

Ghost it shall not be forgiven.

12:11

And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto

magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye

shall answer, or what ye shall say:

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For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye

ought to say.

12:13

And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my

brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.

12:14

And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over

you?

12:15

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for

a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he

possesseth.

12:16

And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain

rich man brought forth plentifully:

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And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I

have no room where to bestow my fruits?

12:18

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build

greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

12:19

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for

many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

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But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be

required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast

provided?

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So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward

God.

12:22

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no

thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what

ye shall put on.

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The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

12:24

Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither

have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more

are ye better than the fowls?

12:25

And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one

cubit?

12:26

If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye

thought for the rest?

12:27

Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and

yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed

like one of these.

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If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to

morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O

ye of little faith?

12:29

And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither

be ye of doubtful mind.

12:30

For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your

Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

12:31

But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be

added unto you.

12:32

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give

you the kingdom.

12:33

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which

wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no

thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

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For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

12:35

Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;

12:36

And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their Lord, when he

will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh,

they may open unto him immediately.

12:37

Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when he cometh shall

find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and

make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve

them.

12:38

And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third

watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

12:39

And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what

hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have

suffered his house to be broken through.

12:40

Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour

when ye think not.

12:41

Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us,

or even to all?

12:42

And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward,

whom his Lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them

their portion of meat in due season?

12:43

Blessed is that servant, whom his Lord when he cometh shall find

so doing.

12:44

Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that

he hath.

12:45

But and if that servant say in his heart, My Lord delayeth his

coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and

to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

12:46

The Lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not

for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in

sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

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And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not

himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many

stripes.

12:48

But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes,

shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is

given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have

committed much, of him they will ask the more.

12:49

I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already

kindled?

12:50

But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened

till it be accomplished!

12:51

Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay;

but rather division:

12:52

For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three

against two, and two against three.

12:53

The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the

father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the

mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the

daughter in law against her mother in law.

12:54

And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the

west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.

12:55

And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat;

and it cometh to pass.

12:56

Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth;

but how is it that ye do not discern this time?

12:57

Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

12:58

When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art

in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him;

lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the

officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

12:59

I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very

last mite.

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CHAPTER 13

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There were present at that season some that told him of the

Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

13:

And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these

Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they

suffered such things?

13:

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

13:

Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew

them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in

Jerusalem?

13:

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

13:

He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in

his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

13:

Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three

years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it

down; why cumbereth it the ground?

13:

And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also,

till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

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And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it

down.

13:10

And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.

13:11

And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity

eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift

up herself.

13:12

And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her,

Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

13:13

And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made

straight, and glorified God.

13:14

And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because

that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people,

There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore

come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

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The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not

each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the

stall, and lead him away to watering?

13:16

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom

Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this

bond on the sabbath day?

13:17

And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were

ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that

were done by him.

13:18

Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and

whereunto shall I resemble it?

13:19

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into

his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the

air lodged in the branches of it.

13:20

And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

13:21

It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of

meal, till the whole was leavened.

13:22

And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and

journeying toward Jerusalem.

13:23

Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he

said unto them,

13:24

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will

seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

13:25

When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the

door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door,

saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto

you, I know you not whence ye are:

13:26

Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy

presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

13:27

But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart

from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

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There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see

Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the

kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

13:29

And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from

the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of

God.

13:30

And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first

which shall be last.

13:31

The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him,

Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.

13:32

And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out

devils, and I do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I

shall be perfected.

13:33

Nevertheless I must walk today, and tomorrow, and the day

following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

13:34

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest

them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy

children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings,

and ye would not!

13:35

Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto

you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say,

Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

CHAPTER 14

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And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief

Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

14:

And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the

dropsy.

14:

And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying,

Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

14:

And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and

let him go;

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And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an

ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the

sabbath day?

14:

And they could not answer him again to these things.

14:

And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he

marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them.

14:

When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the

highest room; lest a more honorable man than thou be bidden of

him;

14:

And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man

place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.

14:10

But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that

when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go

up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them

that sit at meat with thee.

14:11

For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that

humbleth himself shall be exalted.

14:12

Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner

or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy

kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbors; lest they also bid thee again, and a

recompence be made thee.

14:13

But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame,

the blind:

14:14

And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for

thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

14:15

And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these

things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the

kingdom of God.

14:16

Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and

bade many:

14:17

And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were

bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

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And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said

unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and

see it: I pray thee have me excused.

14:19

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to

prove them: I pray thee have me excused.

14:20

And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot

come.

14:21

So that servant came, and shewed his Lord these things. Then the

master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly

into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor,

and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

14:22

And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and

yet there is room.

14:23

And the Lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and

hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

14:24

For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden

shall taste of my supper.

14:25

And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said

unto them,

14:26

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and

wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life

also, he cannot be my disciple.

14:27

And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot

be my disciple.

14:28

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down

first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

14:29

Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to

finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

14:30

Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

14:31

Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not

down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to

meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

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Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an

ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

14:33

So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he

hath, he cannot be my disciple.

14:34

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be

seasoned?

14:35

It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it

out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

CHAPTER 15

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Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear

him.

15:

And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man

receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

15:

And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

15:

What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them,

doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after

that which is lost, until he find it?

15:

And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

15:

And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and

neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my

sheep which was lost.

15:

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner

that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which

need no repentance.

15:

Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one

piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek

diligently till she find it?

15:

And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her

neighbors together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the

piece which I had lost.

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Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels

of God over one sinner that repenteth.

15:11

And he said, A certain man had two sons:

15:12

And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the

portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his

living.

15:13

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and

took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance

with riotous living.

15:14

And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that

land; and he began to be in want.

15:15

And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he

sent him into his fields to feed swine.

15:16

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the

swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

15:17

And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of

my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with

hunger!

15:18

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I

have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

15:19

And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of

thy hired servants.

15:20

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great

way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell

on his neck, and kissed him.

15:21

And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven,

and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

15:22

But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and

put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

15:23

And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be

merry:

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For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is

found. And they began to be merry.

15:25

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to

the house, he heard musick and dancing.

15:26

And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things

meant.

15:27

And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath

killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

15:28

And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father

out, and intreated him.

15:29

And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I

serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment:

and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with

my friends:

15:30

But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy

living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

15:31

And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I

have is thine.

15:32

It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy

brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

CHAPTER 16

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And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man,

which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he

had wasted his goods.

16:

And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of

thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no

longer steward.

16:

Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my Lord

taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am

ashamed.

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I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the

stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

16:

So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto

the first, How much owest thou unto my Lord?

16:

And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him,

Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

16:

Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said,

An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy

bill, and write fourscore.

16:

And the Lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done

wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser

than the children of light.

16:

And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of

unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into

everlasting habitations.

16:10

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and

he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

16:11

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon,

who will commit to your trust the true riches?

16:12

And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s,

who shall give you that which is your own?

16:13

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,

and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the

other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

16:14

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things:

and they derided him.

16:15

And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves

before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly

esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

16:16

The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the

kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

16:17

And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the

law to fail.

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16:18

Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another,

committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away

from her husband committeth adultery.

16:19

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine

linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

16:20

And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at

his gate, full of sores,

16:21

And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich

man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

16:22

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the

angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was

buried;

16:23

And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth

Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

16:24

And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and

send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and

cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

16:25

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime

receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but

now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

16:26

And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed:

so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither

can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

16:27

Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send

him to my father’s house:

16:28

For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they

also come into this place of torment.

16:29

Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let

them hear them.

16:30

And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from

the dead, they will repent.

16:31

And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets,

neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

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17:

Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offenses

will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!

17:

It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck,

and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these

little ones.

17:

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee,

rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

17:

And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven

times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive

him.

17:

And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.

17:

And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye

might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root,

and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

17:

But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will

say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit

down to meat?

17:

And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may

sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken;

and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?

17:

Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were

commanded him? I trow not.

17:10

So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are

commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done

that which was our duty to do.

17:11

And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed

through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

17:12

And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that

were lepers, which stood afar off:

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17:13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have

mercy on us.

17:14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves

unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they

were cleansed.

17:15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back,

and with a loud voice glorified God,

17:16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was

a Samaritan.

17:17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where

are the nine?

17:18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this

stranger.

17:19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee

whole.

17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of

God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God

cometh not with observation:

17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the

kingdom of God is within you.

17:22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall

desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see

it.

17:23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after

them, nor follow them.

17:24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under

heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the

Son of man be in his day.

17:25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this

generation.

17:26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of

the Son of man.

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17:27

They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in

marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood

came, and destroyed them all.

17:28

Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank,

they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

17:29

But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and

brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

17:30

Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

17:31

In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in

the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in

the field, let him likewise not return back.

17:32

Remember Lot’s wife.

17:33

Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever

shall lose his life shall preserve it.

17:34

I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one

shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

17:35

Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and

the other left.

17:36

Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other

left.

17:37

And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said

unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be

gathered together.

CHAPTER 18

18:

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought

always to pray, and not to faint;

18:

Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither

regarded man:

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And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him,

saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

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And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself,

Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

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Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her

continual coming she weary me.

18:

And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.

18:

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night

unto him, though he bear long with them?

18:

I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the

Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

18:

And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves

that they were righteous, and despised others:

18:10

Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and

the other a publican.

18:11

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank

thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers,

or even as this publican.

18:12

I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

18:13

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as

his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be

merciful to me a sinner.

18:14

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the

other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he

that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

18:15

And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them:

but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

18:16

But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to

come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of

God.

18:17

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of

God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

18:18

And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I

do to inherit eternal life?

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18:19

And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good,

save one, that is, God.

18:20

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do

not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy father

and thy mother.

18:21

And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.

18:22

Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest

thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor,

and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

18:23

And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very

rich.

18:24

And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How

hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

18:25

For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a

rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

18:26

And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?

18:27

And he said, The things which are impossible with men are

possible with God.

18:28

Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.

18:29

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that

hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the

kingdom of God’s sake,

18:30

Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the

world to come life everlasting.

18:31

Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we

go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets

concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.

18:32

For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked,

and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:

18:33

And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third

day he shall rise again.

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18:34

And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid

from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.

18:35

And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a

certain blind man sat by the way side begging:

18:36

And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.

18:37

And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.

18:38

And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.

18:39

And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his

peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have

mercy on me.

18:40

And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and

when he was come near, he asked him,

18:41

Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said,

Lord, that I may receive my sight.

18:42

And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved

thee.

18:43

And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying

God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.

CHAPTER 19

19:

And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.

19:

And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the

chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

19:

And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the

press, because he was little of stature.

19:

And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him:

for he was to pass that way.

19:

And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and

said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I

must abide at thy house.

19:

And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.

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19:

And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was

gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

19:

And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, the

half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing

from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

19:

And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house,

forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.

19:10

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was

lost.

19:11

And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable,

because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that

the kingdom of God should immediately appear.

19:12

He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to

receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

19:13

And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and

said unto them, Occupy till I come.

19:14

But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying,

We will not have this man to reign over us.

19:15

And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received

the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto

him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how

much every man had gained by trading.

19:16

Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten

pounds.

19:17

And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast

been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

19:18

And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five

pounds.

19:19

And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.

19:20

And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I

have kept laid up in a napkin:

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19:21

For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up

that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

19:22

And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee,

thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man,

taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

19:23

Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at

my coming I might have required mine own with usury?

19:24

And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound,

and give it to him that hath ten pounds.

19:25

(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)

19:26

For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given;

and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away

from him.

19:27

But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over

them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

19:28

And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to

Jerusalem.

19:29

And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and

Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of

his disciples,

19:30

Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at

your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat:

loose him, and bring him hither.

19:31

And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say

unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.

19:32

And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had

said unto them.

19:33

And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto

them, Why loose ye the colt?

19:34

And they said, The Lord hath need of him.

19:35

And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon

the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.

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19:36

And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.

19:37

And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount

of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and

praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had

seen;

19:38

Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord:

peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

19:39

And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto

him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.

19:40

And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these

should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

19:41

And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

19:42

Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the

things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from

thine eyes.

19:43

For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a

trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on

every side,

19:44

And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within

thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another;

because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

19:45

And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold

therein, and them that bought;

19:46

Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer:

but ye have made it a den of thieves.

19:47

And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the

scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

19:48

And could not find what they might do: for all the people were

very attentive to hear him.

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CHAPTER 20

20:

And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the

people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and

the scribes came upon him with the elders,

20:

And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou

these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

20:

And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing;

and answer me:

20:

The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?

20:

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From

heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?

20:

But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be

persuaded that John was a prophet.

20:

And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.

20:

And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I

do these things.

20:

Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man

planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a

far country for a long time.

20:10

And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they

should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen

beat him, and sent him away empty.

20:11

And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and

entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

20:12

And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him

out.

20:13

Then said the Lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my

beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.

20:14

But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among

themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the

inheritance may be ours.

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20:15

So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What

therefore shall the Lord of the vineyard do unto them?

20:16

He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the

vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

20:17

And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written,

The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head

of the corner?

20:18

Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on

whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

20:19

And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay

hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that

he had spoken this parable against them.

20:20

And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign

themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that

so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the

governor.

20:21

And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest

and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but

teachest the way of God truly:

20:22

Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?

20:23

But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt

ye me?

20:24

Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They

answered and said, Caesar’s.

20:25

And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things

which be Caesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.

20:26

And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and

they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.

20:27

Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there

is any resurrection; and they asked him,

20:28

Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die,

having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should

take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

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20:29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and

died without children.

20:30 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.

20:31 And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they

left no children, and died.

20:32 Last of all the woman died also.

20:33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven

had her to wife.

20:34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world

marry, and are given in marriage:

20:35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world,

and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in

marriage:

20:36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels;

and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

20:37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush,

when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of

Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

20:38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto

him.

20:39 Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well

said.

20:40 And after that they durst not ask him any question at all.

20:41 And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David’s son?

20:42 And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said

unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

20:43 Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

20:44 David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?

20:45 Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,

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20:46

Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love

greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues,

and the chief rooms at feasts;

20:47

Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers:

the same shall receive greater damnation.

CHAPTER 21

21:

And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the

treasury.

21:

And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

21:

And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath

cast in more than they all:

21:

For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of

God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

21:

And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly

stones and gifts, he said,

21:

As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the

which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not

be thrown down.

21:

And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things

be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to

pass?

21:

And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall

come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near:

go ye not therefore after them.

21:

But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified:

for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and

by.

21:10

Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and

kingdom against kingdom:

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21:11

And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and

pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from

heaven.

21:12

But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and

persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into

prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.

21:13

And it shall turn to you for a testimony.

21:14

Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye

shall answer:

21:15

For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries

shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

21:16

And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and

kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put

to death.

21:17

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.

21:18

But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

21:19

In your patience possess ye your souls.

21:20

And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then

know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

21:21

Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let

them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that

are in the countries enter thereinto.

21:22

For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are

written may be fulfilled.

21:23

But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck,

in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath

upon this people.

21:24

And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away

captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the

Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

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21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the

stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the

sea and the waves roaring;

21:26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those

things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven

shall be shaken.

21:27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with

power and great glory.

21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift

up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the

trees;

21:30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves

that summer is now nigh at hand.

21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye

that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all

be fulfilled.

21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass

away.

21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be

overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life,

and so that day come upon you unawares.

21:35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the

whole earth.

21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted

worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to

stand before the Son of man.

21:37 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he

went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of

Olives.

21:38 And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple,

for to hear him.

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CHAPTER 22

22:1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the

Passover.

22:2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him;

for they feared the people.

22:3 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the

number of the twelve.

22:4 And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and

captains, how he might betray him unto them.

22:5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.

22:6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them

in the absence of the multitude.

22:7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must

be killed.

22:8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the

passover, that we may eat.

22:9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?

22:10 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city,

there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him

into the house where he entereth in.

22:11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith

unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the

passover with my disciples?

22:12 And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make

ready.

22:13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made

ready the passover.

22:14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve

apostles with him.

22:15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this

passover with you before I suffer:

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For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be

fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

22:17

And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and

divide it among yourselves:

22:18

For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the

kingdom of God shall come.

22:19

And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto

them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in

remembrance of me.

22:20

Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new

testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

22:21

But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the

table.

22:22

And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe

unto that man by whom he is betrayed!

22:23

And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was

that should do this thing.

22:24

And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be

accounted the greatest.

22:25

And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship

over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called

benefactors.

22:26

But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be

as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

22:27

For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is

not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.

22:28

Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.

22:29

And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed

unto me;

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That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on

thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to

have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

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But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou

art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

22:33

And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into

prison, and to death.

22:34

And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day,

before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.

22:35

And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip,

and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.

22:36

Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take

it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his

garment, and buy one.

22:37

For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be

accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors:

for the things concerning me have an end.

22:38

And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said

unto them, It is enough.

22:39

And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of

Olives; and his disciples also followed him.

22:40

And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye

enter not into temptation.

22:41

And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and

kneeled down, and prayed,

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Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me:

nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

22:43

And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening

him.

22:44

And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat

was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

22:45

And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples,

he found them sleeping for sorrow,

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And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter

into temptation.

22:47

And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called

Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto

Jesus to kiss him.

22:48

But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with

a kiss?

22:49

When they which were about him saw what would follow, they

said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?

22:50

And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off

his right ear.

22:51

And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched

his ear, and healed him.

22:52

Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple,

and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against

a thief, with swords and staves?

22:53

When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no

hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

22:54

Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high

priest’s house. And Peter followed afar off.

22:55

And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were

set down together, Peter sat down among them.

22:56

But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly

looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.

22:57

And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.

22:58

And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of

them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.

22:59

And about the space of one hour after another confidently

affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is

a Galilaean.

22:60

And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And

immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.

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And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter

remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him,

Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

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And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.

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And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.

22:64

And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face,

and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?

22:65

And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.

22:66

And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief

priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council,

saying,

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Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye

will not believe:

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And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go.

22:69

Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of

God.

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Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto

them, Ye say that I am.

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And they said, What need we any further witness? for we

ourselves have heard of his own mouth.

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23:

And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.

23:

And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow

perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar,

saying that he himself is Christ a King.

23:

And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And

he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.

23:

Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no

fault in this man.

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23:5 And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people,

teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.

23:6 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a

Galilaean.

23:7 And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod’s jurisdiction,

he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that

time.

23:8 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was

desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many

things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by

him.

23:9 Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him

nothing.

23:10 And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused

him.

23:11 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked

him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to

Pilate.

23:12 And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for

before they were at enmity between themselves.

23:13 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the

rulers and the people,

23:14 Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that

perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before

you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof

ye accuse him:

23:15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy

of death is done unto him.

23:16 I will therefore chastise him, and release him.

23:17 (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)

23:18 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and

release unto us Barabbas:

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(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was

cast into prison.)

23:20

Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.

23:21

But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.

23:22

And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he

done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore

chastise him, and let him go.

23:23

And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be

crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.

23:24

And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.

23:25

And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was

cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to

their will.

23:26

And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a

Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the

cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.

23:27

And there followed him a great company of people, and of women,

which also bewailed and lamented him.

23:28

But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep

not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

23:29

For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say,

Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the

paps which never gave suck.

23:30

Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to

the hills, Cover us.

23:31

For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the

dry?

23:32

And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put

to death.

23:33

And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary,

there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand,

and the other on the left.

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Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what

they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

23:35

And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them

derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be

Christ, the chosen of God.

23:36

And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him

vinegar,

23:37

And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.

23:38

And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek,

and Latin, and Hebrew,

THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

23:39

And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him,

saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.

23:40

But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear

God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?

23:41

And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds:

but this man hath done nothing amiss.

23:42

And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into

thy kingdom.

23:43

And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou

be with me in paradise.

23:44

And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all

the earth until the ninth hour.

23:45

And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in

the midst.

23:46

And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into

thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up

the ghost.

23:47

Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God,

saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.

23:48

And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the

things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.

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23:49

And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from

Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.

23:50

And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counselor; and he

was a good man, and a just:

23:51

(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he

was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for

the kingdom of God.

23:52

This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.

23:53

And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a

sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was

laid.

23:54

And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

23:55

And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed

after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.

23:56

And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested

the sabbath day according to the commandment.

CHAPTER 24

24:

Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning,

they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had

prepared, and certain others with them.

24:

And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

24:

And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

24:

And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout,

behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:

24:

And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth,

they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

24:

He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when

he was yet in Galilee,

24:

Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful

men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

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And they remembered his words,

24:

And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the

eleven, and to all the rest.

24:10

It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of

James, and other women that were with them, which told these

things unto the apostles.

24:11

And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed

them not.

24:12

Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down,

he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed,

wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.

24:13

And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called

Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.

24:14

And they talked together of all these things which had happened.

24:15

And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and

reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.

24:16

But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.

24:17

And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these

that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?

24:18

And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said

unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not

known the things which are come to pass there in these days?

24:19

And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him,

Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed

and word before God and all the people:

24:20

And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be

condemned to death, and have crucified him.

24:21

But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed

Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things

were done.

24:22

Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished,

which were early at the sepulchre;

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And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they

had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.

24:24

And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and

found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.

24:25

Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all

that the prophets have spoken:

24:26

Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his

glory?

24:27

And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto

them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

24:28

And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he

made as though he would have gone further.

24:29

But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward

evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with

them.

24:30

And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread,

and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.

24:31

And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished

out of their sight.

24:32

And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us,

while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the

scriptures?

24:33

And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and

found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,

24:34

Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.

24:35

And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was

known of them in breaking of bread.

24:36

And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them,

and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

24:37

But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had

seen a spirit.

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24:38

And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts

arise in your hearts?

24:39

Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and

see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

24:40

And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his

feet.

24:41

And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said

unto them, Have ye here any meat?

24:42

And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.

24:43

And he took it, and did eat before them.

24:44

And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto

you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled,

which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and

in the psalms, concerning me.

24:45

Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand

the scriptures,

24:46

And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ

to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

24:47

And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in

his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

24:48

And ye are witnesses of these things.

24:49

And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry

ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on

high.

24:50

And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his

hands, and blessed them.

24:51

And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from

them, and carried up into heaven.

24:52

And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great

joy:

24:53

And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God.

Amen.

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The Gospel According to

JOHN

CHAPTER 1

1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the logos was with god in the begining

the Word was God. The logos came from the energy of God

1:2 The same was in the beginning with God. God had a higher creator, of which he was a part, with him when he started the universe

1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing

made that was made.

1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended

it not.

1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. John the Baptist led the way for Jesus

1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all

men through him might believe.

1:8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

1:9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into

the world.

1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the he was the part of God from the beginning known as the Logos who shaped our galaxy

world knew him not.

1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. Jews rejected him because he taught they could meet God within and did not need the religious structure

1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the

sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

1:13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of

the will of man, but of God.

1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld The Logos came to live among humans

his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of God was proud of Jesus

grace and truth.

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1:15

John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I

spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was

before me.

1:16

And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

1:17

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by

Jesus Christ.

1:18

No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is

in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

1:19

And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and

Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

1:20

And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the

Christ.

1:21

And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I

am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

1:22

Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an

answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

1:23

He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make

straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

1:24

And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.

1:25

And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then,

if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?

1:26

John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there

standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

1:27

He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s

latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

1:28

These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John

was baptizing.

1:29

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold

the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

1:30

This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is

preferred before me: for he was before me.

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1:31

And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel,

therefore am I come baptizing with water.

1:32

And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from

heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

1:33

And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the

same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit

descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth

with the Holy Ghost.

1:34

And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

1:35

Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;

1:36

And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of

God!

1:37

And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

1:38

Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them,

What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being

interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?

1:39

He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he

dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth

hour.

1:40

One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was

Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

1:41

He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We

have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

1:42

And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said,

Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which

is by interpretation, A stone.

1:43

The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth

Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

1:44

Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

1:45

Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him,

of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of

Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

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1:46

And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out

of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

1:47

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an

Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

1:48

Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus

answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when

thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.

1:49

Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of

God; thou art the King of Israel.

1:50

Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw

thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things

than these.

1:51

And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye

shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and

descending upon the Son of man.

CHAPTER 2

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the

mother of Jesus was there:

And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.

And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him,

They have no wine.

Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine

hour is not yet come.

His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you,

do it.

And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner

of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they

filled them up to the brim.

And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor

of the feast. And they bare it.

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When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made

wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew

the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,

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And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good

wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but

thou hast kept the good wine until now.

2:11

This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and

manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

2:12

After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his

brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many

days.

2:13

And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to

Jerusalem.

2:14

And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves,

and the changers of money sitting:

2:15

And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all

out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the

changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;

2:16

And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make

not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.

2:17

And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine

house hath eaten me up.

2:18

Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest

thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

2:19

Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in

three days I will raise it up.

2:20

Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in

building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

2:21

But he spake of the temple of his body.

2:22

When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples

remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the

scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

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2:23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day,

many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he

did.

2:24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all

men,

2:25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what

was in man.

CHAPTER 3

3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the

Jews:

3:2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we

know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do

these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,

Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old?

can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be

born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of

God.

3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of

the Spirit is spirit.

3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound

thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth:

so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

3:9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

3:10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and

knowest not these things?

3:11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and

testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

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3:12

If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye

believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

3:13

And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down

from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

3:14

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must

the Son of man be lifted up:

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That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have

eternal life.

3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,

that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have

everlasting life.

3:17

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but

that the world through him might be saved.

3:18

He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth

not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name

of the only begotten Son of God.

3:19

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and

men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

3:20

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the

light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

3:21

But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be

made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

3:22

After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of

Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.

3:23

And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there

was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

3:24

For John was not yet cast into prison.

3:25

Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and

the Jews about purifying.

3:26

And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was

with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the

same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

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3:27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be

given him from heaven.

3:28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but

that I am sent before him.

3:29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the

bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly

because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease.

3:31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is

earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is

above all.

3:32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man

receiveth his testimony.

3:33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is

true.

3:34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God

giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

3:35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that

believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God

abideth on him.

CHAPTER 4

4:1 When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that

Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

4:2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)

4:3 He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.

4:4 And he must needs go through Samaria.

4:5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to

the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

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Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with

his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.

There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto

her, Give me to drink.

(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou,

being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for

the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

4:10

Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God,

and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest

have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

4:11

The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with,

and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?

4:12

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and

drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

4:13

Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this

water shall thirst again:

4:14

But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall

never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a

well of water springing up into everlasting life.

4:15

The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not,

neither come hither to draw.

4:16

Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

4:17

The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto

her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:

4:18

For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is

not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.

4:19

The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

4:20

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in

Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

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4:21

Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when

ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the

Father.

4:22

Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for

salvation is of the Jews.

4:23

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall

worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh

such to worship him.

4:24

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in

spirit and in truth.

4:25

The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is

called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

4:26

Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

4:27

And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with

the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest

thou with her?

4:28

The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city,

and saith to the men,

4:29

Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this

the Christ?

4:30

Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.

4:31

In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.

4:32

But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

4:33

Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought

him ought to eat?

4:34

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent

me, and to finish his work.

4:35

Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest?

behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields;

for they are white already to harvest.

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4:36

And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life

eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice

together.

4:37

And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

4:38

I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labor: other men

labored, and ye are entered into their labors.

4:39

And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the

saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.

4:40

So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him

that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.

4:41

And many more believed because of his own word;

4:42

And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy

saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is

indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.

4:43

Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.

4:44

For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honor in his own

country.

4:45

Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him,

having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for

they also went unto the feast.

4:46

So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water

wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at

Capernaum.

4:47

When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he

went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and

heal his son: for he was at the point of death.

4:48

Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will

not believe.

4:49

The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

4:50

Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man

believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his

way.

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4:51

And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told

him, saying, Thy son liveth.

4:52

Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And

they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left

him.

4:53

So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus

said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole

house.

4:54

This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come

out of Judaea into Galilee.

CHAPTER 5

After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to

Jerusalem.

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is

called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt,

withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and

troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the

water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and

eight years.

When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long

time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?

The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the

water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming,

another steppeth down before me.

Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.

And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed,

and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

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5:10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath

day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

5:11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me,

Take up thy bed, and walk.

5:12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take

up thy bed, and walk?

5:13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had

conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.

5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him,

Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come

unto thee.

5:15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had

made him whole.

5:16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay

him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

5:17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I

work.

5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not

only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father,

making himself equal with God.

5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto

you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the

Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the

Son likewise.

5:20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that

himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that

ye may marvel.

5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so

the Son quickeneth whom he will.

5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment

unto the Son:

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5:23 That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father.

He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father which hath

sent him.

5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and

believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not

come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is,

when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that

hear shall live.

5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to

have life in himself;

5:27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he

is the Son of man.

5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are

in the graves shall hear his voice,

5:29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the

resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the

resurrection of damnation.

5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my

judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of

the Father which hath sent me.

5:31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

5:32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the

witness which he witnesseth of me is true.

5:33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.

5:34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that

ye might be saved.

5:35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a

season to rejoice in his light.

5:36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which

the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear

witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

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5:37

And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath born witness of

me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

5:38

And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent,

him ye believe not.

5:39

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and

they are they which testify of me.

5:40

And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

5:41

I receive not honor from men.

5:42

But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

5:43

I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another

shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

5:44

How can ye believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek

not the honor that cometh from God only?

5:45

Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that

accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.

5:46

For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he

wrote of me.

5:47

But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

CHAPTER 6

After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the

sea of Tiberias.

And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles

which he did on them that were diseased.

And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his

disciples.

And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. This sentence is out of place

and is not contained in the oldest greek text

When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come

unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that

these may eat?

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6:6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would

do.

6:7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not

sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

6:8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto

him,

6:9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small

fishes: but what are they among so many?

6:10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much

grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five

thousand.

6:11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he

distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set

down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

6:12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the

fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.

6:13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets

with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over

and above unto them that had eaten.

6:14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did,

said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the

world.

6:15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him

by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain

himself alone.

6:16 And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the

sea,

6:17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum.

And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.

6:18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.

6:19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs,

they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship:

and they were afraid.

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6:20

But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.

6:21

Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately

the ship was at the land whither they went.

6:22

The day following, when the people which stood on the other side

of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one

whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with

his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away

alone;

6:23

(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place

where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)

6:24

When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither

his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum,

seeking for Jesus.

6:25

And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they

said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?

6:26

Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye

seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of

the loaves, and were filled.

6:27

Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which

endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto

you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

6:28

Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work

the works of God?

6:29

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that

ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

6:30

They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that

we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?

6:31

Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave

them bread from heaven to eat.

6:32

Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses

gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the

true bread from heaven.

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6:33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and

giveth life unto the world.

6:34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to

me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never

thirst.

6:36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.

6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that

cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the

will of him that sent me.

6:39 And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which

he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again

at the last day.

6:40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth

the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will

raise him up at the last day.

6:41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread

which came down from heaven.

6:42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father

and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down

from heaven?

6:43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among

yourselves.

6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me

draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

6:45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God.

Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the

Father, cometh unto me.

6:46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he

hath seen the Father.

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6:47

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath

everlasting life.

6:48

I am that bread of life.

6:49

Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

6:50

This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may

eat thereof, and not die.

6:51

I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat

of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is

my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

6:52

The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this

man give us his flesh to eat?

6:53

Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except

ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no

life in you.

6:54

Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life;

and I will raise him up at the last day.

6:55

For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

6:56

He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me,

and I in him.

6:57

As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he

that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

6:58

This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your

fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread

shall live for ever.

6:59

These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

6:60

Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said,

This is an hard saying; who can hear it?

6:61

When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he

said unto them, Doth this offend you?

6:62

What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was

before?

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6:63

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the

words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

6:64

But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from

the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should

betray him.

6:65

And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto

me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

6:66

From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no

more with him.

6:67

Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?

6:68

Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou

hast the words of eternal life.

6:69

And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of

the living God.

6:70

Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of

you is a devil?

6:71

He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that

should betray him, being one of the twelve.

CHAPTER 7

After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in

Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.

Now the Jew’s feast of tabernacles was at hand.

His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into

Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.

For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself

seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself

to the world.

For neither did his brethren believe in him.

Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your

time is alway ready.

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The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it,

that the works thereof are evil.

Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my

time is not yet full come.

When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.

7:10

But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the

feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.

7:11

Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?

7:12

And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him:

for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth

the people.

7:13

Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.

7:14

Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple,

and taught.

7:15

And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters,

having never learned?

7:16

Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his

that sent me.

7:17

If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether

it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

7:18

He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that

seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no

unrighteousness is in him.

7:19

Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the

law? Why go ye about to kill me?

7:20

The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about

to kill thee?

7:21

Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye

all marvel.

7:22

Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of

Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a

man.

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7:23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of

Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have

made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous

judgment.

7:25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they

seek to kill?

7:26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the

rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?

7:27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh,

no man knoweth whence he is.

7:28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know

me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he

that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

7:29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.

7:30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him,

because his hour was not yet come.

7:31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ

cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath

done?

7:32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things

concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers

to take him.

7:33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and

then I go unto him that sent me.

7:34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye

cannot come.

7:35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we

shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the

Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

7:36 What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and

shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?

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7:37

In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried,

saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

7:38

He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly

shall flow rivers of living water.

7:39

(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him

should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that

Jesus was not yet glorified.)

7:40

Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said,

Of a truth this is the Prophet.

7:41

Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come

out of Galilee?

7:42

Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of

David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

7:43

So there was a division among the people because of him.

7:44

And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on

him.

7:45

Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they

said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?

7:46

The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.

7:47

Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?

7:48

Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?

7:49

But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.

7:50

Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being

one of them,)

7:51

Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he

doeth?

7:52

They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search,

and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.

7:53

And every man went unto his own house.

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Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.

And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the

people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in

adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,

They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in

the very act.

Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned:

but what sayest thou?

This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him.

But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground,

as though he heard them not.

So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said

unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a

stone at her.

And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience,

went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last:

and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

8:10

When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he

said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man

condemned thee?

8:11

She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I

condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

8:12

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the

world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall

have the light of life.

8:13

The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of

thyself; thy record is not true.

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8:14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of

myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and

whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.

8:15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.

8:16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I

and the Father that sent me.

8:17 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is

true.

8:18 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me

beareth witness of me.

8:19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye

neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should

have known my Father also.

8:20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the

temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet

come.

8:21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek

me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.

8:22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither

I go, ye cannot come.

8:23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye

are of this world; I am not of this world.

8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye

believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

8:25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto

them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.

8:26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me

is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of

him.

8:27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.

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8:28

Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man,

then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself;

but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

8:29

And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone;

for I do always those things that please him.

8:30

As he spake these words, many believed on him.

8:31

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye

continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

8:32

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

8:33

They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in

bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

8:34

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever

committeth sin is the servant of sin.

8:35

And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son

abideth ever.

8:36

If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

8:37

I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because

my word hath no place in you.

8:38

I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that

which ye have seen with your father.

8:39

They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus

saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the

works of Abraham.

8:40

But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth,

which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

8:41

Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not

born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

8:42

Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me:

for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself,

but he sent me.

8:43

Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot

hear my word.

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8:44

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will

do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the

truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he

speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

8:45

And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

8:46

Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do

ye not believe me?

8:47

He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not,

because ye are not of God.

8:48

Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that

thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?

8:49

Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honor my Father, and ye

do dishonor me.

8:50

And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and

judgeth.

8:51

Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall

never see death.

8:52

Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil.

Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep

my saying, he shall never taste of death.

8:53

Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the

prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

8:54

Jesus answered, If I honor myself, my honor is nothing: it is my

Father that honoreth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:

8:55

Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I

know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and

keep his saying.

8:56

Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and Jesus

was glad.

8:57

Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and

hast thou seen Abraham?

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8:58

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before

Abraham was, I am.

8:59

Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and

went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so

passed by.

CHAPTER 9

1 An example of Jesus speaking as if reincarnation is a matter of FACT!

And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his

birth.

And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, How did he sin before he was born?

or his parents, that he was born blind?

Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but

that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the

night cometh, when no man can work.

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of

the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,

And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by

interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and

came seeing.

The neighbors therefore, and they which before had seen him that

he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?

Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am

he.

9:10

Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?

9:11

He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and

anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam,

and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.

9:12

Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.

9:13

They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.

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9:14

And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened

his eyes.

9:15

Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his

sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I

washed, and do see.

9:16

Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God,

because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a

man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division

among them.

9:17

They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that

he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.

9:18

But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been Free will is preserved!

blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him

that had received his sight.

9:19

And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was

born blind? how then doth he now see?

9:20

His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son,

and that he was born blind:

9:21

But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath

opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak

for himself.

9:22

These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for

the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he

was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

9:23

Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.

9:24

Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him,

Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.

9:25

He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not:

one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

9:26

Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he

thine eyes?

9:27

He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear:

wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?

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9:28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are

Moses’ disciples.

9:29 We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know

not from whence he is.

9:30 The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous

thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened

mine eyes.

9:31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a

worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

9:32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the

eyes of one that was born blind.

9:33 If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.

9:34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in

sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

9:35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found

him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?

9:36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on

him?

9:37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that

talketh with thee.

9:38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.

9:39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they

which see not might see; and that they which see might be made

blind.

9:40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these

words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?

9:41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but

now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

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10:

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door

into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a

thief and a robber.

10:

But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

10:

To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he

calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

10:

And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them,

and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

10:

And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they

know not the voice of strangers.

10:

This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what

things they were which he spake unto them.

10:

Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I

am the door of the sheep.

10:

All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep

did not hear them.

10:

I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and

shall go in and out, and find pasture.

10:10

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I

am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more

abundantly.

10:11

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the

sheep.

10:12

But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the

sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and

fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

10:13

The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the

sheep.

10:14

I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of

mine.

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10:15

As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay

down my life for the sheep.

10:16

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I

must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one

fold, and one shepherd.

10:17

Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life,

that I might take it again.

10:18

No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have

power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This

commandment have I received of my Father.

10:19

There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these

sayings.

10:20

And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye

him?

10:21

Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a

devil open the eyes of the blind?

10:22

And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was

winter.

10:23

And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.

10:24

Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long

dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

10:25

Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works

that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me.

10:26

But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto

you.

10:27

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

10:28

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish,

neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

10:29

My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is

able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.

10:30

I and my Father are one.

10:31

Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.

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10:32

Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from

my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

10:33

The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee

not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest

thyself God.

10:34

Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are

gods?

10:35

If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the

scripture cannot be broken;

10:36

Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the

world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? CHRIST CALLS HIMSELF SON OF GOD

10:37

If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

10:38

But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye

may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

10:39

Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of

their hand,

10:40

And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at

first baptized; and there he abode.

10:41

And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all

things that John spake of this man were true.

10:42

And many believed on him there.

CHAPTER 11

11:

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town

of Mary and her sister Martha.

11:

(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and

wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

11:

Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom

thou lovest is sick.

11:

When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but

for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified

thereby.

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11:

Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

11:

When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days

still in the same place where he was.

11:

Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

11:

His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to

stone thee; and goest thou thither again?

11:

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man

walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this

world.

11:10

But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no

light in him.

11:11

These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend

Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

11:12

Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.

11:13

Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had

spoken of taking of rest in sleep.

11:14

Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

11:15

And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye

may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.

11:16

Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his

fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.

11:17

Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four

days already.

11:18

Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:

11:19

And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them

concerning their brother.

11:20

Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went

and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.

11:21

Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my

brother had not died.

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11:22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God

will give it thee.

11:23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.

11:24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the

resurrection at the last day.

11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that

believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

11:26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest

thou this?

11:27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the

Son of God, which should come into the world.

11:28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her

sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.

11:29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.

11:30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place

where Martha met him.

11:31 The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted

her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out,

followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.

11:32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell

down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here,

my brother had not died.

11:33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping

which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.

11:34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come

and see.

11:35 Jesus wept.

11:36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!

11:37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the

eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have

died?

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11:38

Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It

was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

11:39

Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that

was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he

hath been dead four days.

11:40

Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest

believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?

11:41

Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was

laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee

that thou hast heard me.

11:42

And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people

which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent

me.

11:43

And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus,

come forth.

11:44

And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with

graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus

saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

11:45

Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the

things which Jesus did, believed on him.

11:46

But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them

what things Jesus had done.

11:47

Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and

said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.

11:48

If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the

Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.

11:49

And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same

year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,

11:50

Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for

the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

11:51

And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he

prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;

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And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather

together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

11:53

Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him

to death.

11:54

Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went

thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called

Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.

11:55

And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of

the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify

themselves.

11:56

Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they

stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the

feast?

11:57

Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a

commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should

shew it, that they might take him.

CHAPTER 12

12:

Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where

Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

12:

There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus

was one of them that sat at the table with him.

12:

Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly,

and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and

the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

12:

Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which

should betray him,

12:

Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given

to the poor?

12:

This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a

thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

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Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath

she kept this.

12:

For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

12:

Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and

they came not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see

Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

12:10

But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to

death;

12:11

Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and

believed on Jesus.

12:12

On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when

they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

12:13

Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and

cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the

name of the Lord.

12:14

And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is

written,

12:15

Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an

ass’s colt.

12:16

These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when

Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were

written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.

12:17

The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out

of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.

12:18

For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he

had done this miracle.

12:19

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how

ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.

12:20

And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to

worship at the feast:

12:21

The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of

Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.

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12:22

Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell

Jesus.

12:23

And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son

of man should be glorified.

12:24

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the

ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much

fruit.

12:25

He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this

world shall keep it unto life eternal.

12:26

If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall

also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honor.

12:27

Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me

from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.

12:28

Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven,

saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

12:29

The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it

thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.

12:30

Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but

for your sakes.

12:31

Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this

world be cast out.

12:32

And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

12:33

This he said, signifying what death he should die.

12:34

The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that

Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must

be lifted up? who is this Son of man?

12:35

Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you.

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he

that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

12:36

While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children

of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide

himself from them.

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12:37

But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they

believed not on him:

12:38

That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he

spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the

arm of the Lord been revealed?

12:39

Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,

12:40

He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they

should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and

be converted, and I should heal them.

12:41

These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

12:42

Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but

because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should

be put out of the synagogue:

12:43

For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

12:44

Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me,

but on him that sent me.

12:45

And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.

12:46

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me

should not abide in darkness.

12:47

And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not:

for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

12:48

He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that

judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him

in the last day.

12:49

For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he

gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should

speak.

12:50

And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I

speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

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CHAPTER 13

13:

Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his

hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the

Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved

them unto the end.

13:

And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of

Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;

13:

Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands,

and that he was come from God, and went to God;

13:

He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a

towel, and girded himself.

13:

After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the

disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was

girded.

13:

Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord,

dost thou wash my feet?

13:

Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not

now; but thou shalt know hereafter.

13:

Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus

answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.

13:

Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my

hands and my head.

13:10

Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his

feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.

13:11

For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not

all clean.

13:12

So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and

was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done

to you?

13:13

Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.

13:14

If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also

ought to wash one another’s feet.

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13:15

For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done

to you.

13:16

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his

Lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.

13:17

If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

13:18

I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the

scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted

up his heel against me.

13:19

Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye

may believe that I am he.

13:20

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I

send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent

me.

13:21

When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified,

and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall

betray me.

13:22

Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he

spake.

13:23

Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples, whom

Jesus loved.

13:24

Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it

should be of whom he spake.

13:25

He then lying on Jesus’ breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?

13:26

Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have

dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas

Iscariot, the son of Simon.

13:27

And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto

him, That thou doest, do quickly.

13:28

Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto

him.

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13:29

For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus

had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against

the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

13:30

He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was

night.

13:31

Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of

man glorified, and God is glorified in him.

13:32

If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and

shall straightway glorify him.

13:33

Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me:

and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I

say to you.

13:34

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as

I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

13:35

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love

one to another.

13:36

Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus

answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but

thou shalt follow me afterwards.

13:37

Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay

down my life for thy sake.

13:38

Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake?

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou

hast denied me thrice.

CHAPTER 14

14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in

me.

14:2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would

have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and

receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

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And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

14:

Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest;

and how can we know the way?

14:

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man

cometh unto the Father, but by me.

14:

If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and

from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

14:

Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

14:

Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet

hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the

Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

14:10

Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me?

the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the

Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

14:11

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else

believe me for the very works’ sake.

14:12

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works

that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do;

because I go unto my Father.

14:13

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the

Father may be glorified in the Son.

14:14

If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

14:15

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

14:16

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another

Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

14:17

Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it

seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he

dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

14:18

I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

14:19

Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me:

because I live, ye shall live also.

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14:20

At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me,

and I in you.

14:21

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that

loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I

will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

14:22

Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt

manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

14:23

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep

my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto

him, and make our abode with him.

14:24

He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which

ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.

14:25

These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.

14:26

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will

send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things

to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

14:27

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world

giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it

be afraid.

14:28

Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto

you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the

Father: for my Father is greater than I.

14:29

And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is

come to pass, ye might believe.

14:30

Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this

world cometh, and hath nothing in me.

14:31

But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the

Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

CHAPTER 15

15:

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

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15:

Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and

every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring

forth more fruit.

15:

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

15:

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself,

except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

15:

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in

him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do

nothing.

15:

If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is

withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and

they are burned.

15:

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye

will, and it shall be done unto you.

15:

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye

be my disciples.

15:

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in

my love.

15:10

If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I

have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

15:11

These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in

you, and that your joy might be full.

15:12

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have

loved you.

15:13

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for

his friends.

15:14

Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

15:15

Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not

what his Lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things

that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

15:16

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you,

that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should

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remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he

may give it you.

15:17

These things I command you, that ye love one another.

15:18

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated

you.

15:19

If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because

ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world,

therefore the world hateth you.

15:20

Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater

than his Lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute

you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

15:21

But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake,

because they know not him that sent me.

15:22

If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but

now they have no cloak for their sin.

15:23

He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

15:24

If I had not done among them the works which none other man did,

they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both

me and my Father.

15:25

But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is

written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

15:26

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from

the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the

Father, he shall testify of me:

15:27

And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from

the beginning.

CHAPTER 16

16:

These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be

offended.

16:

They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh,

that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

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16:

And these things will they do unto you, because they have not

known the Father, nor me.

16:

But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye

may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not

unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.

16:

But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh

me, Whither goest thou?

16:

But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled

your heart.

16:

Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go

away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you;

but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

16:

And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of

righteousness, and of judgment:

16:

Of sin, because they believe not on me;

16:10

Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no

more;

16:11

Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

16:12

I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them

now.

16:13

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you

into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he

shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

16:14

He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it

unto you.

16:15

All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he

shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

16:16

A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and

ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.

16:17

Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this

that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and

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again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the

Father?

16:18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we

cannot tell what he saith.

16:19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto

them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while,

and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see

me?

16:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but

the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow

shall be turned into joy.

16:21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is

come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth

no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

16:22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and

your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto

you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it

you.

16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall

receive, that your joy may be full.

16:25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time

cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I

shall shew you plainly of the Father.

16:26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I

will pray the Father for you:

16:27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and

have believed that I came out from God.

16:28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I

leave the world, and go to the Father.

16:29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and

speakest no proverb.

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16:30

Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that

any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth

from God.

16:31

Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?

16:32

Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be

scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I

am not alone, because the Father is with me.

16:33

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have

peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I

have overcome the world.

CHAPTER 17

17:

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and

said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also

may glorify thee:

17:

As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give

eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

17:

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true

God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

17:

I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which

thou gavest me to do.

17:

And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the

glory which I had with thee before the world was.

17:

I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out

of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they

have kept thy word.

17:

Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given

me are of thee.

17:

For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and

they have received them, and have known surely that I came out

from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

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I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou

hast given me; for they are thine.

17:10

And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in

them.

17:11

And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and

I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those

whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

17:12

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those

that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the

son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

17:13

And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that

they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

17:14

I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them,

because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

17:15

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that

thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

17:16

They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

17:17

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

17:18

As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them

into the world.

17:19

And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be

sanctified through the truth.

17:20

Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe

on me through their word;

17:21

That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee,

that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that

thou hast sent me.

17:22

And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they

may be one, even as we are one:

17:23

I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one;

and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast

loved them, as thou hast loved me.

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17:24

Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me

where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given

me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

17:25

O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have

known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

17:26

And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that

the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in

them.

CHAPTER 18

18:

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his

disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the

which he entered, and his disciples.

18:

And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus

ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.

18:

Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the

chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and

torches and weapons.

18:

Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him,

went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?

18:

They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am

he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.

18:

As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went

backward, and fell to the ground.

18:

Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of

Nazareth.

18:

Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek

me, let these go their way:

18:

That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which

thou gavest me have I lost none.

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18:10

Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high

priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was

Malchus.

18:11

Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the

cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

18:12

Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus,

and bound him,

18:13

And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to

Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.

18:14

Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was

expedient that one man should die for the people.

18:15

And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that

disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus

into the palace of the high priest.

18:16

But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other

disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her

that kept the door, and brought in Peter.

18:17

Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou

also one of this man’s disciples? He saith, I am not.

18:18

And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of

coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter

stood with them, and warmed himself.

18:19

The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his

doctrine.

18:20

Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in

the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort;

and in secret have I said nothing.

18:21

Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said

unto them: behold, they know what I said.

18:22

And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by

struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the

high priest so?

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Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil:

but if well, why smitest thou me?

18:24

Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.

18:25

And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore

unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and

said, I am not.

18:26

One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear

Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?

18:27

Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.

18:28

Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and

it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall,

lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.

18:29

Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye

against this man?

18:30

They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we

would not have delivered him up unto thee.

18:31

Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according

to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for

us to put any man to death:

18:32

That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake,

signifying what death he should die.

18:33

Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus,

and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?

18:34

Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others

tell it thee of me?

18:35

Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief

priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?

18:36

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom

were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not

be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

18:37

Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus

answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born,

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and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness

unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

18:38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he

went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no

fault at all.

18:39 But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the

passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the

Jews?

18:40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now

Barabbas was a robber.

CHAPTER 19

19:1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.

19:2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head,

and they put on him a purple robe,

19:3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their

hands.

19:4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I

bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in

him.

19:5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the

purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!

19:6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried

out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take

ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.

19:7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought

to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

19:8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;

19:9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus,

Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.

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Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest

thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to

release thee?

19:11

Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me,

except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me

unto thee hath the greater sin.

19:12

And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews

cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s

friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.

19:13

When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth,

and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the

Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.

19:14

And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth

hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!

19:15

But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him.

Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests

answered, We have no king but Caesar.

19:16

Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And

they took Jesus, and led him away.

19:17

And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of

a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:

19:18

Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side

one, and Jesus in the midst.

19:19

And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing

was

JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.

19:20

This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus

was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew,

and Greek, and Latin.

19:21

Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The

King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.

19:22

Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.

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19:23

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his

garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his

coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top

throughout.

19:24

They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast

lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled,

which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my

vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.

19:25

Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his

mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.

19:26

When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by,

whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!

19:27

Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that

hour that disciple took her unto his own home.

19:28

After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished,

that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

19:29

Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge

with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.

19:30

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is

finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

19:31

The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies

should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that

sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might

be broken, and that they might be taken away.

19:32

Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the

other which was crucified with him.

19:33

But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already,

they brake not his legs:

19:34

But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith

came there out blood and water.

19:35

And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he

knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.

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19:36

For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A

bone of him shall not be broken.

19:37

And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom

they pierced.

19:38

And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but

secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take

away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came

therefore, and took the body of Jesus.

19:39

And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus

by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an

hundred pound weight.

19:40

Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes

with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

19:41

Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in

the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.

19:42

There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation

day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

CHAPTER 20

20:

The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it

was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away

from the sepulchre.

20:

Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other

disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken

away the LORD out of the sepulchre, and we know not where

they have laid him.

20:

Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the

sepulchre.

20:

So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter,

and came first to the sepulchre.

20:

And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying;

yet went he not in.

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20:

Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the

sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,

20:

And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen

clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

20:

Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the

sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.

20:

For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again

from the dead.

20:10

Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.

20:11

But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she

wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,

20:12

And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the

other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

20:13

And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto

them, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not

where they have laid him.

20:14

And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw

Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.

20:15

Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest

thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if

thou have born him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I

will take him away.

20:16

Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him,

Rabboni; which is to say, Master.

20:17

Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to

my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend

unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

20:18

Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the

LORD, and that he had spoken these things unto her.

20:19

Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week,

when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for

fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto

them, Peace be unto you.

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And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his

side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD.

20:21

Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father

hath sent me, even so send I you.

20:22

And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto

them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

20:23

Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and

whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

20:24

But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with

them when Jesus came.

20:25

The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the

LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the

print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and

thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.

20:26

And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas

with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the

midst, and said, Peace be unto you.

20:27

Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my

hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be

not faithless, but believing.

20:28

And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my

God.

20:29

Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou

hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have

believed.

20:30

And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his

disciples, which are not written in this book:

20:31

But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ,

the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his

name.

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CHAPTER 21

21:

After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at

the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.

21:

There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and

Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two

other of his disciples.

21:

Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We

also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship

immediately; and that night they caught nothing.

21:

But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore:

but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.

21:

Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They

answered him, No.

21:

And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship,

and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able

to draw it for the multitude of fishes.

21:

Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the

Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his

fisher’s coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into

the sea.

21:

And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far

from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with

fishes.

21:

As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals

there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

21:10

Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.

21:11

Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes,

an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet

was not the net broken.

21:12

Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples

durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.

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21:13

Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish

likewise.

21:14

This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his

disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.

21:15

So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of

Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea,

Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my

lambs.

21:16

He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest

thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love

thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

21:17

He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou

me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time,

Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all

things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed

my sheep.

21:18

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdest

thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt

be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird

thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.

21:19

This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God.

And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.

21:20

Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved

following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said,

Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?

21:21

Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?

21:22

Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that

to thee? follow thou me.

21:23

Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple

should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If

I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?

21:24

This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these

things: and we know that his testimony is true.

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21:25

And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if

they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world

itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.

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The ACTS of the Apostles

CHAPTER 1

The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus

began both to do and teach,

Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the

Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he

had chosen:

To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many

infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the

things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that

they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of

the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.

For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with

the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

When they therefore were come together, they asked of him,

saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to

Israel?

And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the

seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon

you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all

Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was

taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

1:10

And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up,

behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;

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1:11

Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into

heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven,

shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

1:12

Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet,

which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey.

1:13

And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room,

where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip,

and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of

Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

1:14

These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication,

with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his

brethren.

1:15

And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and

said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and

twenty,)

1:16

Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled,

which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before

concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.

1:17

For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this

ministry.

1:18

Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and

falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels

gushed out.

1:19

And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as

that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say,

The field of blood.

1:20

For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be

desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let

another take.

1:21

Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time

that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

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1:22

Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he

was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with

us of his resurrection.

1:23

And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was

surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

1:24

And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts

of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,

1:25

That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from

which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own

place.

1:26

And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and

he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

CHAPTER 2

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with

one accord in one place.

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing

mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it

sat upon each of them.

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak

with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of

every nation under heaven.

Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together,

and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in

his own language.

And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another,

Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were

born?

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Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in

Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

2:10

Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about

Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,

2:11

Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the

wonderful works of God.

2:12

And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to

another, What meaneth this?

2:13

Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

2:14

But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said

unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be

this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

2:15

For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third

hour of the day.

2:16

But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

2:17

And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour

out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters

shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old

men shall dream dreams:

2:18

And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in

those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

2:19

And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth

beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke:

2:20

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood,

before the great and notable day of the Lord come:

2:21

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of

the Lord shall be saved.

2:22

Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man

approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs,

which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also

know:

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Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge

of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and

slain:

2:24

Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death:

because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

2:25

For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always

before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be

moved:

2:26

Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover

also my flesh shall rest in hope:

2:27

Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer

thine Holy One to see corruption.

2:28

Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me

full of joy with thy countenance.

2:29

Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch

David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us

unto this day.

2:30

Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with

an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh,

he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

2:31

He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his

soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

2:32

This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

2:33

Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having

received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed

forth this, which ye now see and hear.

2:34

For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself,

The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

2:35

Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

2:36

Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath

made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and

Christ.

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2:37

Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and

said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren,

what shall we do?

2:38

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of

you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye

shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

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For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that

are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.

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And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save

yourselves from this untoward generation.

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Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the

same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

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And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and

fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

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And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were

done by the apostles.

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And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

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And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men,

as every man had need.

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And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and

breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with

gladness and singleness of heart,

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Praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord

added to the church daily such as should be saved.

CHAPTER 3

Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour

of prayer, being the ninth hour.

And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried,

whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called

Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

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3:3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an

alms.

3:4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on

us.

3:5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of

them.

3:6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give

I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

3:7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and

immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

3:8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into

the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

3:9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God:

3:10 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful

gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and

amazement at that which had happened unto him.

3:11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the

people ran together unto them in the porch that is called

Solomon’s, greatly wondering.

3:12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of

Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us,

as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to

walk?

3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our

fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and

denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let

him go.

3:14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to

be granted unto you;

3:15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead;

whereof we are witnesses.

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And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong,

whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given

him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

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And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did

also your rulers.

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But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of

all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

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Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be

blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the

presence of the Lord.

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And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto

you:

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Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all

things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy

prophets since the world began.

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For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord

your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him

shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.

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And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that

prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

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Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after,

as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

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Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God

made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall

all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

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Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to

bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

CHAPTER 4

And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of

the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

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Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through

Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next

day: for it was now eventide.

Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the

number of the men was about five thousand.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders,

and scribes,

And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander,

and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were

gathered together at Jerusalem.

And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what

power, or by what name, have ye done this?

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers

of the people, and elders of Israel,

If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent

man, by what means he is made whole;

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Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by

the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom

God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here

before you whole.

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This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is

become the head of the corner.

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Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name

under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

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Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived

that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and

they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

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And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they

could say nothing against it.

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But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council,

they conferred among themselves,

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Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable

miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in

Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.

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But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly

threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

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And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor

teach in the name of Jesus.

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But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be

right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God,

judge ye.

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For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

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So when they had further threatened them, they let them go,

finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the

people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.

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For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of

healing was shewed.

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And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all

that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.

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And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with

one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven,

and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

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Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the

heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

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The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered

together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

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For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast

anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and

the people of Israel, were gathered together,

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For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before

to be done.

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And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy

servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

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By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders

may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.

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And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were

assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost,

and they spake the word of God with boldness.

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And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of

one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he

possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

4:33

And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection

of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

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Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were

possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of

the things that were sold,

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And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was

made unto every man according as he had need.

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And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which

is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the

country of Cyprus,

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Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the

apostles’ feet.

CHAPTER 5

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a

possession,

And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and

brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to

the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was

it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in

thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

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And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost:

and great fear came on all them that heard these things.

And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and

buried him.

And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not

knowing what was done, came in.

And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for

so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.

Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to

tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have

buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.

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Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the

ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and,

carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

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And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as

heard these things.

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And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders

wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in

Solomon’s porch.

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And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people

magnified them.

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And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of

men and women.)

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Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid

them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter

passing by might overshadow some of them.

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There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto

Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with

unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

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Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him,

(which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with

indignation,

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And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common

prison.

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But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and

brought them forth, and said,

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Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of

this life.

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And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in

the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that

were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of

the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

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But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they

returned and told,

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Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the

keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had

opened, we found no man within.

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Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the

chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto

this would grow.

5:25

Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye

put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

5:26

Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without

violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been

stoned.

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And when they had brought them, they set them before the

council: and the high priest asked them,

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Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach

in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your

doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.

5:29

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to

obey God rather than men.

5:30

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged

on a tree.

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Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a

Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

5:32

And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy

Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

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When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel

to slay them.

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Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel,

a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and

commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;

5:35

And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves

what ye intend to do as touching these men.

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For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be

somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined

themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were

scattered, and brought to nought.

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After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing,

and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all,

even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.

5:38

And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them

alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to

nought:

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But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found

even to fight against God.

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And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and

beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the

name of Jesus, and let them go.

5:41

And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that

they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

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And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to

teach and preach Jesus Christ.

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CHAPTER 6

And in those days, when the number of the disciples was

multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the

Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily

ministration.

Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them,

and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and

serve tables.

Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest

report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint

over this business.

But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the

ministry of the word.

And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose

Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and

Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a

proselyte of Antioch:

Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed,

they laid their hands on them.

And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples

multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests

were obedient to the faith.

And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and

miracles among the people.

Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the

synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and

of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.

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And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by

which he spake.

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Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak

blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

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And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and

came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,

6:13

And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to

speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

6:14

For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall

destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses

delivered us.

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And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his

face as it had been the face of an angel.

CHAPTER 7

Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory

appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia,

before he dwelt in Charran,

And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy

kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in

Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed

him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.

And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set

his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a

possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a

strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and

entreat them evil four hundred years.

And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said

God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this

place.

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham

begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat

Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

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And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but

God was with him,

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And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and

wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him

governor over Egypt and all his house.

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Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan,

and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

7:12

But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our

fathers first.

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And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren;

and Joseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.

7:14

Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his

kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

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So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

7:16

And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that

Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the

father of Sychem.

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But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn

to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

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Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

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The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our

fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they

might not live.

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In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and

nourished up in his father’s house three months:

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And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and

nourished him for her own son.

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And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and

was mighty in words and in deeds.

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And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit

his brethren the children of Israel.

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And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and

avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:

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For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that

God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.

7:26

And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and

would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren;

why do ye wrong one to another?

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But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who

made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

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Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?

7:29

Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of

Madian, where he begat two sons.

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And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the

wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a

bush.

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When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near

to behold it, the voice of the LORD came unto him,

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Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the

God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and

durst not behold.

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Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the

place where thou standest is holy ground.

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I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in

Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to

deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

7:35

This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and

a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the

hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

7:36

He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs

in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty

years.

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This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A

prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your

brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.

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This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel

which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who

received the lively oracles to give unto us:

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To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them,

and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

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Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this

Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not

what is become of him.

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And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the

idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

7:42

Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven;

as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel,

have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of

forty years in the wilderness?

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Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your

God Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will

carry you away beyond Babylon.

7:44

Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he

had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it

according to the fashion that he had seen.

7:45

Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into

the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the

face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

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Who found favor before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for

the God of Jacob.

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But Solomon built him an house.

7:48

Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

as saith the prophet,

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Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye

build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?

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Hath not my hand made all these things?

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Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always

resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

7:52

Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they

have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just

One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

7:53

Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have

not kept it.

7:54

When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they

gnashed on him with their teeth.

7:55

But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into

heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right

hand of God,

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And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man

standing on the right hand of God.

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Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and

ran upon him with one accord,

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And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses

laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was

Saul.

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And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord

Jesus, receive my spirit.

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And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not

this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

CHAPTER 8

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there

was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem;

and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea

and Samaria, except the apostles.

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great

lamentation over him.

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As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every

house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.

Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where

preaching the word.

Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ

unto them.

And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which

Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.

For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that

were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that

were lame, were healed.

And there was great joy in that city.

But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the

same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria,

giving out that himself was some great one:

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To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying,

This man is the great power of God.

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And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had

bewitched them with sorceries.

8:12

But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the

kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized,

both men and women.

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Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he

continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and

signs which were done.

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Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that

Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter

and John:

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Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they

might receive the Holy Ghost:

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(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were

baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

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Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy

Ghost.

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And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands

the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

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Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands,

he may receive the Holy Ghost.

8:20

But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because

thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with

money.

8:21

Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not

right in the sight of God.

8:22

Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps

the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

8:23

For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond

of iniquity.

8:24

Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the LORD for me, that

none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.

8:25

And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the

Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many

villages of the Samaritans.

8:26

And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go

toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem

unto Gaza, which is desert.

8:27

And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch

of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had

the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to

worship,

8:28

Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.

8:29

Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this

chariot.

8:30

And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet

Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

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8:31

And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he

desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

8:32

The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a

sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so

opened he not his mouth:

8:33

In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall

declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

8:34

And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom

speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?

8:35

Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture,

and preached unto him Jesus.

8:36

And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water:

and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be

baptized?

8:37

And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest.

And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of

God.

8:38

And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down

both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized

him.

8:39

And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the

Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he

went on his way rejoicing.

8:40

But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached

in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

CHAPTER 9

And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the

disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if

he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he

might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

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And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there

shined round about him a light from heaven:

And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul,

Saul, why persecutest thou me?

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus

whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the

pricks.

And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have

me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city,

and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a

voice, but seeing no man.

And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he

saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into

Damascus.

And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.

9:10

And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and

to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am

here, Lord.

9:11

And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is

called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called

Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,

9:12

And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and

putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.

9:13

Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man,

how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:

9:14

And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that

call on thy name.

9:15

But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel

unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the

children of Israel:

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For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s

sake.

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And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting

his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that

appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that

thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.

9:18

And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and

he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.

9:19

And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was

Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.

9:20

And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is

the Son of God.

9:21

But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that

destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came

hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief

priests?

9:22

But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews

which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.

9:23

And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to

kill him:

9:24

But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the

gates day and night to kill him.

9:25

Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall

in a basket.

9:26

And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself

to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not

that he was a disciple.

9:27

But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and

declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that

he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at

Damascus in the name of Jesus.

9:28

And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.

9:29

And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed

against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.

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9:30

Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to

Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

9:31

Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and

Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and

in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

9:32

And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he

came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.

9:33

And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept

his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.

9:34

And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole:

arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.

9:35

And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the

Lord.

9:36

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which

by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good

works and almsdeeds which she did.

9:37

And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died:

whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.

9:38

And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had

heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring

him that he would not delay to come to them.

9:39

Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they

brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by

him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas

made, while she was with them.

9:40

But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and

turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her

eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

9:41

And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called

the saints and widows, presented her alive.

9:42

And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the

Lord.

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9:43 And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one

Simon a tanner.

CHAPTER 10

10:1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of

the band called the Italian band,

10:2 A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which

gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

10:3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an

angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.

10:4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it,

Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come

up for a memorial before God.

10:5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose

surname is Peter:

10:6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea

side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.

10:7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he

called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them

that waited on him continually;

10:8 And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them

to Joppa.

10:9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto

the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth

hour:

10:10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they

made ready, he fell into a trance,

10:11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him,

as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to

the earth:

10:12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild

beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

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10:13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.

10:14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that

is common or unclean.

10:15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God

hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

10:16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into

heaven.

10:17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had

seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius

had made enquiry for Simon’s house, and stood before the gate,

10:18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter,

were lodged there.

10:19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold,

three men seek thee.

10:20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting

nothing: for I have sent them.

10:21 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from

Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the

cause wherefore ye are come?

10:22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that

feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews,

was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his

house, and to hear words of thee.

10:23 Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter

went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa

accompanied him.

10:24 And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius

waited for them, and he had called together his kinsmen and near

friends.

10:25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at

his feet, and worshipped him.

10:26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.

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10:27

And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were

come together.

10:28

And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing

for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of

another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any

man common or unclean.

10:29

Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was

sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?

10:30

And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and

at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood

before me in bright clothing,

10:31

And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in

remembrance in the sight of God.

10:32

Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is

Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea

side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.

10:33

Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that

thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God,

to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.

10:34

Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that

God is no respecter of persons:

10:35

But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness,

is accepted with him.

10:36

The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching

peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)

10:37

That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all

Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John

preached;

10:38

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and

with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were

oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

10:39

And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of

the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:

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10:40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;

10:41 Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before God, even

to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.

10:42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify

that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick

and dead.

10:43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name

whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.

10:44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them

which heard the word.

10:45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as

many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was

poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.

10:46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then

answered Peter,

10:47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized,

which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?

10:48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord.

Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.

CHAPTER 11

11:1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the

Gentiles had also received the word of God.

11:2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the

circumcision contended with him,

11:3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with

them.

11:4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded

it by order unto them, saying,

11:5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A

certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from

heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:

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11:6 Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and

saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping

things, and fowls of the air.

11:7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.

11:8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at

any time entered into my mouth.

11:9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath

cleansed, that call not thou common.

11:10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into

heaven.

11:11 And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto

the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.

11:12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover

these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man’s

house:

11:13 And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which

stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon,

whose surname is Peter;

11:14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be

saved.

11:15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at

the beginning.

11:16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John

indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy

Ghost.

11:17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us,

who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could

withstand God?

11:18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified

God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted

repentance unto life.

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11:19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that

arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and

Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.

11:20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when

they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the

LORD Jesus.

11:21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number

believed, and turned unto the Lord.

11:22 Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which

was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go

as far as Antioch.

11:23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and

exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave

unto the Lord.

11:24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith:

and much people was added unto the Lord.

11:25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:

11:26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it

came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with

the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called

Christians first in Antioch.

11:27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.

11:28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by

the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world:

which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.

11:29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined

to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:

11:30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of

Barnabas and Saul.

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CHAPTER 12

12:

Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to

vex certain of the church.

12:

And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

12:

And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to

take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)

12:

And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and

delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending

after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

12:

Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without

ceasing of the church unto God for him.

12:

And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night

Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains:

and the keepers before the door kept the prison.

12:

And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light

shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him

up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his

hands.

12:

And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals.

And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about

thee, and follow me.

12:

And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true

which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.

12:10

When they were past the first and the second ward, they came

unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them

of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one

street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.

12:11

And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a

surety, that the LORD hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me

out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the

people of the Jews.

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12:12

And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of

Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many

were gathered together praying.

12:13

And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to

hearken, named Rhoda.

12:14

And when she knew Peter’s voice, she opened not the gate for

gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.

12:15

And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed

that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.

12:16

But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door,

and saw him, they were astonished.

12:17

But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace,

declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the

prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the

brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.

12:18

Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the

soldiers, what was become of Peter.

12:19

And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he

examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to

death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there

abode.

12:20

And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon:

but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus

the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their

country was nourished by the king’s country.

12:21

And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his

throne, and made an oration unto them.

12:22

And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a God, and

not of a man.

12:23

And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave

not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the

ghost.

12:24

But the word of God grew and multiplied.

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12:25

And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had

fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname

was Mark.

CHAPTER 13

13:

Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets

and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and

Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with

Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

13:

As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said,

Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have

called them.

13:

And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on

them, they sent them away.

13:

So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto

Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

13:

And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in

the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their

minister.

13:

And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found

a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was

Barjesus:

13:

Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a

prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear

the word of God.

13:

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation)

withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

13:

Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set

his eyes on him.

13:10

And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the

devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to

pervert the right ways of the Lord?

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And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt

be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell

on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to

lead him by the hand.

13:12

Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being

astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.

13:13

Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came

to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to

Jerusalem.

13:14

But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in

Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat

down.

13:15

And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the

synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have

any word of exhortation for the people, say on.

13:16

Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of

Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.

13:17

The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the

people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with

an high arm brought he them out of it.

13:18

And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the

wilderness.

13:19

And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan,

he divided their land to them by lot.

13:20

And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four

hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

13:21

And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul

the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of

forty years.

13:22

And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be

their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have

found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which

shall fulfil all my will.

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13:23

Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto

Israel a Savior, Jesus:

13:24

When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of

repentance to all the people of Israel.

13:25

And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am?

I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes

of his feet I am not worthy to loose.

13:26

Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and

whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this

salvation sent.

13:27

For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they

knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read

every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

13:28

And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they

Pilate that he should be slain.

13:29

And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took

him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.

13:30

But God raised him from the dead:

13:31

And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from

Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.

13:32

And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which

was made unto the fathers,

13:33

God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath

raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm,

Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

13:34

And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no

more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you

the sure mercies of David.

13:35

Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer

thine Holy One to see corruption.

13:36

For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of

God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw

corruption:

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13:37

But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

13:38

Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through

this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:

13:39

And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which

ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

13:40

Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in

the prophets;

13:41

Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in

your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man

declare it unto you.

13:42

And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles

besought that these words might be preached to them the next

sabbath.

13:43

Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and

religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to

them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

13:44

And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to

hear the word of God.

13:45

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy,

and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul,

contradicting and blaspheming.

13:46

Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary

that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but

seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of

everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

13:47

For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a

light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the

ends of the earth.

13:48

And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the

word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life

believed.

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And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.

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But the Jews stirred up the devout and honorable women, and the

chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and

Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.

13:51

But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came

unto Iconium.

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And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.

CHAPTER 14

14:

And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into

the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude

both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.

14:

But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their

minds evil affected against the brethren.

14:

Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which

gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and

wonders to be done by their hands.

14:

But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the

Jews, and part with the apostles.

14:

And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also

of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone

them,

14:

They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of

Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:

14:

And there they preached the gospel.

14:

And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a

cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:

14:

The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and

perceiving that he had faith to be healed,

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Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped

and walked.

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And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their

voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down

to us in the likeness of men.

14:12

And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he

was the chief speaker.

14:13

Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought

oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice

with the people.

14:14

Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent

their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,

14:15

And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like

passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from

these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth,

and the sea, and all things that are therein:

14:16

Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.

14:17

Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did

good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our

hearts with food and gladness.

14:18

And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they

had not done sacrifice unto them.

14:19

And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium,

who persuaded the people, and having stoned Paul, drew him out

of the city, supposing he had been dead.

14:20

Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and

came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to

Derbe.

14:21

And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had

taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and

Antioch,

14:22

Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to

continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation

enter into the kingdom of God.

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And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had

prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom

they believed.

14:24

And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to

Pamphylia.

14:25

And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down

into Attalia:

14:26

And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been

recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.

14:27

And when they were come, and had gathered the church together,

they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had

opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.

14:28

And there they abode long time with the disciples.

CHAPTER 15

15:

And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the

brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of

Moses, ye cannot be saved.

15:

When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and

disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas,

and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the

apostles and elders about this question.

15:

And being brought on their way by the church, they passed

through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the

Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

15:

And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the

church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things

that God had done with them.

15:

But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which

believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to

command them to keep the law of Moses.

15:

And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this

matter. The First Council of the Apostles was held at Jerusalem

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And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said

unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago

God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should

hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

15:

And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving

them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;

15:

And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts

by faith.

15:10

Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of

the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

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But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we

“GRACE OF BEING PROVIDED THE WORD;THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS.

shall be saved, even as they.

15:12

Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas

and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought

among the Gentiles by them.

15:13

And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men

and brethren, hearken unto me:

15:14

Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to

take out of them a people for his name.

15:15

And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

15:16

After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David,

which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I

will set it up:

15:17

That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the

Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth

all these things.

15:18

Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

15:19

Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from

among the Gentiles are turned to God:

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But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of

idols, and from fornication, and from things strangeld, and from

blood.

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For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him,

being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

15:22

Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, to

send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and

Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men

among the brethren:

15:23

And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles

and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of

the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia.

15:24

Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us

have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye

must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such

commandment:

15:25

It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send

chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

15:26

Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus

Christ.

15:27

We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the

same things by mouth.

15:28

For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you

no greater burden than these necessary things;

15:29

That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and

from things strangeld, and from fornication: from which if ye keep

yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

15:30

So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when

they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:

15:31

Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.

15:32

And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the

brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

15:33

And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace

from the brethren unto the apostles.

15:34

Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.

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Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and

preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.

15:36

And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and

visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word

of the LORD, and see how they do.

15:37

And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname

was Mark.

15:38

But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed

from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

15:39

And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed

asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed

unto Cyprus;

15:40

And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the

brethren unto the grace of God.

15:41

And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

CHAPTER 16

16:

Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple

was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which

was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:

16:

Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra

and Iconium.

16:

Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and

circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters:

for they knew all that his father was a Greek.

16:

And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the

decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders

which were at Jerusalem.

16:

And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in

number daily.

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Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of

Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word

in Asia,

16:

After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia:

but the Spirit suffered them not.

16:

And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.

16:

And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of

Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia,

and help us.

16:10

And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavored to go

into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for

to preach the gospel unto them.

16:11

Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to

Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;

16:12

And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of

Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain

days.

16:13

And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where

prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the

women which resorted thither.

16:14

And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of

Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord

opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of

Paul.

16:15

And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us,

saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into

my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.

16:16

And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel

possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her

masters much gain by soothsaying:

16:17

The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are

the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of

salvation.

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And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and

said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to

come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

16:19

And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone,

they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace

unto the rulers,

16:20

And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being

Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

16:21

And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither

to observe, being Romans.

16:22

And the multitude rose up together against them: and the

magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.

16:23

And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them

into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

16:24

Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner

prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

16:25

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God:

and the prisoners heard them.

16:26

And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations

of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were

opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.

16:27

And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing

the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have

killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.

16:28

But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for

we are all here.

16:29

Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and

fell down before Paul and Silas,

16:30

And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

16:31

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be

saved, and thy house.

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And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were

in his house.

16:33

And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their

stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.

16:34

And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before

them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.

16:35

And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying,

Let those men go.

16:36

And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The

magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in

peace.

16:37

But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly

uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and

now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come

themselves and fetch us out.

16:38

And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they

feared, when they heard that they were Romans.

16:39

And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and

desired them to depart out of the city.

16:40

And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of

Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them,

and departed.

CHAPTER 17

17:

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia,

they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:

17:

And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath

days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

17:

Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and

risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto

you, is Christ.

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And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and

of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not

a few.

17:

But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto

them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a

company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house

of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

17:

And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain

brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned

the world upside down are come hither also;

17:

Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees

of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

17:

And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they

heard these things.

17:

And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they

let them go.

17:10

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night

unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the

Jews.

17:11

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they

received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the

scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

17:12

Therefore many of them believed; also of honorable women which

were Greeks, and of men, not a few.

17:13

But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word

of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and

stirred up the people.

17:14

And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were

to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.

17:15

And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and

receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to

him with all speed, they departed.

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17:16

Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in

him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.

17:17

Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with

the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met

with him.

17:18

Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks,

encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other

some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he

preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.

17:19

And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May

we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?

17:20

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know

therefore what these things mean.

17:21

(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their

time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)

17:22

Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of

Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

17:23

For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar

with this inscription,

TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.

Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

17:24

God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is

Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with

hands;

17:25

Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any

thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

17:26

And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all

the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before

appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

17:27

That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him,

and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

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17:28

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of

your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

17:29

Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to

think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven

by art and man’s device.

17:30

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now

commandeth all men every where to repent:

17:31

Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the

world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained;

whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised

him from the dead.

17:32

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some

mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.

17:33

So Paul departed from among them.

17:34

Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the

which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named

Damaris, and others with them.

CHAPTER 18

18:

After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to

Corinth;

18:

And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come

from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had

commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.

18:

And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and

wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

18:

And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded

the Jews and the Greeks.

18:

And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul

was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was

Christ.

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And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook

his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own

heads; I am clean; from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

18:

And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man’s house,

named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard

to the synagogue.

18:

And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord

with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed,

and were baptized.

18:

Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid,

but speak, and hold not thy peace:

18:10

For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I

have much people in this city.

18:11

And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of

God among them.

18:12

And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made

insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the

judgment seat,

18:13

Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to

the law.

18:14

And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto

the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye

Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:

18:15

But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look

ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.

18:16

And he drave them from the judgment seat.

18:17

Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the

synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared

for none of those things.

18:18

And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his

leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him

Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a

vow.

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18:19

And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself

entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

18:20

When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he

consented not;

18:21

But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast

that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God

will. And he sailed from Ephesus.

18:22

And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the

church, he went down to Antioch.

18:23

And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went

over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening

all the disciples.

18:24

And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent

man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.

18:25

This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent

in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord,

knowing only the baptism of John.

18:26

And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when

Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and

expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

18:27

And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren

wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was

come, helped them much which had believed through grace:

18:28

For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing

by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.

CHAPTER 19

19:

And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul

having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and

finding certain disciples,

19:

He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye

believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard

whether there be any Holy Ghost.

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19:

And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And

they said, Unto John’s baptism.

19:

Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of

repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on

him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

19:

When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord

Jesus.

19:

And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost

came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

19:

And all the men were about twelve.

19:

And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of

three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the

kingdom of God.

19:

But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of

that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and

separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one

Tyrannus.

19:10

And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they

which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews

and Greeks.

19:11

And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:

19:12

So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or

aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits

went out of them.

19:13

Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to

call over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD Jesus,

saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.

19:14

And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the

priests, which did so.

19:15

And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I

know; but who are ye?

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And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and

overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of

that house naked and wounded.

19:17

And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at

Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus

was magnified.

19:18

And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their

deeds.

19:19

Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books

together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the

price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

19:20

So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.

19:21

After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he

had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem,

saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.

19:22

So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him,

Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.

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And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.

19:24

For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made

silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;

19:25

Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and

said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.

19:26

Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost

throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away

much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with

hands:

19:27

So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but

also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised,

and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the

world worshippeth.

19:28

And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and

cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

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19:29

And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught

Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in

travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.

19:30

And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the

disciples suffered him not.

19:31

And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto

him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the

theatre.

19:32

Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly

was confused: and the more part knew not wherefore they were

come together.

19:33

And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting

him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would

have made his defence unto the people.

19:34

But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about

the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

19:35

And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men

of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city

of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of

the image which fell down from Jupiter?

19:36

Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to

be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.

19:37

For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of

churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.

19:38

Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him,

have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are

deputies: let them implead one another.

19:39

But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be

determined in a lawful assembly.

19:40

For we are in danger to be called in question for this day’s uproar,

there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this

concourse.

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And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

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CHAPTER 20

20:

And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples,

and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.

20:

And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much

exhortation, he came into Greece,

20:

And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for

him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return

through Macedonia.

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And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the

Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and

Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.

20:

These going before tarried for us at Troas.

20:

And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened

bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode

seven days.

20:

And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came

together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart

on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.

20:

And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were

gathered together.

20:

And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus,

being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he

sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was

taken up dead.

20:10

And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said,

Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.

20:11

When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and

eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he

departed.

20:12

And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little

comforted.

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20:13

And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending

to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go

afoot.

20:14

And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to

Mitylene.

20:15

And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios;

and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium;

and the next day we came to Miletus.

20:16

For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not

spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to

be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.

20:17

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the

church.

20:18

And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know,

from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have

been with you at all seasons,

20:19

Serving the LORD with all humility of mind, and with many tears,

and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:

20:20

And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but

have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house

to house,

20:21

Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance

toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

20:22

And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not

knowing the things that shall befall me there:

20:23

Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that

bonds and afflictions abide me.

20:24

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto

myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry,

which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the

grace of God.

20:25

And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone

preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.

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20:26

Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the

blood of all men.

20:27

For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

20:28

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the

which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church

of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

20:29

For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter

in among you, not sparing the flock.

20:30

Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things,

to draw away disciples after them.

20:31

Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I

ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.

20:32

And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his

grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance

among all them which are sanctified.

20:33

I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.

20:34

Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto

my necessities, and to them that were with me.

20:35

I have shewed you all things, how that so laboring ye ought to

support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus,

how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

20:36

And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with

them all.

20:37

And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,

20:38

Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they

should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the

ship.

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And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had

launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day

following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:

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21:

And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and

set forth.

21:

Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand,

and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to

unlade her burden.

21:

And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to

Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

21:

And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went

our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and

children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the

shore, and prayed.

21:

And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship;

and they returned home again.

21:

And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to

Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.

21:

And the next day we that were of Paul’s company departed, and

came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the

evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.

21:

And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did

prophesy.

21:10

And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a

certain prophet, named Agabus.

21:11

And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound

his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So

shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle,

and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

21:12

And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place,

besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.

21:13

Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine

heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at

Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

21:14

And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will

of the Lord be done.

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21:15

And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to

Jerusalem.

21:16

There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and

brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with

whom we should lodge.

21:17

And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us

gladly.

21:18

And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the

elders were present.

21:19

And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what

things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.

21:20

And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him,

Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which

believe; and they are all zealous of the law:

21:21

And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews

which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they

ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the

customs.

21:22

What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for

they will hear that thou art come.

21:23

Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which

have a vow on them;

21:24

Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with

them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that

those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are

nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the

law.

21:25

As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and

concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they

keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and

from strangeld, and from fornication.

21:26

Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with

them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the

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days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for

every one of them.

21:27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were

of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the

people, and laid hands on him,

21:28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all

men every where against the people, and the law, and this place:

and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted

this holy place.

21:29 (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an

Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the

temple.)

21:30 And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they

took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors

were shut.

21:31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief

captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

21:32 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto

them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they

left beating of Paul.

21:33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded

him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and

what he had done.

21:34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and

when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he

commanded him to be carried into the castle.

21:35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was born of

the soldiers for the violence of the people.

21:36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with

him.

21:37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief

captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak

Greek?

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21:38

Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an

uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that

were murderers?

21:39

But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in

Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to

speak unto the people.

21:40

And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and

beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was

made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue,

saying,

CHAPTER 22

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Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now

unto you.

22:

(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them,

they kept the more silence: and he saith,)

22:

I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia,

yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught

according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was

zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.

22:

And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering

into prisons both men and women.

22:

As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of

the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and

went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto

Jerusalem, for to be punished.

22:

And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come

nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven

a great light round about me.

22:

And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul,

Saul, why persecutest thou me?

22:

And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am

Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

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22:

And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid;

but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.

22:10

And I said, What shall I do, LORD? And the Lord said unto me,

Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all

things which are appointed for thee to do.

22:11

And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by

the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.

22:12

And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good

report of all the Jews which dwelt there,

22:13

Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive

thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.

22:14

And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou

shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear

the voice of his mouth.

22:15

For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen

and heard.

22:16

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away

thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

22:17

And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem,

even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;

22:18

And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out

of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning

me.

22:19

And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every

synagogue them that believed on thee:

22:20

And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was

standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of

them that slew him.

22:21

And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the

Gentiles.

22:22

And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up

their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for

it is not fit that he should live.

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22:23

And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust

into the air,

22:24

The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and

bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know

wherefore they cried so against him.

22:25

And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion

that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a

Roman, and uncondemned?

22:26

When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain,

saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.

22:27

Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a

Roman? He said, Yea.

22:28

And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this

freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.

22:29

Then straightway they departed from him which should have

examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew

that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

22:30

On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty

wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his

bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to

appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

CHAPTER 23

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And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren,

I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

23:

And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to

smite him on the mouth.

23:

Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall:

for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be

smitten contrary to the law?

23:

And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest?

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23:

Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for

it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.

23:

But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the

other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am

a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of

the dead I am called in question.

23:

And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the

Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.

23:

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel,

nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.

23:

And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the

Pharisees’ part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this

man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight

against God.

23:10

And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing

lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded

the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among

them, and to bring him into the castle.

23:11

And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of

good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so

must thou bear witness also at Rome.

23:12

And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and

bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat

nor drink till they had killed Paul.

23:13

And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.

23:14

And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have

bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until

we have slain Paul.

23:15

Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that

he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would

enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever

he come near, are ready to kill him.

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23:16

And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went

and entered into the castle, and told Paul.

23:17

Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring

this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to

tell him.

23:18

So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul

the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young

man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.

23:19

Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him

aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?

23:20

And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou

wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though

they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly.

23:21

But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of

them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an

oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him:

and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.

23:22

So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged

him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.

23:23

And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two

hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and

ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;

23:24

And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him

safe unto Felix the governor.

23:25

And he wrote a letter after this manner:

23:26

Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth

greeting.

23:27

This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of

them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having

understood that he was a Roman.

23:28

And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused

him, I brought him forth into their council:

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23:29

Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to

have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.

23:30

And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I

sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers

also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.

23:31

Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and

brought him by night to Antipatris.

23:32

On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned

to the castle:

23:33

Who, when they came to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the

governor, presented Paul also before him.

23:34

And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what

province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;

23:35

I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he

commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.

CHAPTER 24

24:

And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the

elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the

governor against Paul.

24:

And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him,

saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very

worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,

24:

We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all

thankfulness.

24:

Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray

thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.

24:

For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of

sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader

of the sect of the Nazarenes:

24:

Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took,

and would have judged according to our law.

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24:

But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence

took him away out of our hands,

24:

Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of

whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof

we accuse him.

24:

And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.

24:10

Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak,

answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years

a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for

myself:

24:11

Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve

days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.

24:12

And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man,

neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the

city:

24:13

Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.

24:14

But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call

heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things

which are written in the law and in the prophets:

24:15

And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow,

that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and

unjust.

24:16

And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void

to offense toward God, and toward men.

24:17

Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and

offerings.

24:18

Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the

temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.

24:19

Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had

ought against me.

24:20

Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in

me, while I stood before the council,

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24:21

Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them,

Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by

you this day.

24:22

And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge

of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief

captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.

24:23

And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have

liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to

minister or come unto him.

24:24

And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla,

which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the

faith in Christ.

24:25

And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to

come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time;

when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

24:26

He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that

he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and

communed with him.

24:27

But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix’ room: and

Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.

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25:

Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he

ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

25:

Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against

Paul, and besought him,

25:

And desired favor against him, that he would send for him to

Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

25:

But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and

that he himself would depart shortly thither.

25:

Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down

with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.

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25:

And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went

down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat

commanded Paul to be brought.

25:

And when he was come, the Jews which came down from

Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous

complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.

25:

While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews,

neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended

any thing at all.

25:

But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and

said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these

things before me?

25:10

Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to

be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well

knowest.

25:11

For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of

death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things

whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I

appeal unto Caesar.

25:12

Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered,

Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.

25:13

And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto

Caesarea to salute Festus.

25:14

And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul’s

cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by

Felix:

25:15

About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the

elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against

him.

25:16

To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver

any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers

face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the

crime laid against him.

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25:17

Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the

morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be

brought forth.

25:18

Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none

accusation of such things as I supposed:

25:19

But had certain questions against him of their own superstition,

and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

25:20

And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him

whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these

matters.

25:21

But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of

Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to

Caesar.

25:22

Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself.

To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.

25:23

And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with

great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the

chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus’

commandment Paul was brought forth.

25:24

And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present

with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews

have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he

ought not to live any longer.

25:25

But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death,

and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined

to send him.

25:26

Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my Lord. Wherefore

I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O

king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat

to write.

25:27

For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not

withal to signify the crimes laid against him.

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26:

Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for

thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for

himself:

26:

I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for

myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am

accused of the Jews:

26:

Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and

questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to

hear me patiently.

26:

My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among

mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;

26:

Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that

after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

26:

And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made

of God, unto our fathers:

26:

Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day

and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I

am accused of the Jews.

26:

Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God

should raise the dead?

26:

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things

contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

26:10

Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I

shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests;

and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

26:11

And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them

to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted

them even unto strange cities.

26:12

Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission

from the chief priests,

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26:13

At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the

brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which

journeyed with me.

26:14

And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking

unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why

persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

26:15

And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom

thou persecutest.

26:16

But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for

this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these

things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will

appear unto thee;

26:17

Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom

now I send thee,

26:18

To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and

from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive

forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are

sanctified by faith that is in me.

26:19

Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the

heavenly vision:

26:20

But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and

throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that

they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for

repentance.

26:21

For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about

to kill me.

26:22

Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day,

witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than

those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:

26:23

That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that

should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people,

and to the Gentiles.

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26:24

And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice,

Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

26:25

But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the

words of truth and soberness.

26:26

For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak

freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from

him; for this thing was not done in a corner.

26:27

King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou

believest.

26:28

Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a

Christian.

26:29

And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that

hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am,

except these bonds.

26:30

And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor,

and Bernice, and they that sat with them:

26:31

And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves,

saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

26:32

Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at

liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.

CHAPTER 27

27:

And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they

delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a

centurion of Augustus’ band.

27:

And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to

sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of

Thessalonica, being with us.

27:

And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously

entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to

refresh himself.

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27:

And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus,

because the winds were contrary.

27:

And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we

came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

27:

And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into

Italy; and he put us therein.

27:

And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come

over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under

Crete, over against Salmone;

27:

And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair

havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.

27:

Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now

dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul

admonished them,

27:10

And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with

hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of

our lives.

27:11

Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of

the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.

27:12

And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more

part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might

attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete,

and lieth toward the south west and north west.

27:13

And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had

obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.

27:14

But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called

Euroclydon.

27:15

And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the

wind, we let her drive.

27:16

And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had

much work to come by the boat:

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27:17

Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the

ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake

sail, and so were driven.

27:18

And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they

lightened the ship;

27:19

And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of

the ship.

27:20

And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no

small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then

taken away.

27:21

But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and

said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed

from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.

27:22

And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss

of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.

27:23

For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and

whom I serve,

27:24

Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo,

God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

27:25

Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be

even as it was told me.

27:26

Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.

27:27

But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and

down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew

near to some country;

27:28

And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had

gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen

fathoms.

27:29

Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four

anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

27:30

And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they

had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they

would have cast anchors out of the foreship,

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27:31

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in

the ship, ye cannot be saved.

27:32

Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.

27:33

And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take

meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried

and continued fasting, having taken nothing.

27:34

Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your

health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.

27:35

And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to

God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to

eat.

27:36

Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.

27:37

And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen

souls.

27:38

And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast

out the wheat into the sea.

27:39

And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered

a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it

were possible, to thrust in the ship.

27:40

And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed

themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised

up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.

27:41

And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship

aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but

the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.

27:42

And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of

them should swim out, and escape.

27:43

But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their

purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast

themselves first into the sea, and get to land:

27:44

And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the

ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.

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CHAPTER 28

28:1 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was

called Melita.

28:2 And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they

kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present

rain, and because of the cold.

28:3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on

the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his

hand.

28:4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his

hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a

murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance

suffereth not to live.

28:5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

28:6 Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down

dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no

harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a

God.

28:7 In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the

island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us

three days courteously.

28:8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever

and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid

his hands on him, and healed him.

28:9 So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the

island, came, and were healed:

28:10 Who also honored us with many honors; and when we departed,

they laded us with such things as were necessary.

28:11 And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which

had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.

28:12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.

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28:13

And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and

after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to

Puteoli:

28:14

Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them

seven days: and so we went toward Rome.

28:15

And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet

us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul

saw, he thanked God, and took courage.

28:16

And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners

to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by

himself with a soldier that kept him.

28:17

And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of

the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto

them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against

the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner

from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

28:18

Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because

there was no cause of death in me.

28:19

But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal

unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.

28:20

For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to

speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound

with this chain.

28:21

And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea

concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or

spake any harm of thee.

28:22

But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning

this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.

28:23

And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him

into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom

of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of

Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.

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28:24

And some believed the things which were spoken, and some

believed not.

28:25

And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after

that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by

Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,

28:26

Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and

shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

28:27

For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull

of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see

with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their

heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

28:28

Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent

unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.

28:29

And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had

great reasoning among themselves.

28:30

And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and

received all that came in unto him,

28:31

Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which

concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man

forbidding him.

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The Letter of Paul to the

ROMANS

CHAPTER 1

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated

unto the gospel of God,

(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy

scriptures,)

Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the

seed of David according to the flesh;

And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the

spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to

the faith among all nations, for his name:

Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:

To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace

to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your

faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel

of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in

my prayers;

1:10

Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a

prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.

1:11

For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual

gift, to the end ye may be established;

1:12

That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual

faith both of you and me.

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1:13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I

purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might

have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

1:14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the

wise, and to the unwise.

1:15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that

are at Rome also.

1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of

God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first,

and also to the Greek.

1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith:

as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all

ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in

unrighteousness;

1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for

God hath shewed it unto them.

1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are

clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his

eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God,

neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and

their foolish heart was darkened.

1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

1:23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image

made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts,

and creeping things.

1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts

of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between

themselves:

1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and

served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever.

Amen.

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1:26

For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their

women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

1:27

And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman,

burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working

that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that

recompence of their error which was meet.

1:28

And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge,

God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which

are not convenient;

1:29

Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness,

covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit,

malignity; whisperers,

1:30

Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of

evil things, disobedient to parents,

1:31

Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural

affection, implacable, unmerciful:

1:32

Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such

things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure

in them that do them.

CHAPTER 2

Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that

judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself;

for thou that judgest doest the same things.

But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth

against them which commit such things.

And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such

things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of

God?

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and

longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee

to repentance?

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But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto

thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the

righteous judgment of God;

Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory

and honor and immortality, eternal life:

But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but

obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of

the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

2:10

But glory, honor, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to

the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:

2:11

For there is no respect of persons with God.

2:12

For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without

law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the

law;

2:13

(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of

the law shall be justified.

2:14

For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the

things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law

unto themselves:

2:15

Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their

conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while

accusing or else excusing one another;)

2:16

In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ

according to my gospel.

2:17

Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest

thy boast of God,

2:18

And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more

excellent, being instructed out of the law;

2:19

And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light

of them which are in darkness,

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2:20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the

form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

2:21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself?

thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

2:22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou

commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit

sacrilege?

2:23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law

dishonorest thou God?

2:24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through

you, as it is written.

2:25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou

be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

2:26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law,

shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

2:27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law,

judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the

law?

2:28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that

circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

2:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of

the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of

men, but of God.

CHAPTER 3

3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of

circumcision?

3:2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed

the oracles of God.

3:3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith

of God without effect?

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God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is

written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and

mightest overcome when thou art judged.

But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God,

what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I

speak as a man)

God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his

glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some

affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose

damnation is just.

What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have

before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

3:10

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

3:11

There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after

God.

3:12

They are all gone out of the way, they are together become

unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

3:13

Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have

used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

3:14

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

3:15

Their feet are swift to shed blood:

3:16

Destruction and misery are in their ways:

3:17

And the way of peace have they not known:

3:18

There is no fear of God before their eyes.

3:19

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to

them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped,

and all the world may become guilty before God.

3:20

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in

his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

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3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested,

being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ

unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in

Christ Jesus:

3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his

blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are

past, through the forbearance of God;

3:26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be

just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works?

Nay: but by the law of faith.

3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the

deeds of the law.

3:29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes,

of the Gentiles also:

3:30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith,

and uncircumcision through faith.

3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we

establish the law.

CHAPTER 4

4:1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to

the flesh, hath found?

4:2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory;

but not before God.

4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was

counted unto him for righteousness.

4:4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but

of debt.

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But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth

the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto

whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose

sins are covered.

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon

the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to

Abraham for righteousness.

4:10

How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in

uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

4:11

And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness

of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be

the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised;

that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

4:12

And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the

circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of

our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.

4:13

For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to

Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the

righteousness of faith.

4:14

For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the

promise made of none effect:

4:15

Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no

transgression.

4:16

Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the

promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of

the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is

the father of us all,

4:17

(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before

him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and

calleth those things which be not as though they were.

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4:18

Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father

of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy

seed be.

4:19

And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now

dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the

deadness of Sarah’s womb:

4:20

He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was

strong in faith, giving glory to God;

4:21

And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able

also to perform.

4:22

And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.

4:23

Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to

him;

4:24

But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him

that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

4:25

Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our

justification.

CHAPTER 5

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through

our Lord Jesus Christ:

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we

stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that

tribulation worketh patience;

And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed

abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for

the ungodly.

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for

a good man some would even dare to die.

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But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were

yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be

saved from wrath through him.

5:10

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the

death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by

his life.

5:11

And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus

Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

5:12

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by

sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

5:13

(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed

when there is no law.

5:14

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them

that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression,

who is the figure of him that was to come.

5:15

But not as the offense, so also is the free gift. For if through the

offense of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the

gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded

unto many.

5:16

And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the

judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many

offenses unto justification.

5:17

For if by one man’s offense death reigned by one; much more they

which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness

shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

5:18

Therefore as by the offense of one judgment came upon all men to

condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift

came upon all men unto justification of life.

5:19

For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by

the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

5:20

Moreover the law entered, that the offense might abound. But

where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

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5:21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign

through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

CHAPTER 6

6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may

abound?

6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer

therein?

6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus

Christ were baptized into his death?

6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like

as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father,

even so we also should walk in newness of life.

6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death,

we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body

of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.

6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live

with him:

6:9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more;

death hath no more dominion over him.

6:10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he

liveth unto God.

6:11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but

alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should

obey it in the lusts thereof.

6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness

unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive

from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness

unto God.

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6:14

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the

law, but under grace.

6:15

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but

under grace? God forbid.

6:16

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey,

his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or

of obedience unto righteousness?

6:17

But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have

obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered

you.

6:18

Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of

righteousness.

6:19

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your

flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness

and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members

servants to righteousness unto holiness.

6:20

For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from

righteousness.

6:21

What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now

ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

6:22

But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye

have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

6:23

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

CHAPTER 7

Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,)

how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her

husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is

loosed from the law of her husband.

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7:3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man,

she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is

free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be

married to another man.

7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the

body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him

who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto

God.

7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by

the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we

were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the

oldness of the letter.

7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not

known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law

had said, Thou shalt not covet.

7:8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all

manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

7:9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment

came, sin revived, and I died.

7:10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be

unto death.

7:11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by

it slew me.

7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just,

and good.

7:13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But

sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is

good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under

sin.

7:15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but

what I hate, that do I.

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7:16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is

good.

7:17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing:

for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is

good I find not.

7:19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not,

that I do.

7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that

dwelleth in me.

7:21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with

me.

7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

7:23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of

my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is

in my members.

7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of

this death?

7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I

myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

CHAPTER 8

8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in

Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free

from the law of sin and death.

8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the

flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and

for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk

not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

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For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but

they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is

life and peace.

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject

to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit

of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ,

he is none of his.

8:10

And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the

Spirit is life because of righteousness.

8:11

But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in

you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your

mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

8:12

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after

the flesh.

8:13

For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the

Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

8:14

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of

God.

8:15

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye

have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba,

Father.

8:16

The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the

children of God:

8:17

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with

Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also

glorified together.

8:18

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy

to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

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8:19

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the

manifestation of the sons of God.

8:20

For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by

reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

8:21

Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage

of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

8:22

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in

pain together until now.

8:23

And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of

the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for

the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

8:24

For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for

what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

8:25

But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait

for it.

8:26

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not

what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh

intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

8:27

And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the

Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to

the will of God.

8:28

And we know that all things work together for good to them that

love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

8:29

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be

conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn

among many brethren.

8:30

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and

whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them

he also glorified.

8:31

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can

be against us?

8:32

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all,

how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

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8:33

Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that

justifieth.

8:34

Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that

is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also

maketh intercession for us.

8:35

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or

distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or

sword?

8:36

As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are

accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

8:37

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him

that loved us.

8:38

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor

principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

8:39

Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to

separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our

Lord.

CHAPTER 9

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me

witness in the Holy Ghost,

That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my

brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory,

and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of

God, and the promises;

Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ

came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they

are not all Israel, which are of Israel:

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9:7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all

children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

9:8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the

children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the

seed.

9:9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah

shall have a son.

9:10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one,

even by our father Isaac;

9:11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good

or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand,

not of works, but of him that calleth;)

9:12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

9:14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God

forbid.

9:15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have

mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have

compassion.

9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of

God that sheweth mercy.

9:17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose

have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that

my name might be declared throughout all the earth.

9:18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom

he will he hardeneth.

9:19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who

hath resisted his will?

9:20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the

thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me

thus?

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9:21

Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make

one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?

9:22

What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power

known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted

to destruction:

9:23

And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the

vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

9:24

Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the

Gentiles?

9:25

As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were

not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.

9:26

And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto

them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children

of the living God.

9:27

Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the

children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

9:28

For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness:

because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

9:29

And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a

seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.

9:30

What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not

after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the

righteousness which is of faith.

9:31

But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not

attained to the law of righteousness.

9:32

Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by

the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

9:33

As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of

offense: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

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CHAPTER 10

10:

Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that

they might be saved.

10:

For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not

according to knowledge.

10:

For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to

establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves

unto the righteousness of God.

10:

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that

believeth.

10:

For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That

the man which doeth those things shall live by them.

10:

But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say

not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring

Christ down from above:)

10:

Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ

again from the dead.)

10:

But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in

thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

10:

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt

believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou

shalt be saved.

10:10

For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the

mouth confession is made unto salvation.

10:11

For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be

ashamed.

10:12

For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the

same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

10:13

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

10:14

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed?

and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard?

and how shall they hear without a preacher?

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10:15

And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written,

How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace,

and bring glad tidings of good things!

10:16

But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord,

who hath believed our report?

10:17

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

10:18

But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into

all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

10:19

But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke

you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation

I will anger you.

10:20

But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought

me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.

10:21

But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands

unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.

CHAPTER 11

11:

I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also

am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

11:

God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not

what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to

God against Israel saying,

11:

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars;

and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

11:

But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to

myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the

image of Baal.

11:

Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according

to the election of grace.

11:

And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no

more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace:

otherwise work is no more work.

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11:

What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but

the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

11:

(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of

slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should

not hear;) unto this day.

11:

And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a

stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:

11:10

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down

their back alway.

11:11

I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid:

but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for

to provoke them to jealousy.

11:12

Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the

diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more

their fulness?

11:13

For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the

Gentiles, I magnify mine office:

11:14

If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my

flesh, and might save some of them.

11:15

For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world,

what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

11:16

For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be

holy, so are the branches.

11:17

And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild

olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of

the root and fatness of the olive tree;

11:18

Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not

the root, but the root thee.

11:19

Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be

graffed in.

11:20

Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest

by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

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11:21

For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also

spare not thee.

11:22

Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which

fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his

goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

11:23

And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in:

for God is able to graff them in again.

11:24

For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature,

and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how

much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed

into their own olive tree?

11:25

For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this

mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that

blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the

Gentiles be come in.

11:26

And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come

out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from

Jacob:

11:27

For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their

sins.

11:28

As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as

touching the election, they are beloved for the father’s sakes.

11:29

For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

11:30

For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now

obtained mercy through their unbelief:

11:31

Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy

they also may obtain mercy.

11:32

For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have

mercy upon all.

11:33

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of

God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past

finding out!

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11:34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his

counsellor?

11:35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto

him again?

11:36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be

glory for ever. Amen.

CHAPTER 12

12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye

present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,

which is your reasonable service.

12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the

renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and

acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is

among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to

think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every

man the measure of faith.

12:4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have

not the same office:

12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members

one of another.

12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us,

whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of

faith;

12:7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on

teaching;

12:8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it

with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth

mercy, with cheerfulness.

12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave

to that which is good.

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12:10

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honor

preferring one another;

12:11

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

12:12

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in

prayer;

12:13

Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

12:14

Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

12:15

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

12:16

Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but

condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own

conceits.

12:17

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the

sight of all men.

12:18

If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all

men.

12:19

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto

wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the

Lord.

12:20

Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him

drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

12:21

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

CHAPTER 13

13:

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no

power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

13:

Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of

God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

13:

For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou

then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou

shalt have praise of the same:

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13:4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that

which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he

is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that

doeth evil.

13:5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also

for conscience sake.

13:6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers,

attending continually upon this very thing.

13:7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due;

custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.

13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth

another hath fulfilled the law.

13:9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou

shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not

covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly

comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor

as thyself.

13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling

of the law.

13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out

of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off

the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness,

not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for

the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

CHAPTER 14

14:1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful

disputations.

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14:

For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak,

eateth herbs.

14:

Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him

which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

14:

Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own

master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is

able to make him stand.

14:

One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth

every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

14:

He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that

regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that

eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that

eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.

14:

For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.

14:

For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we

die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the

Lord’s.

14:

For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he

might be Lord both of the dead and living.

14:10

But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at

nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat

of Christ.

14:11

For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to

me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

14:12

So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

14:13

Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this

rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in

his brother’s way.

14:14

I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing

unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean,

to him it is unclean.

14:15

But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not

charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

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14:16

Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

14:17

For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness,

and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

14:18

For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and

approved of men.

14:19

Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and

things wherewith one may edify another.

14:20

For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure;

but it is evil for that man who eateth with offense.

14:21

It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing

whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

14:22

Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that

condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.

14:23

And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of

faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

CHAPTER 15

15:

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak,

and not to please ourselves.

15:

Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification.

15:

For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The

reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

15:

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our

learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures

might have hope.

15:

Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be

likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

15:

That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the

Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15:

Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the

glory of God.

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15:

Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for

the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

15:

And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is

written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles,

and sing unto thy name.

15:10

And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

15:11

And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye

people.

15:12

And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that

shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

15:13

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,

that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy

Ghost.

15:14

And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also

are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to

admonish one another.

15:15

Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in

some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given

to me of God,

15:16

That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles,

ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles

might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

15:17

I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those

things which pertain to God.

15:18

For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ

hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word

and deed,

15:19

Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of

God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I

have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

15:20

Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was

named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:

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15:21

But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see:

and they that have not heard shall understand.

15:22

For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to

you.

15:23

But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great

desire these many years to come unto you;

15:24

Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I

trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way

thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your

company.

15:25

But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.

15:26

For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a

certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.

15:27

It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the

Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their

duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.

15:28

When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this

fruit, I will come by you into Spain.

15:29

And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the

fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

15:30

Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and

for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your

prayers to God for me;

15:31

That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea;

and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of

the saints;

15:32

That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may

with you be refreshed.

15:33

Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

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CHAPTER 16

16:1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the

church which is at Cenchrea:

16:2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye

assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she

hath been a succorer of many, and of myself also.

16:3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:

16:4 Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not

only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

16:5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my

well-beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto

Christ.

16:6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labor on us.

16:7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my

fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also

were in Christ before me.

16:8 Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.

16:9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.

16:10 Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of

Aristobulus’ household.

16:11 Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household

of Narcissus, which are in the Lord.

16:12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Salute the

beloved Persis, which labored much in the Lord.

16:13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

16:14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the

brethren which are with them.

16:15 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas,

and all the saints which are with them.

16:16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute

you.

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16:17

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and

offenses contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid

them.

16:18

For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their

own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts

of the simple.

16:19

For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore

on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is

good, and simple concerning evil.

16:20

And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

16:21

Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater,

my kinsmen, salute you.

16:22

I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord.

16:23

Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus

the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.

16:24

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

16:25

Now to him that is of power to establish you according to my

gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the

revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world

began,

16:26

But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets,

according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made

known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

16:27

To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.

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The First Letter of Paul to the

CORINTHIANS

CHAPTER 1

Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God,

and Sosthenes our brother,

Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are

sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every

place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their’s and

our’s:

Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the

Lord Jesus Christ.

I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which

is given you by Jesus Christ;

That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in

all knowledge;

Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our

Lord Jesus Christ:

Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless

in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his

Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

1:10

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus

Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no

divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the

same mind and in the same judgment.

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1:11

For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them

which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among

you.

1:12

Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of

Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

1:13

Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized

in the name of Paul?

1:14

I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;

1:15

Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.

1:16

And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know

not whether I baptized any other.

1:17

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not

with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of

none effect.

1:18

For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness;

but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

1:19

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will

bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

1:20

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of

this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

1:21

For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew

not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save

them that believe.

1:22

For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

1:23

But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock,

and unto the Greeks foolishness;

1:24

But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the

power of God, and the wisdom of God.

1:25

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the

weakness of God is stronger than men.

1:26

For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men

after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

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1:27

But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound

the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to

confound the things which are mighty;

1:28

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath

God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought

things that are:

1:29

That no flesh should glory in his presence.

1:30

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us

wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

1:31

That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the

Lord.

CHAPTER 2

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of

speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus

Christ, and him crucified.

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much

trembling.

And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of

man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the

power of God.

Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not

the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that

come to nought:

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden

wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known

it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

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But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have

entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared

for them that love him.

2:10

But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit

searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

2:11

For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man

which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but

the Spirit of God.

2:12

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit

which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely

given to us of God.

2:13

Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom

teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual

things with spiritual.

2:14

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God:

for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them,

because they are spiritually discerned.

2:15

But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of

no man.

2:16

For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct

him? But we have the mind of Christ.

CHAPTER 3

And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as

unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were

not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.

For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and

strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are

ye not carnal?

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Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye

believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that

watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man

shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

For we are laborers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye

are God’s building.

3:10

According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise

masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth

thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

3:11

For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is

Jesus Christ.

3:12

Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious

stones, wood, hay, stubble;

3:13

Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare

it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every

man’s work of what sort it is.

3:14

If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall

receive a reward.

3:15

If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he

himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

3:16

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of

God dwelleth in you?

3:17

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the

temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

3:18

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be

wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is

written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

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3:20

And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they

are vain.

3:21

Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your’s;

3:22

Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or

death, or things present, or things to come; all are your’s;

3:23

And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.

CHAPTER 4

Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and

stewards of the mysteries of God.

Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you,

or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.

For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he

that judgeth me is the Lord.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who

both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make

manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have

praise of God.

And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself

and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to

think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be

puffed up for one against another.

For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou

that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost

thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without

us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with

you.

For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were

appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world,

and to angels, and to men.

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4:10

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are

weak, but ye are strong; ye are honorable, but we are despised.

4:11

Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are

naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

4:12

And labor, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless;

being persecuted, we suffer it:

4:13

Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world,

and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

4:14

I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I

warn you.

4:15

For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye

not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through

the gospel.

4:16

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

4:17

For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved

son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance

of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every

church.

4:18

Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.

4:19

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not

the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.

4:20

For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

4:21

What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in

the spirit of meekness?

CHAPTER 5

It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and

such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles,

that one should have his father’s wife.

And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that

hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

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For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged

already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done

this deed,

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered

together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh,

that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven

leaveneth the whole lump?

Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as

ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with

the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread

of sincerity and truth.

I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:

5:10

Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the

covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs

go out of the world.

5:11

But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man

that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater,

or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not

to eat.

5:12

For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not

ye judge them that are within?

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But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from

among yourselves that wicked person.

CHAPTER 6

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before

the unjust, and not before the saints?

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Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the

world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the

smallest matters?

Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things

that pertain to this life?

If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them

to judge who are least esteemed in the church.

I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among

you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?

But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the

unbelievers.

Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to

law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do

ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?

Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of

God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor

adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

6:10

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor

extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

6:11

And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are

sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and

by the Spirit of our God.

6:12

All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all

things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power

of any.

6:13

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy

both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the

Lord; and the Lord for the body.

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And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by

his own power.

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6:15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I

then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an

harlot? God forbid.

6:16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one

body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body;

but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy

Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your

own?

6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body,

and in your spirit, which are God’s.

CHAPTER 7

7:1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good

for a man not to touch a woman.

7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own

wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

7:3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise

also the wife unto the husband.

7:4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and

likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the

wife.

7:5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time,

that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come

together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

7:6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.

7:7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath

his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after

that.

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I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if

they abide even as I.

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry

than to burn.

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And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not

the wife depart from her husband:

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But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to

her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

7:12

But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife

that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him

not put her away.

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And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he

be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

7:14

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the

unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your

children unclean; but now are they holy.

7:15

But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is

not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

7:16

For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy

husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save

thy wife?

7:17

But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called

every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

7:18

Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become

uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be

circumcised.

7:19

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the

keeping of the commandments of God.

7:20

Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

7:21

Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest

be made free, use it rather.

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7:22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s

freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s

servant.

7:23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

7:24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with

God.

7:25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I

give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to

be faithful.

7:26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say,

that it is good for a man so to be.

7:27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed

from a wife? seek not a wife.

7:28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry,

she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the

flesh: but I spare you.

7:29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both

they that have wives be as though they had none;

7:30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that

rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though

they possessed not;

7:31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of

this world passeth away.

7:32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried

careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please

the Lord:

7:33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world,

how he may please his wife.

7:34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried

woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both

in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of

the world, how she may please her husband.

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And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare

upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend

upon the Lord without distraction.

7:36

But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his

virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him

do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.

7:37

Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no

necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in

his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.

7:38

So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth

her not in marriage doeth better.

7:39

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if

her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she

will; only in the Lord.

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But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think

also that I have the Spirit of God.

CHAPTER 8

Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all

have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth

nothing yet as he ought to know.

But if any man love God, the same is known of him.

As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered

in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world,

and that there is none other God but one.

For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in

earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)

But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things,

and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things,

and we by him.

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Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with

conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto

an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we

the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of your’s become a

stumblingblock to them that are weak.

8:10

For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the

idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be

emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

8:11

And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for

whom Christ died?

8:12

But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak

conscience, ye sin against Christ.

8:13

Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh

while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

CHAPTER 9

Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ

our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for

the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,

Have we not power to eat and to drink?

Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other

apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?

Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a

vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a

flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

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For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the

mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for

oxen?

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Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this

is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he

that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

9:11

If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we

shall reap your carnal things?

9:12

If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather?

Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things,

lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.

9:13

Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of

the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are

partakers with the altar?

9:14

Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel

should live of the gospel.

9:15

But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these

things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me

to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.

9:16

For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for

necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the

gospel!

9:17

For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my

will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.

9:18

What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I

may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my

power in the gospel.

9:19

For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant

unto all, that I might gain the more.

9:20

And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to

them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain

them that are under the law;

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9:21

To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without

law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them

that are without law.

9:22

To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am

made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

9:23

And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof

with you.

9:24

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one

receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

9:25

And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all

things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an

incorruptible.

9:26

I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that

beateth the air:

9:27

But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by

any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a

castaway.

CHAPTER 10

10:

Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how

that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the

sea;

10:

And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

10:

And did all eat the same spiritual meat;

10:

And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that

spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

10:

But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were

overthrown in the wilderness.

10:

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not

lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

10:

Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The

people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

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Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and

fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

10:

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and

were destroyed of serpents.

10:10

Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were

destroyed of the destroyer.

10:11

Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they

are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world

are come.

10:12

Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

10:13

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to

man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted

above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a

way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

10:14

Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.

10:15

I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.

10:16

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the

blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the

communion of the body of Christ?

10:17

For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all

partakers of that one bread.

10:18

Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices

partakers of the altar?

10:19

What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered

in sacrifice to idols is any thing?

10:20

But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they

sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should

have fellowship with devils.

10:21

Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye

cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.

10:22

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

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10:23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all

things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

10:24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.

10:25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for

conscience sake:

10:26 For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.

10:27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be

disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no

question for conscience sake.

10:28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols,

eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the

earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof:

10:29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my

liberty judged of another man’s conscience?

10:30 For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for

which I give thanks?

10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to

the glory of God.

10:32 Give none offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to

the church of God:

10:33 Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit,

but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

CHAPTER 11

11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

11:2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and

keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.

11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ;

and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is

God.

11:4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered,

dishonoreth his head.

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11:

But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head

uncovered dishonoreth her head: for that is even all one as if she

were shaven.

11:

For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a

shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

11:

For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is

the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

11:

For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man.

11:

Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the

man.

11:10

For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because

of the angels.

11:11

Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the

woman without the man, in the Lord.

11:12

For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the

woman; but all things of God.

11:13

Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God

uncovered?

11:14

Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair,

it is a shame unto him?

11:15

But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is

given her for a covering.

11:16

But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom,

neither the churches of God.

11:17

Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come

together not for the better, but for the worse.

11:18

For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that

there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

11:19

For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are

approved may be made manifest among you.

11:20

When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat

the Lord’s supper.

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11:21

For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and

one is hungry, and another is drunken.

11:22

What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the

church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to

you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

11:23

For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto

you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed

took bread:

11:24

And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this

is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of

me.

11:25

After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped,

saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as

oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

11:26

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew

the Lord’s death till he come.

11:27

Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the

Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the

Lord.

11:28

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and

drink of that cup.

11:29

For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh

damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.

11:30

For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many

sleep.

11:31

For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

11:32

But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we

should not be condemned with the world.

11:33

Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one

for another.

11:34

And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not

together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I

come.

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CHAPTER 12

12:

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you

ignorant.

12:

Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb

idols, even as ye were led.

12:

Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the

Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that

Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

12:

Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

12:

And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.

12:

And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God

which worketh all in all.

12:

But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit

withal.

12:

For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another

the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

12:

To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing

by the same Spirit;

12:10

To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to

another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to

another the interpretation of tongues:

12:11

But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to

every man severally as he will.

12:12

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the

members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is

Christ.

12:13

For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be

Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all

made to drink into one Spirit.

12:14

For the body is not one member, but many.

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12:15

If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the

body; is it therefore not of the body?

12:16

And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the

body; is it therefore not of the body?

12:17

If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the

whole were hearing, where were the smelling?

12:18

But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body,

as it hath pleased him.

12:19

And if they were all one member, where were the body?

12:20

But now are they many members, yet but one body.

12:21

And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor

again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

12:22

Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be

more feeble, are necessary:

12:23

And those members of the body, which we think to be less

honorable, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our

uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.

12:24

For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the

body together, having given more abundant honor to that part

which lacked.

12:25

That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members

should have the same care one for another.

12:26

And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or

one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it.

12:27

Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

12:28

And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily

prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of

healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.

12:29

Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers

of miracles?

12:30

Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all

interpret?

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12:31

But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more

excellent way.

CHAPTER 13

13:

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have

not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

13:

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all

mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I

could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

13:

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I

give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me

nothing.

13:

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity

vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

13:

Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily

provoked, thinketh no evil;

13:

Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

13:

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth

all things.

13:

Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall

fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be

knowledge, it shall vanish away.

13:

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

13:10

But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part

shall be done away.

13:11

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I

thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish

things.

13:12

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I

know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

13:13

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest

of these is charity.

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CHAPTER 14

14:

Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye

may prophesy.

14:

For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men,

but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit

he speaketh mysteries.

14:

But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and

exhortation, and comfort.

14:

He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he

that prophesieth edifieth the church.

14:

I would that ye all spake with tongues but rather that ye

prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh

with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive

edifying.

14:

Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what

shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation,

or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?

14:

And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp,

except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known

what is piped or harped?

14:

For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare

himself to the battle?

14:

So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be

understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall

speak into the air.

14:10

There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and

none of them is without signification.

14:11

Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto

him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a

barbarian unto me.

14:12

Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that

ye may excel to the edifying of the church.

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14:13

Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that

he may interpret.

14:14

For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my

understanding is unfruitful.

14:15

What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the

understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with

the understanding also.

14:16

Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that

occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of

thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?

14:17

For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

14:18

I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:

14:19

Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my

understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten

thousand words in an unknown tongue.

14:20

Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye

children, but in understanding be men.

14:21

In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips

will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear

me, saith the Lord.

14:22

Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to

them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that

believe not, but for them which believe.

14:23

If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and

all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned,

or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?

14:24

But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or

one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:

14:25

And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling

down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in

you of a truth.

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14:26

How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you

hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath

an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

14:27

If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the

most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.

14:28

But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church;

and let him speak to himself, and to God.

14:29

Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.

14:30

If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold

his peace.

14:31

For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all

may be comforted.

14:32

And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.

14:33

For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all

churches of the saints.

14:34

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not

permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under

obedience as also saith the law.

14:35

And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at

home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

14:36

What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you

only?

14:37

If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him

acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the

commandments of the Lord.

14:38

But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.

14:39

Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak

with tongues.

14:40

Let all things be done decently and in order.

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15:

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached

unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;

15:

By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached

unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

15:

For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how

that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; referring to Isaiah 53 “our sins” being sins of the Jews that brought Jesus to the cross.

15:

And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day

according to the scriptures:

15:

And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:

15:

After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of

whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen

asleep.

15:

After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.

15:

And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due

time.

15:

For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an

apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was

bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly

than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

15:11

Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye

believed.

15:12

Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say

some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

15:13

But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:

15:14

And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your

faith is also vain.

15:15

Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have

testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if

so be that the dead rise not.

15:16

For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:

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And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your

sins.

15:18

Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

15:19

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most

miserable.

15:20

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of

them that slept.

15:21

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of

the dead.

15:22

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

15:23

But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward

they that are Christ’s at his coming.

15:24

Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom

to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and

all authority and power.

15:25

For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.

15:26

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

15:27

For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all

things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which

did put all things under him.

15:28

And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son

also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that

God may be all in all.

15:29

Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead

rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

15:30

And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?

15:31

I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I

die daily.

15:32

If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus,

what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink;

for to morrow we die.

15:33

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

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15:34

Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the

knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

15:35

But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what

body do they come?

15:36

Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

15:37

And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall

be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

15:38

But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed

his own body.

15:39

All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men,

another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.

15:40

There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory

of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

15:41

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and

another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in

glory.

15:42

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is

raised in incorruption:

15:43

It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness;

it is raised in power:

15:44

It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a

natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

15:45

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul;

the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

15:46

Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is

natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

15:47

The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord

from heaven.

15:48

As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the

heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

15:49

And as we have born the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the

image of the heavenly.

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Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the

kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

15:51

Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall Changing from third density to fourth density

all be changed,

15:52

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the

trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and

we shall be changed.

15:53

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must

put on immortality.

15:54

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this

mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass

the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

15:55

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

15:56

The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

15:57

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our

Lord Jesus Christ.

15:58

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable,

always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know

that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

CHAPTER 16

16:

Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order

to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.

16:

Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in

store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when

I come.

16:

And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters,

them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.

16:

And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.

16:

Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia:

for I do pass through Macedonia.

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And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye

may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.

16:

For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while

with you, if the Lord permit.

16:

But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.

16:

For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are

many adversaries.

16:10

Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear:

for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.

16:11

Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace,

that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren.

16:12

As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come

unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at

this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.

16:13

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

16:14

Let all your things be done with charity.

16:15

I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is

the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to

the ministry of the saints,)

16:16

That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that

helpeth with us, and laboreth.

16:17

I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus:

for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.

16:18

For they have refreshed my spirit and your’s: therefore

acknowledge ye them that are such.

16:19

The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you

much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.

16:20

All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy kiss.

16:21

The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand.

16:22

If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema

Maranatha.

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16:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

16:24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

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The Second Letter of Paul to the

CORINTHIANS

CHAPTER 1

1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy

our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all

the saints which are in all Achaia:

1:2 Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord

Jesus Christ.

1:3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the

Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;

1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to

comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith

we ourselves are comforted of God.

1:5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also

aboundeth by Christ.

1:6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and

salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings

which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your

consolation and salvation.

1:7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers

of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

1:8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble

which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure,

above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

1:9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not

trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

1:10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom

we trust that he will yet deliver us;

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1:11

Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift

bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be

given by many on our behalf.

1:12

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in

simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the

grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more

abundantly to you-ward.

1:13

For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or

acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;

1:14

As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your

rejoicing, even as ye also are our’s in the day of the Lord Jesus.

1:15

And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that

ye might have a second benefit;

1:16

And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of

Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward

Judaea.

1:17

When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the

things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with

me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?

1:18

But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.

1:19

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you

by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and

nay, but in him was yea.

1:20

For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto

the glory of God by us.

1:21

Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed

us, is God;

1:22

Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our

hearts.

1:23

Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I

came not as yet unto Corinth.

1:24

Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of

your joy: for by faith ye stand.

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CHAPTER 2

But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to

you in heaviness.

For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but

the same which is made sorry by me?

And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have

sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in

you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you

with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might

know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part:

that I may not overcharge you all.

Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of

many.

So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort

him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with

overmuch sorrow.

Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward

him.

For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you,

whether ye be obedient in all things.

2:10

To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any

thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person

of Christ;

2:11

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of

his devices.

2:12

Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and

a door was opened unto me of the Lord,

2:13

I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother:

but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.

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2:14

Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in

Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of his knowledge by us in

every place.

2:15

For we are unto God a sweet savor of Christ, in them that are

saved, and in them that perish:

2:16

To the one we are the savor of death unto death; and to the other

the savor of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

2:17

For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of

sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.

CHAPTER 3

Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some

others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of

commendation from you?

Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:

Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ

ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the

living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of

ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of

the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit

giveth life.

But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones,

was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly

behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which

glory was to be done away:

How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?

For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth

the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

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3:10

For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect,

by reason of the glory that excelleth.

3:11

For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which

remaineth is glorious.

3:12

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of

speech:

3:13

And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children

of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is

abolished:

3:14

But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same

vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is

done away in Christ.

3:15

But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their

heart.

3:16

Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken

away.

3:17

Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is,

there is liberty.

3:18

But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the

Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as

by the Spirit of the Lord.

CHAPTER 4

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy,

we faint not;

But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in

craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by

manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s

conscience in the sight of God.

But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

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In whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them

which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ,

who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and

ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath

shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory

of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of

the power may be of God, and not of us.

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are

perplexed, but not in despair;

Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

4:10

Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that

the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

4:11

For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake,

that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal

flesh.

4:12

So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

4:13

We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I

believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and

therefore speak;

4:14

Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us

also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.

4:15

For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might

through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.

4:16

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish,

yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

4:17

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a

far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

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4:18

While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things

which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but

the things which are not seen are eternal.

CHAPTER 5

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were

dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with

hands, eternal in the heavens.

For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our

house which is from heaven:

If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for

that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might

be swallowed up of life.

Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who

also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at

home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the

body, and to be present with the Lord.

Wherefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be

accepted of him.

5:10

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that

every one may receive the things done in his body, according to

that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

5:11

Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we

are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in

your consciences.

5:12

For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you

occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to

answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.

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5:13

For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be

sober, it is for your cause.

5:14

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that

if one died for all, then were all dead:

5:15

And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth

live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose

again.

5:16

Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though

we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we

him no more.

5:17

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things

are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

5:18

And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by

Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

5:19

To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself,

not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto

us the word of reconciliation.

5:20

Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did

beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled

to God.

5:21

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we

might be made the righteousness of God in him.

CHAPTER 6

We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye

receive not the grace of God in vain.

(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of

salvation have I succored thee: behold, now is the accepted time;

behold, now is the day of salvation.)

Giving no offense in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in

much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

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In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in

fastings;

By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the

Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of

righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

By honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report: as

deceivers, and yet true;

As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live;

as chastened, and not killed;

6:10

As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich;

as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

6:11

O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is

enlarged.

6:12

Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own

bowels.

6:13

Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,)

be ye also enlarged.

6:14

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what

fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what

communion hath light with darkness?

6:15

And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he

that believeth with an infidel?

6:16

And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are

the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them,

and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my

people.

6:17

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith

the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

6:18

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and

daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

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CHAPTER 7

7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse

ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting

holiness in the fear of God.

7:2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man,

we have defrauded no man.

7:3 I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are

in our hearts to die and live with you.

7:4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of

you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our

tribulation.

7:5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but

we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within

were fears.

7:6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down,

comforted us by the coming of Titus;

7:7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he

was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your

mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the

more.

7:8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I

did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you

sorry, though it were but for a season.

7:9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed

to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye

might receive damage by us in nothing.

7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be

repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

7:11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort,

what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of

yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what

vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye

have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

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Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that

had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that

our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.

7:13

Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and

exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his

spirit was refreshed by you all.

7:14

For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed;

but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting,

which I made before Titus, is found a truth.

7:15

And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he

remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling

ye received him.

7:16

I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.

CHAPTER 8

Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God

bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;

How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and

their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they

were willing of themselves;

Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and

take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves

to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would

also finish in you the same grace also.

Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and

knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye

abound in this grace also.

I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness

of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

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For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he

was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his

poverty might be rich.

8:10

And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who

have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year

ago.

8:11

Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness

to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye

have.

8:12

For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a

man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

8:13

For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:

8:14

But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a

supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply

for your want: that there may be equality:

8:15

As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and

he that had gathered little had no lack.

8:16

But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the

heart of Titus for you.

8:17

For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of

his own accord he went unto you.

8:18

And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the

gospel throughout all the churches;

8:19

And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to

travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the

glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:

8:20

Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance

which is administered by us:

8:21

Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but

also in the sight of men.

8:22

And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have

oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more

diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.

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8:23

Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and

fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they

are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ.

8:24

Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of

your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.

CHAPTER 9

For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for

me to write to you:

For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you

to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your

zeal hath provoked very many.

Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in

vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:

Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you

unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this

same confident boasting.

Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they

would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty,

whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a

matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.

But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also

sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also

bountifully.

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give;

not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye,

always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every

good work:

(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the

poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.

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Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for

your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of

your righteousness;)

9:11

Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth

through us thanksgiving to God.

9:12

For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want

of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto

God;

9:13

Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for

your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your

liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;

9:14

And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding

grace of God in you.

9:15

Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

CHAPTER 10

10:

Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of

Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am

bold toward you:

10:

But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with

that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which

think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

10:

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

10:

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through

God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

10:

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself

against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every

thought to the obedience of Christ;

10:

And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your

obedience is fulfilled.

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10:

Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man

trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this

again, that, as he is Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s.

10:

For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which

the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction,

I should not be ashamed:

10:

That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.

10:10

For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily

presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

10:11

Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters

when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are

present.

10:12

For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare

ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring

themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among

themselves, are not wise.

10:13

But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according

to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a

measure to reach even unto you.

10:14

For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we

reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in

preaching the gospel of Christ:

10:15

Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men’s

labors; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall

be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,

10:16

To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast

in another man’s line of things made ready to our hand.

10:17

But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

10:18

For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the

Lord commendeth.

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CHAPTER 11

11:

Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and

indeed bear with me.

11:

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused

you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to

Christ.

11:

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through

his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the

simplicity that is in Christ.

11:

For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not

preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not

received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might

well bear with him.

11:

For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.

11:

But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have

been throughly made manifest among you in all things.

11:

Have I committed an offense in abasing myself that ye might be

exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?

11:

I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.

11:

And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to

no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came

from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from

being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.

11:10

As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this

boasting in the regions of Achaia.

11:11

Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.

11:12

But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them

which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found

even as we.

11:13

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming

themselves into the apostles of Christ.

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11:14

And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of

light.

11:15

Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as

the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to

their works.

11:16

I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool

receive me, that I may boast myself a little.

11:17

That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were

foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

11:18

Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.

11:19

For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.

11:20

For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour

you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you

on the face.

11:21

I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak.

Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold

also.

11:22

Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they

the seed of Abraham? so am I.

11:23

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in

labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more

frequent, in deaths oft.

11:24

Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.

11:25

Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered

shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;

11:26

In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in

perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils

in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils

among false brethren;

11:27

In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and

thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

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11:28

Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me

daily, the care of all the churches.

11:29

Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?

11:30

If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine

infirmities.

11:31

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for

evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

11:32

In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of

the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:

11:33

And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and

escaped his hands.

CHAPTER 12

12:1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions

and revelations of the Lord.

12:2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the

body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God

knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.

12:3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I

cannot tell: God knoweth;)

12:4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable

words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

12:5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in

mine infirmities.

12:6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will

say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me

above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.

12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance

of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the

messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above

measure.

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12:

For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from

me.

12:

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my

strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I

rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest

upon me.

12:10

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in

necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for

when I am weak, then am I strong.

12:11

I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought

to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the

very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

12:12

Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all

patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

12:13

For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it

be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this

wrong.

12:14

Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be

burdensome to you: for I seek not your’s but you: for the children

ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the

children.

12:15

And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the

more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.

12:16

But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I

caught you with guile.

12:17

Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?

12:18

I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a

gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in

the same steps?

12:19

Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak

before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your

edifying.

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12:20

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would,

and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there

be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings,

swellings, tumults:

12:21

And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you,

and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have

not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness

which they have committed.

CHAPTER 13

13:

This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or

three witnesses shall every word be established.

13:

I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second

time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have

sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:

13:

Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward

is not weak, but is mighty in you.

13:

For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the

power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with

him by the power of God toward you.

13:

Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own

selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in

you, except ye be reprobates?

13:

But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.

13:

Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear

approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we

be as reprobates.

13:

For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

13:

For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also

we wish, even your perfection.

13:10

Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I

should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath

given me to edification, and not to destruction.

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13:11

Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of

one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with

you.

13:12

Greet one another with an holy kiss.

13:13

All the saints salute you.

13:14

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the

communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

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The Letter of Paul to the

GALATIANS

CHAPTER 1

Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ,

and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)

And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of

Galatia:

Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord

Jesus Christ,

Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this

present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into

the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and

would pervert the gospel of Christ.

But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel

unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be

accursed.

As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other

gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

1:10

For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men?

for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

1:11

But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of

me is not after man.

1:12

For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the

revelation of Jesus Christ.

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1:13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’

religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God,

and wasted it:

1:14 And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine

own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my

fathers.

1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s

womb, and called me by his grace,

1:16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the

heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:

1:17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before

me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.

1:18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and

abode with him fifteen days.

1:19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s

brother.

1:20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie

not.

1:21 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;

1:22 And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were

in Christ:

1:23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times

past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.

1:24 And they glorified God in me.

CHAPTER 2

2:1 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with

Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.

2:2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that

gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them

which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had

run, in vain.

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But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled

to be circumcised:

And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came

in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus,

that they might bring us into bondage:

To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the

truth of the gospel might continue with you.

But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were,

it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man’s person:) for

they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to

me:

But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the

uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the

circumcision was unto Peter;

(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the

circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)

And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars,

perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and

Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the

heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

2:10

Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same

which I also was forward to do.

2:11

But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face,

because he was to be blamed.

2:12

For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the

Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated

himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.

2:13

And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that

Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.

2:14

But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the

truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being

a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews,

why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

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2:15

We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

2:16

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but

by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ,

that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the

works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be

justified.

2:17

But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also

are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God

forbid.

2:18

For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a

transgressor.

2:19

For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto

God.

2:20

I am crucified with Christ: neverthless I live; yet not I, but Christ

liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the

faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

2:21

I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the

law, then Christ is dead in vain.

CHAPTER 3

O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not

obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently

set forth, crucified among you?

This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the

works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made

perfect by the flesh?

Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.

He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh

miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the

hearing of faith?

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3:6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for

righteousness.

3:7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the

children of Abraham.

3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen

through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In

thee shall all nations be blessed.

3:9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for

it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things

which are written in the book of the law to do them.

3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is

evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

3:12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live

in them.

3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a

curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a

tree:

3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through

Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit

through faith.

3:15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a

man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or

addeth thereto.

3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith

not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed,

which is Christ.

3:17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of

God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years

after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none

effect.

3:18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but

God gave it to Abraham by promise.

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3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of

transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was

made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

3:20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.

3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if

there had been a law given which could have given life, verily

righteousness should have been by the law.

3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by

faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto

the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ,

that we might be justified by faith.

3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on

Christ.

3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there

is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

3:29 And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs

according to the promise.

CHAPTER 4

4:1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing

from a servant, though he be Lord of all;

4:2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the

father.

4:3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the

elements of the world:

4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his

Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

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To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the

adoption of sons.

And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son

into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then

an heir of God through Christ.

Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them

which by nature are no gods.

But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of

God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements,

whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?

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Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.

4:11

I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain.

4:12

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not

injured me at all.

4:13

Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel

unto you at the first.

4:14

And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor

rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

4:15

Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record,

that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own

eyes, and have given them to me.

4:16

Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

4:17

They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude

you, that ye might affect them.

4:18

But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and

not only when I am present with you.

4:19

My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be

formed in you,

4:20

I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I

stand in doubt of you.

4:21

Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

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4:22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a

bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

4:23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he

of the freewoman was by promise.

4:24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the

one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is

Agar.

4:25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem

which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

4:27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth

and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more

children than she which hath an husband.

4:28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

4:29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that

was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.

4:30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman

and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with

the son of the freewoman.

4:31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of

the free.

CHAPTER 5

5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us

free, and be not entangeld again with the yoke of bondage.

5:2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall

profit you nothing.

5:3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a

debtor to do the whole law.

5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are

justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

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For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by

faith.

For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor

uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the

truth?

This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

5:10

I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none

otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his

judgment, whosoever he be.

5:11

And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer

persecution? then is the offense of the cross ceased.

5:12

I would they were even cut off which trouble you.

5:13

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty

for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

5:14

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love

thy neighbor as thyself.

5:15

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not

consumed one of another.

5:16

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of

the flesh.

5:17

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the

flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot

do the things that ye would.

5:18

But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

5:19

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these;

Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

5:20

Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife,

seditions, heresies,

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5:21

Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the

which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that

they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,

gentleness, goodness, faith,

5:23

Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

5:24

And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the

affections and lusts.

5:25

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

5:26

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another,

envying one another.

CHAPTER 6

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual,

restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself,

lest thou also be tempted.

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he

deceiveth himself.

But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have

rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

For every man shall bear his own burden.

Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that

teacheth in all good things.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,

that shall he also reap.

For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption;

but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life

everlasting.

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall

reap, if we faint not.

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6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men,

especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

6:11 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own

hand.

6:12 As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain

you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for

the cross of Christ.

6:13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but

desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord

Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto

the world.

6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor

uncircumcision, but a new creature.

6:16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and

mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

6:17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the

marks of the Lord Jesus.

6:18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

Amen.

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The Letter of Paul to the

EPHESIANS

CHAPTER 1

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints

which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the

Lord Jesus Christ.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath

blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the

world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in

love:

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus

Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us

accepted in the beloved.

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of

sins, according to the riches of his grace;

Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to

his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

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That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather

together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and

which are on earth; even in him:

1:11

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated

according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the

counsel of his own will:

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1:12

That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in

Christ.

1:13

In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the

gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye

were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

1:14

Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the

purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

1:15

Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and

love unto all the saints,

1:16

Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my

prayers;

1:17

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may

give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge

of him:

1:18

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may

know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the

glory of his inheritance in the saints,

1:19

And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who

believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

1:20

Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and

set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

1:21

Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion,

and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in

that which is to come:

1:22

And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head

over all things to the church,

1:23

Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

CHAPTER 2

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

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Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this

world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit

that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the

lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind;

and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he

loved us,

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with

Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in

heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his

grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:

it is the gift of God:

Not of works, lest any man should boast.

2:10

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good

works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in

them.

2:11

Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the

flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the

Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

2:12

That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the

commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of

promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

2:13

But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made

nigh by the blood of Christ.

2:14

For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken

down the middle wall of partition between us;

2:15

Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of

commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of

twain one new man, so making peace;

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2:16

And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the

cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

2:17

And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to

them that were nigh.

2:18

For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

2:19

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but

Fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

2:20

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets,

Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

2:21

In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy

temple in the Lord:

2:22

In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God

through the Spirit.

CHAPTER 3

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is

given me to you-ward:

How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I

wrote afore in few words,

Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the

mystery of Christ)

Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as

it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the

Spirit;

That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and

partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of

God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace

given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable

riches of Christ;

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And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery,

which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who

created all things by Jesus Christ:

3:10

To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in

heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold

wisdom of God,

3:11

According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ

Jesus our Lord:

3:12

In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith

of him.

3:13

Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you,

which is your glory.

3:14

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus

Christ,

3:15

Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

3:16

That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be

strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

3:17

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being

rooted and grounded in love,

3:18

May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and

length, and depth, and height;

3:19

And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye

might be filled with all the fulness of God.

3:20

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all

that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

3:21

Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all

ages, world without end. Amen.

CHAPTER 4

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk

worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

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With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one

another in love;

Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope

of your calling;

One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in

you all.

But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of

the gift of Christ.

Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity

captive, and gave gifts unto men.

(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first

into the lower parts of the earth?

4:10

He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all

heavens, that he might fill all things.)

4:11

And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some,

evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

4:12

For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for

the edifying of the body of Christ:

4:13

Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of

the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature

of the fulness of Christ:

4:14

That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and

carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men,

and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

4:15

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things,

which is the head, even Christ:

4:16

From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted

by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual

working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body

unto the edifying of itself in love.

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4:17

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth

walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

4:18

Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of

God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness

of their heart:

4:19

Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto

lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

4:20

But ye have not so learned Christ;

4:21

If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as

the truth is in Jesus:

4:22

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man,

which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

4:23

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

4:24

And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in

righteousness and true holiness.

4:25

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his

neighbor: for we are members one of another.

4:26

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

4:27

Neither give place to the devil.

4:28

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working

with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to

him that needeth.

4:29

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that

which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto

the hearers.

4:30

And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto

the day of redemption.

4:31

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil

speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

4:32

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one

another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

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CHAPTER 5

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given

himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling

savor.

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be

once named among you, as becometh saints;

Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not

convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor

covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the

kingdom of Christ and of God.

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these

things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord:

walk as children of light:

(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and

truth;)

5:10

Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

5:11

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but

rather reprove them.

5:12

For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of

them in secret.

5:13

But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for

whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

5:14

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the

dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

5:15

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

5:16

Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

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5:17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the

Lord is.

5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with

the Spirit;

5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,

singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

5:20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the

name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

5:21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the

Lord.

5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head

of the church: and he is the savior of the body.

5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be

to their own husbands in every thing.

5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church,

and gave himself for it;

5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by

the word,

5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having

spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and

without blemish.

5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that

loveth his wife loveth himself.

5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and

cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be

joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the

church.

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5:33

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife

even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

CHAPTER 6

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Honor thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with

promise;

That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the

earth.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring

them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to

the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as

unto Christ;

Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ,

doing the will of God from the heart;

With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall

he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing

threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is

there respect of persons with him.

6:10

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his

might.

6:11

Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand

against the wiles of the devil.

6:12

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against

principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of

this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

6:13

Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be

able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

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6:14

Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having

on the breastplate of righteousness;

6:15

And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

6:16

Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to

quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

6:17

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,

which is the word of God:

6:18

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and

watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all

saints;

6:19

And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open

my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

6:20

For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak

boldly, as I ought to speak.

6:21

But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a

beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known

to you all things:

6:22

Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might

know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.

6:23

Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father

and the Lord Jesus Christ.

6:24

Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity.

Amen.

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The Letter of Paul to the

PHILIPPIANS

CHAPTER 1

Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints

in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and

deacons:

Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the

Lord Jesus Christ.

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with

joy,

For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good

work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have

you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence

and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.

For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the

bowels of Jesus Christ.

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in

knowledge and in all judgment;

1:10

That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be

sincere and without offense till the day of Christ.

1:11

Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus

Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

1:12

But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which

happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the

gospel;

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So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all

other places;

1:14

And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my

bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

1:15

Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also

of good will:

1:16

The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to

add affliction to my bonds:

1:17

But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the

gospel.

1:18

What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretense, or in

truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will

rejoice.

1:19

For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your

prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

1:20

According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing

I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now

also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or

by death.

1:21

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

1:22

But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor: yet what I

shall choose I wot not.

1:23

For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be

with Christ; which is far better:

1:24

Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

1:25

And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue

with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;

1:26

That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me

by my coming to you again.

1:27

Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ:

that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of

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your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving

together for the faith of the gospel;

1:28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an

evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of

God.

1:29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe

on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

1:30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be

in me.

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2:1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of

love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

2:2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being

of one accord, of one mind.

2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of

mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

2:4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the

things of others.

2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

2:6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal

with God:

2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of

a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and

became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name

which is above every name:

2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in

heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

2:11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to

the glory of God the Father.

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2:12

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my

presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your

own salvation with fear and trembling.

2:13

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his

good pleasure.

2:14

Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

2:15

That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without

rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom

ye shine as lights in the world;

2:16

Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of

Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain.

2:17

Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith,

I joy, and rejoice with you all.

2:18

For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.

2:19

But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you,

that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.

2:20

For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your

state.

2:21

For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.

2:22

But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he

hath served with me in the gospel.

2:23

Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how

it will go with me.

2:24

But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.

2:25

Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my

brother, and companion in labor, and fellowsoldier, but your

messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.

2:26

For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that

ye had heard that he had been sick.

2:27

For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him;

and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow

upon sorrow.

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2:28

I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him

again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

2:29

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such

in reputation:

2:30

Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not

regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

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Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things

to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.

Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and

rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man

thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:

Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of

Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a

Pharisee;

Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness

which is in the law, blameless.

But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of

the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered

the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win

Christ,

And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is

of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the

righteousness which is of God by faith:

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That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the

fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his

death;

3:11

If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

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3:12

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect:

but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am

apprehended of Christ Jesus.

3:13

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one

thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching

forth unto those things which are before,

3:14

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in

Christ Jesus.

3:15

Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in

any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto

you.

3:16

Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the

same rule, let us mind the same thing.

3:17

Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk

so as ye have us for an ensample.

3:18

(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you

even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

3:19

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose

glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

3:20

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for

the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ:

3:21

Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto

his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even

to subdue all things unto himself.

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Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and

crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same

mind in the Lord.

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And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which

labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other

my fellowlaborers, whose names are in the book of life.

Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and

supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known

unto God.

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep

your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are

honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure,

whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report;

if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these

things.

Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard,

and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

4:10

But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of

me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye

lacked opportunity.

4:11

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in

whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

4:12

I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every

where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be

hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

4:13

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

4:14

Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with

my affliction.

4:15

Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel,

when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with

me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.

4:16

For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.

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4:17

Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to

your account.

4:18

But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of

Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a

sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

4:19

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in

glory by Christ Jesus.

4:20

Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

4:21

Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me

greet you.

4:22

All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar’s

household.

4:23

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

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The Letter of Paul to the

COLOSSIANS

CHAPTER 1

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus

our brother,

To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse:

Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord

Jesus Christ.

We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

praying always for you,

Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which

ye have to all the saints,

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard

before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth

fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew

the grace of God in truth:

As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for

you a faithful minister of Christ;

Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to

pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the

knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

1:10

That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being

fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of

God;

1:11

Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto

all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

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1:12

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be

partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

1:13

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath

translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

1:14

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the

forgiveness of sins:

1:15

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every

creature:

1:16

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are

in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or

dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by

him, and for him:

1:17

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

1:18

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning,

the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the

preeminence.

1:19

For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

1:20

And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to

reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be

things in earth, or things in heaven.

1:21

And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind

by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

1:22

In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and

unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

1:23

If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved

away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which

was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I

Paul am made a minister;

1:24

Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is

behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake,

which is the church:

1:25

Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of

God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

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1:26

Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from

generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

1:27

To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory

of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the

hope of glory:

1:28

Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in

all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

1:29

Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which

worketh in me mightily.

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For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and

for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in

the flesh;

That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love,

and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the

acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of

Christ;

In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing

words.

For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit,

joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith

in Christ.

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in

him:

Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have

been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain

deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world,

and not after Christ.

For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

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2:10

And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality

and power:

2:11

In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made

without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by

the circumcision of Christ:

2:12

Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him

through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him

from the dead.

2:13

And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your

flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all

trespasses;

2:14

Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us,

which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to

his cross;

2:15

And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of

them openly, triumphing over them in it.

2:16

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of

an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

2:17

Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

2:18

Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and

worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath

not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

2:19

And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and

bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth

with the increase of God.

2:20

Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the

world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to

ordinances,

2:21

(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

2:22

Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments

and doctrines of men?

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2:23

Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and

humility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honor to the

satisfying of the flesh.

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If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above,

where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also

appear with him in glory.

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth;

fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence,

and covetousness, which is idolatry:

For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of

disobedience:

In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy,

filthy communication out of your mouth.

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with

his deeds;

3:10

And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge

after the image of him that created him:

3:11

Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor

uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is

all, and in all.

3:12

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of

mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

3:13

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have

a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

3:14

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of

perfectness.

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3:15

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye

are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching

and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual

songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

3:17

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the

Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

3:18

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in

the Lord.

3:19

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

3:20

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing

unto the Lord.

3:21

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be

discouraged.

3:22

Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not

with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing

God;

3:23

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto

men;

3:24

Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the

inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

3:25

But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath

done: and there is no respect of persons.

CHAPTER 4

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal;

knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of

utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in

bonds:

That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

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Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye

may know how ye ought to answer every man.

All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved

brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:

Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might

know your estate, and comfort your hearts;

With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you.

They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.

4:10

Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister’s

son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he

come unto you, receive him;)

4:11

And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision.

These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which

have been a comfort unto me.

4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you,

always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand

perfect and complete in all the will of God.

4:13

For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them

that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.

4:14

Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.

4:15

Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the

church which is in his house.

4:16

And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also

in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the

epistle from Laodicea.

4:17

And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast

received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.

4:18

The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds.

Grace be with you. Amen.

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The First Letter of Paul to the

THESSALONIANS

CHAPTER 1

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the

Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus

Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and

the Lord Jesus Christ.

We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you

in our prayers;

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love,

and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God

and our Father;

Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power,

and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what

manner of men we were among you for your sake.

And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received

the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost.

So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and

Achaia.

For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in

Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to

God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any

thing.

For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had

unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living

and true God;

1:10

And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the

dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

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CHAPTER 2

For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it

was not in vain:

But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully

entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to

speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.

For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in

guile:

But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel,

even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our

hearts.

For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a

cloke of covetousness; God is witness:

Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others,

when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her

children:

So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have

imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own

souls, because ye were dear unto us.

For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: for laboring night

and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we

preached unto you the gospel of God.

2:10

Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and

unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

2:11

As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every

one of you, as a father doth his children,

2:12

That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his

kingdom and glory.

2:13

For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when

ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it

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not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God,

which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

2:14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in

Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of

your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:

2:15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have

persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all

men:

2:16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to

fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the

uttermost.

2:17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in

presence, not in heart, endeavored the more abundantly to see your

face with great desire.

2:18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and

again; but Satan hindered us.

2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even

ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

2:20 For ye are our glory and joy.

CHAPTER 3

3:1 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to

be left at Athens alone;

3:2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our

fellowlaborer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to

comfort you concerning your faith:

3:3 That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves

know that we are appointed thereunto.

3:4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we

should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

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For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your

faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our

labor be in vain.

But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us

good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good

remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to

see you:

Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our

affliction and distress by your faith:

For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy

wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

3:10

Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and

might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

3:11

Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct

our way unto you.

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And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward

another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:

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To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness

before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus

Christ with all his saints.

CHAPTER 4

Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the

Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk

and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should

abstain from fornication:

That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in

sanctification and honor;

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Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know

not God:

That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter:

because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have

forewarned you and testified.

For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath

also given unto us his holy Spirit.

But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you:

for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

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And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all

Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more

and more;

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And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to

work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

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That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that

ye may have lack of nothing.

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But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them

which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no

hope.

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For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also

which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

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For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which

are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent

them which are asleep.

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For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with

the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead

in Christ shall rise first:

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Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together

with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we RAPTURE

ever be with the Lord.

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Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

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CHAPTER 5

But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I

write unto you.

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh

as a thief in the night.

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction

cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they

shall not escape.

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake

you as a thief.

Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are

not of the night, nor of darkness.

Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be

sober.

For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are

drunken in the night.

But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate

of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by

our Lord Jesus Christ,

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Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live

together with him.

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Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another,

even as also ye do.

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And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labor among

you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

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And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And

be at peace among yourselves.

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Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort

the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.

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See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that

which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

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Rejoice evermore.

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Pray without ceasing.

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In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ

Jesus concerning you.

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Quench not the Spirit.

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Despise not prophesyings.

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Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

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Abstain from all appearance of evil.

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And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God

your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto

the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

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Brethren, pray for us.

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Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.

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I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy

brethren.

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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

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The Second Letter of Paul to the

THESSALONIANS

CHAPTER 1

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the

Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord

Jesus Christ.

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet,

because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of

every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;

So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your

patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye

endure:

Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that

ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye

also suffer:

Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to

them that trouble you;

And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus

shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and

that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the

presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

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When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired

in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was

believed) in that day.

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Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count

you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his

goodness, and the work of faith with power:

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That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you,

and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus

Christ.

CHAPTER 2

Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus

Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,

That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by

spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of

Christ is at hand.

Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come,

except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be

revealed, the son of perdition;

Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or

that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God,

shewing himself that he is God.

Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these

things?

And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in

his time.

For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now

letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall

consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the

brightness of his coming:

Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all

power and signs and lying wonders,

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And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;

because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be

saved.

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And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they

should believe a lie:

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That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had

pleasure in unrighteousness.

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But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren

beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen

you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of

the truth:

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Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the

glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye

have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

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Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father,

which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and

good hope through grace,

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Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and

work.

CHAPTER 3

Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have

free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:

And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men:

for all men have not faith.

But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from

evil.

And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do

and will do the things which we command you.

And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the

patient waiting for Christ.

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus

Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that

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walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of

us.

For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved

not ourselves disorderly among you;

Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with

labor and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to

any of you:

Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an

ensample unto you to follow us.

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For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if

any would not work, neither should he eat.

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For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly,

working not at all, but are busybodies.

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Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus

Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

3:13

But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

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And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man,

and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.

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Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

3:16

Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all

means. The Lord be with you all.

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The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in

every epistle: so I write.

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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

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The First Letter of Paul to

TIMOTHY

CHAPTER 1

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our

Savior, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;

Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace,

from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into

Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no

other doctrine,

Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister

questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart,

and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain

jangling;

Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they

say, nor whereof they affirm.

But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;

Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for

the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for

unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of

mothers, for manslayers,

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For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind,

for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any

other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

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According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was

committed to my trust.

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And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that

he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

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Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but

I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

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And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and

love which is in Christ Jesus.

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This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ

Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

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Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus

Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them

which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

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Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God,

be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the

prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest

war a good warfare;

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Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away

concerning faith have made shipwreck:

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Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered

unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

CHAPTER 2

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,

intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet

and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;

Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge

of the truth.

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the

man Christ Jesus;

Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

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Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the

truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and

verity.

I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands,

without wrath and doubting.

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest

apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair,

or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

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But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good

works.

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Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

2:12

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the

man, but to be in silence.

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For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

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And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in

the transgression.

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Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue

in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

CHAPTER 3

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he

desireth a good work.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant,

sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but

patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in

subjection with all gravity;

(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he

take care of the church of God?)

Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the

condemnation of the devil.

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Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without;

lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given

to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

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And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a

deacon, being found blameless.

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Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in

all things.

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Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children

and their own houses well.

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For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to

themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in

Christ Jesus.

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These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:

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But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to

behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the

living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

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And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God

was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels,

preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up

into glory.

CHAPTER 4

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some

shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and

doctrines of devils;

Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a

hot iron;

Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats,

which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them

which believe and know the truth.

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For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it

be received with thanksgiving:

For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt

be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of

faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself

rather unto godliness.

For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto

all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which

is to come.

This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.

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For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust

in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, specially of those

that believe.

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These things command and teach.

4:12

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the

believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in

purity.

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Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

4:14

Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by

prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

4:15

Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy

profiting may appear to all.

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Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them:

for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear

thee.

CHAPTER 5

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger

men as brethren;

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The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all

purity.

Honor widows that are widows indeed.

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to

shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good

and acceptable before God.

Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and

continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his

own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years

old, having been the wife of one man.

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Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if

she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she

have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every

good work.

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But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax

wanton against Christ, they will marry;

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Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.

5:13

And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to

house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking

things which they ought not.

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I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide

the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak

reproachfully.

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For some are already turned aside after Satan.

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If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve

them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them

that are widows indeed.

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Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor,

especially they who labor in the word and doctrine.

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For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth

out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of his reward.

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Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three

witnesses.

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Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

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I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect

angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before

another, doing nothing by partiality.

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Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s

sins: keep thyself pure.

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Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake

and thine often infirmities.

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Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment;

and some men they follow after.

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Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and

they that are otherwise cannot be hid.

CHAPTER 6

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own

masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and his doctrine

be not blasphemed.

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them,

because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they

are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things

teach and exhort.

If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words,

even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which

is according to godliness;

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He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and

strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil

surmisings,

Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the

truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw

thyself.

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can

carry nothing out.

And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into

many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction

and perdition.

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For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some

coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced

themselves through with many sorrows.

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But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after

righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

6:12

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto

thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before

many witnesses.

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I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things,

and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a

good confession;

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That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable,

until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

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Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only

Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

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Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can

approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be

honor and power everlasting. Amen.

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Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not

highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God,

who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

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That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to

distribute, willing to communicate;

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Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the

time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

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O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding

profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so

called:

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Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be

with thee. Amen.

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The Second Letter of Paul to

TIMOTHY

CHAPTER 1

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to

the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,

To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace,

from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure

conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my

prayers night and day;

Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may

be filled with joy;

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee,

which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice;

and I am persuaded that in thee also.

Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of

God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of

love, and of a sound mind.

Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of

me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the

gospel according to the power of God;

Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not

according to our works, but according to his own purpose and

grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

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But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus

Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and

immortality to light through the gospel:

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1:11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher

of the Gentiles.

1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not

ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that

he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against

that day.

1:13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in

faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

1:14 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy

Ghost which dwelleth in us.

1:15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away

from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

1:16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft

refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

1:17 But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and

found me.

1:18 The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that

day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus,

thou knowest very well.

CHAPTER 2

2:1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ

Jesus.

2:2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses,

the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach

others also.

2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

2:4 No man that warreth entangelth himself with the affairs of this life;

that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

2:5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned,

except he strive lawfully.

2:6 The husbandman that laboreth must be first partaker of the fruits.

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Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all

things.

Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from

the dead according to my gospel:

Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the

word of God is not bound.

2:10

Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may

also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

2:11

It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live

with him:

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If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also

will deny us:

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If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

2:14

Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the

Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the

subverting of the hearers.

2:15

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that

needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

2:16

But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto

more ungodliness.

2:17

And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus

and Philetus;

2:18

Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is

past already; and overthrow the faith of some.

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Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal,

The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that

nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

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But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver,

but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some to

dishonor.

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If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel

unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared

unto every good work.

2:22

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity,

peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do

gender strifes.

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And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all

men, apt to teach, patient,

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In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God

peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the

truth;

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And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil,

who are taken captive by him at his will.

CHAPTER 3

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters,

proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers,

incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers

of God;

Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from

such turn away.

For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive

silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also

resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the

faith.

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But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest

unto all men, as their’s also was.

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But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose,

faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,

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Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at

Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them

all the Lord delivered me.

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Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer

persecution.

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But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving,

and being deceived.

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But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast

been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;

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And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which

are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in

Christ Jesus.

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All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for

doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in

righteousness:

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That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all

good works.

CHAPTER 4

I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who

shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove,

rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine;

but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers,

having itching ears;

And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be

turned unto fables.

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But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an

evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is

at hand.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept

the faith:

Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which

the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to

me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:

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For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and

is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto

Dalmatia.

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Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he

is profitable to me for the ministry.

4:12

And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.

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The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest,

bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.

4:14

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him

according to his works:

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Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our

words.

4:16

At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me:

I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.

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Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me;

that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the

Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the

lion.

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And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will

preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever

and ever. Amen.

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Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.

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4:20 Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum

sick.

4:21 Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and

Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

4:22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you.

Amen.

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The Letter of Paul to

TITUS

CHAPTER 1

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to

the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which

is after godliness;

In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before

the world began;

But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching,

which is committed unto me according to the commandment of

God our Savior;

To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and

peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order

the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had

appointed thee:

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful

children not accused of riot or unruly.

For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not

selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given

to filthy lucre;

But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy,

temperate;

Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may

be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the

gainsayers.

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For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially

they of the circumcision:

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Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses,

teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.

1:12

One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians

are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

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This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they

may be sound in the faith;

1:14

Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that

turn from the truth.

1:15

Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and

unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is

defiled.

1:16

They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him,

being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work

reprobate.

CHAPTER 2

But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in

charity, in patience.

The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh

holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of

good things;

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their

husbands, to love their children,

To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their

own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine

shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,

Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the

contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

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Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to

please them well in all things; not answering again;

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Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn

the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.

2:11

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all

men,

2:12

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should

live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

2:13

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the

great God and our Savior Jesus Christ;

2:14

Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity,

and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

2:15

These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let

no man despise thee.

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Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to

obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all

meekness unto all men.

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient,

deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and

envy, hateful, and hating one another.

But after that the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man

appeared,

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according

to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and

renewing of the Holy Ghost;

Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior;

That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according

to the hope of eternal life.

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3:8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm

constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful

to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto

men.

3:9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and

strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

3:10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition

reject;

3:11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being

condemned of himself.

3:12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to

come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.

3:13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently,

that nothing be wanting unto them.

3:14 And let our’s also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses,

that they be not unfruitful.

3:15 All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the

faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.

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The Letter of Paul to

PHILEMON

Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto

Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlaborer,

And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and

to the church in thy house:

Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus

Christ.

I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,

Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord

Jesus, and toward all saints;

That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the

acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the

bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee

that which is convenient,

Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul

the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

1:10

I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my

bonds:

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Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to

thee and to me:

1:12

Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine

own bowels:

1:13

Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might

have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

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1:14

But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should

not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.

1:15

For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest

receive him for ever;

1:16

Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved,

specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh,

and in the Lord?

1:17

If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.

1:18

If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine

account;

1:19

I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I

do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self

besides.

1:20

Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my

bowels in the Lord.

1:21

Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing

that thou wilt also do more than I say.

1:22

But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your

prayers I shall be given unto you.

1:23

There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;

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Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlaborers.

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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

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The Letter to the

HEBREWS

CHAPTER 1

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past

unto the fathers by the prophets,

Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath

appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his

person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when

he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of

the Majesty on high:

Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by

inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son,

this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father,

and he shall be to me a Son?

And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he

saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.

And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his

ministers a flame of fire.

But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever:

a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God,

even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above

thy fellows.

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And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the

earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:

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1:11

They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as

doth a garment;

1:12

And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be

changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

1:13

But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right

hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?

1:14

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them

who shall be heirs of salvation?

CHAPTER 2

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things

which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every

transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of

reward;

How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the

first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us

by them that heard him;

God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and

with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his

own will?

For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to

come, whereof we speak.

But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou

art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest him?

Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him

with glory and honor, and didst set him over the works of thy

hands:

Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he

put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under

him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.

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But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for

the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by

the grace of God should taste death for every man.

2:10

For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all

things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of

their salvation perfect through sufferings.

2:11

For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of

one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

2:12

Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of

the church will I sing praise unto thee.

2:13

And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the

children which God hath given me.

2:14

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he

also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he

might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

2:15

And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime

subject to bondage.

2:16

For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on

him the seed of Abraham.

2:17

Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his

brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in

things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the

people.

2:18

For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to

succor them that are tempted.

CHAPTER 3

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling,

consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ

Jesus;

Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was

faithful in all his house.

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For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses,

inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honor than

the house.

For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things

is God.

And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a

testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;

But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we

hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the

end.

Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his

voice,

Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of

temptation in the wilderness:

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works

forty years.

3:10

Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do

alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

3:11

So I swear in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

3:12

Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of

unbelief, in departing from the living God.

3:13

But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of

you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

3:14

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of

our confidence stedfast unto the end;

3:15

While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your

hearts, as in the provocation.

3:16

For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that

came out of Egypt by Moses.

3:17

But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them

that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

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3:18

And to whom swear he that they should not enter into his rest, but

to them that believed not?

3:19

So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

CHAPTER 4

Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into

his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the

word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in

them that heard it.

For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have

sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the

works were finished from the foundation of the world.

For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise,

And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.

And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.

Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they

to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:

Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so

long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not

your hearts.

For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have

spoken of another day.

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

4:10

For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his

own works, as God did from his.

4:11

Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after

the same example of unbelief.

4:12

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any

twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and

spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the

thoughts and intents of the heart.

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4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all

things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we

have to do.

4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the

heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the

feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we

are, yet without sin.

4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may

obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

CHAPTER 5

5:1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in

things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices

for sins:

5:2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are

out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with

infirmity.

5:3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for

himself, to offer for sins.

5:4 And no man taketh this honor unto himself, but he that is called of

God, as was Aaron.

5:5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but

he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten

thee.

5:6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after

the order of Melchisedec.

5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and

supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able

to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things

which he suffered;

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And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation

unto all them that obey him;

5:10

Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.

5:11

Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered,

seeing ye are dull of hearing.

5:12

For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that

one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of

God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong

meat.

5:13

For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of

righteousness: for he is a babe.

5:14

But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those

who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both

good and evil.

CHAPTER 6

Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go

on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance

from dead works, and of faith toward God,

Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of

resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

And this will we do, if God permit.

For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have

tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy

Ghost,

And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the

world to come,

If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing

they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to

an open shame.

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For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it,

and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed,

receiveth blessing from God:

But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh

unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things

that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.

6:10

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love,

which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered

to the saints, and do minister.

6:11

And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to

the full assurance of hope unto the end:

6:12

That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith

and patience inherit the promises.

6:13

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear

by no greater, he swear by himself,

6:14

Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will

multiply thee.

6:15

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

6:16

For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is

to them an end of all strife.

6:17

Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of

promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

6:18

That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God

to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge

to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

6:19

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and

stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

6:20

Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high

priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

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CHAPTER 7

7:1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God,

who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and

blessed him;

7:2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by

interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of

Salem, which is, King of peace;

7:3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither

beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of

God; abideth a priest continually.

7:4 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the

patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

7:5 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office

of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the

people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they

come out of the loins of Abraham:

7:6 But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of

Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

7:7 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.

7:8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of

whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

7:9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes

in Abraham.

7:10 For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met

him.

7:11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under

it the people received the law,) what further need was there that

another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not

be called after the order of Aaron?

7:12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a

change also of the law.

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7:13

For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe,

of which no man gave attendance at the altar.

7:14

For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe

Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

7:15

And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of

Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,

7:16

Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after

the power of an endless life.

7:17

For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of

Melchisedec.

7:18

For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before

for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

7:19

For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better

hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

7:20

And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:

7:21

(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an

oath by him that said unto him, The Lord swear and will not

repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)

7:22

By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

7:23

And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered

to continue by reason of death:

7:24

But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable

priesthood.

7:25

Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come

unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for

them.

7:26

For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless,

undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

7:27

Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice,

first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did

once, when he offered up himself.

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7:28 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the

word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is

consecrated for evermore.

CHAPTER 8

8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have

such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of

the Majesty in the heavens;

8:2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the

Lord pitched, and not man.

8:3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices:

wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to

offer.

8:4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there

are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as

Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the

tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to

the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much

also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established

upon better promises.

8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place

have been sought for the second.

8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith

the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel

and with the house of Judah:

8:9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the

day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of

Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded

them not, saith the Lord.

8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel

after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind,

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and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and

they shall be to me a people:

8:11

And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man

his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the

least to the greatest.

8:12

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and

their iniquities will I remember no more.

8:13

In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now

that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

CHAPTER 9

Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service,

and a worldly sanctuary.

For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the

candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the

sanctuary.

And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest

of all;

Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid

round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna,

and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of

which we cannot now speak particularly.

Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went

always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.

But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not

without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of

the people:

The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all

was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet

standing:

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Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered

both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the

service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

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Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and

carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

9:11

But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a

greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to

say, not of this building;

9:12

Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he

entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal

redemption for us.

9:13

For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer

sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

9:14

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal

Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience

from dead works to serve the living God?

9:15

And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by

means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were

under the first testament, they which are called might receive the

promise of eternal inheritance.

9:16

For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death

of the testator.

9:17

For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no

strength at all while the testator liveth.

9:18

Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without

blood.

9:19

For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people

according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with

water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book,

and all the people,

9:20

Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined

unto you.

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9:21

Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the

vessels of the ministry.

9:22

And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and

without shedding of blood is no remission.

9:23

It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the

heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things

themselves with better sacrifices than these.

9:24

For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands,

which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to

appear in the presence of God for us:

9:25

Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest

entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;

9:26

For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the

world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to

put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

9:27

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the

judgment:

9:28

So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them

that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto

salvation.

CHAPTER 10

10:

For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the

very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they

offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto

perfect.

10:

For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that

the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience

of sins.

10:

But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins

every year.

10:

For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should

take away sins.

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Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and

offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

10:

In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

10:

Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of

me,) to do thy will, O God.

10:

Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and

offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein;

which are offered by the law;

10:

Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away

the first, that he may establish the second.

10:10

By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the

body of Jesus Christ once for all.

10:11

And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes

the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

10:12

But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat

down on the right hand of God;

10:13

From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.

10:14

For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are

sanctified.

10:15

Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he

had said before,

10:16

This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days,

saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their

minds will I write them;

10:17

And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

10:18

Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

10:19

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the

blood of Jesus,

10:20

By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us,

through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

10:21

And having an high priest over the house of God;

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10:22

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having

our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies

washed with pure water.

10:23

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for

he is faithful that promised;)

10:24

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good

works:

10:25

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner

of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye

see the day approaching.

10:26

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of

the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

10:27

But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation,

which shall devour the adversaries.

10:28

He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or

three witnesses:

10:29

Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought

worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath

counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an

unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

10:30

For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I

will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge

his people.

10:31

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

10:32

But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were

illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;

10:33

Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and

afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that

were so used.

10:34

For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the

spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in

heaven a better and an enduring substance.

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10:35

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great

recompence of reward.

10:36

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of

God, ye might receive the promise.

10:37

For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not

tarry.

10:38

Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul

shall have no pleasure in him.

10:39

But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them

that believe to the saving of the soul.

CHAPTER 11

11:

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of

things not seen.

11:

For by it the elders obtained a good report.

11:

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the

word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things

which do appear.

11:

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than

Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God

testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

11:

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and

was not found, because God had translated him: for before his

translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

11:

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh

to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them

that diligently seek him.

11:

By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet,

moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the

which he condemned the world, and became heir of the

righteousness which is by faith.

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11:

By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which

he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out,

not knowing whither he went.

11:

By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange

country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs

with him of the same promise:

11:10

For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and

maker is God.

11:11

Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed,

and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she

judged him faithful who had promised.

11:12

Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so

many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is

by the sea shore innumerable.

11:13

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having

seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced

them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the

earth.

11:14

For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a

country.

11:15

And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence

they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

11:16

But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly:

wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath

prepared for them a city.

11:17

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that

had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

11:18

Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

11:19

Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead;

from whence also he received him in a figure.

11:20

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

11:21

By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of

Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.

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11:22

By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of

the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

11:23

By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his

parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were

not afraid of the king’s commandment.

11:24

By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called

the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;

11:25

Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to

enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

11:26

Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in

Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

11:27

By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he

endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

11:28

Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood,

lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

11:29

By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the

Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.

11:30

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed

about seven days.

11:31

By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not,

when she had received the spies with peace.

11:32

And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of

Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David

also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:

11:33

Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness,

obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions.

11:34

Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out

of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to

flight the armies of the aliens.

11:35

Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were

tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better

resurrection:

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11:36

And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea,

moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

11:37

They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were

slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and

goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

11:38

(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts,

and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

11:39

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received

not the promise:

11:40

God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us

should not be made perfect.

CHAPTER 12

12:

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a

cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which

doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is

set before us,

12:

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the

joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame,

and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

12:

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against

himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

12:

Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

12:

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as

unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the

Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

12:

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son

whom he receiveth.

12:

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for

what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

12:

But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then

are ye bastards, and not sons.

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12:

Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us,

and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in

subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

12:10

For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own

pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his

holiness.

12:11

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but

grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of

righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

12:12

Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

12:13

And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be

turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

12:14

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man

shall see the Lord:

12:15

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any

root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be

defiled;

12:16

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for

one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

12:17

For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the

blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance,

though he sought it carefully with tears.

12:18

For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and

that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and

tempest,

12:19

And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice

they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to

them any more:

12:20

(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so

much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust

through with a dart:

12:21

And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear

and quake:)

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12:22

But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living

God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of

angels,

12:23

To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are

written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of

just men made perfect,

12:24

And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of

sprinkling, that speaketh better things that that of Abel.

12:25

See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not

who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we

escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

12:26

Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised,

saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

12:27

And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those

things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things

which cannot be shaken may remain.

12:28

Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us

have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence

and godly fear:

12:29

For our God is a consuming fire.

CHAPTER 13

13:

Let brotherly love continue.

13:

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have

entertained angels unawares.

13:

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them

which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

13:

Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but

whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

13:

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content

with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave

thee, nor forsake thee.

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13:

So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not

fear what man shall do unto me.

13:

Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken

unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end

of their conversation.

13:

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

13:

Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a

good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats,

which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

13:10

We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the

tabernacle.

13:11

For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the

sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.

13:12

Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his

own blood, suffered without the gate.

13:13

Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his

reproach.

13:14

For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

13:15

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God

continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

13:16

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such

sacrifices God is well pleased.

13:17

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for

they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that

they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable

for you.

13:18

Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things

willing to live honestly.

13:19

But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to

you the sooner.

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13:20

Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord

Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the

everlasting covenant,

13:21

Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in

you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to

whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

13:22

And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I

have written a letter unto you in few words.

13:23

Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if

he come shortly, I will see you.

13:24

Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They

of Italy salute you.

13:25

Grace be with you all. Amen.

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The Letter of

JAMES

CHAPTER 1

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve

tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and

entire, wanting nothing.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all

men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is

like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the

Lord.

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

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But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the

grass he shall pass away.

1:11

For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth

the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion

of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

1:12

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried,

he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to

them that love him.

1:13

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God

cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

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1:14

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust,

and enticed.

1:15

Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when

it is finished, bringeth forth death.

1:16

Do not err, my beloved brethren.

1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh

down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness,

neither shadow of turning.

1:18

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should

be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

1:19

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear,

slow to speak, slow to wrath:

1:20

For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

1:21

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness,

and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to

save your souls.

1:22

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your

own selves.

1:23

For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a

man beholding his natural face in a glass:

1:24

For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway

forgetteth what manner of man he was.

1:25

But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth

therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this

man shall be blessed in his deed.

1:26

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his

tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

1:27

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To

visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep

himself unspotted from the world.

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CHAPTER 2

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord

of glory, with respect of persons.

For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in

goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;

And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say

unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand

thou there, or sit here under my footstool:

Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil

thoughts?

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of

this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath

promised to them that love him?

But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and

draw you before the judgment seats?

Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are

called?

If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love

thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are

convinced of the law as transgressors.

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For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one

point, he is guilty of all.

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For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill.

Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a

transgressor of the law.

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So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of

liberty.

2:13

For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no

mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

2:14

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith,

and have not works? can faith save him?

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If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

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And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and

filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are

needful to the body; what doth it profit?

2:17

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

2:18

Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me

thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my

works.

2:19

Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils

also believe, and tremble.

2:20

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

2:21

Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had

offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

2:22

Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was

faith made perfect?

2:23

And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God,

and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called

the Friend of God.

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Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith

only.

2:25

Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when

she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another

way?

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For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works

is dead also.

CHAPTER 3

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive

the greater condemnation.

For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word,

the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

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Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us;

and we turn about their whole body.

Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are

driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small

helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things.

Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among

our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire

the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of

things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly

poison.

Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we

men, which are made after the similitude of God.

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Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My

brethren, these things ought not so to be.

3:11

Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and

bitter?

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Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs?

so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

3:13

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him

shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of

wisdom.

3:14

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not,

and lie not against the truth.

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This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual,

devilish.

3:16

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil

work.

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But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable,

gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits,

without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

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And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make

peace.

CHAPTER 4

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not

hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain:

ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may

consume it upon your lusts.

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of

the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend

of the world is the enemy of God.

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that

dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the

proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will

flee from you.

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your

hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to

mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

4:10

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you

up.

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Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his

brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and

judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the

law, but a judge.

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4:12

There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art

thou that judgest another?

4:13

Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such

a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

4:14

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is

your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and

then vanisheth away.

4:15

For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this,

or that.

4:16

But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

4:17

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him

it is sin.

CHAPTER 5

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that

shall come upon you.

Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a

witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have

heaped treasure together for the last days.

Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields,

which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them

which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have

nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord.

Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth,

and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter

rain.

Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord

draweth nigh.

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Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned:

behold, the judge standeth before the door.

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Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of

the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

5:11

Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the

patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is

very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

5:12

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven,

neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be

yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

5:13

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him

sing psalms.

5:14

Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and

let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the

Lord:

5:15

And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise

him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

5:16

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that

ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man

availeth much.

5:17

Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed

earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the

space of three years and six months.

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And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth

brought forth her fruit.

5:19

Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;

5:20

Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error

of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude

of sins.

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The First Letter of

PETER

CHAPTER 1

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered

throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through

sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the

blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which

according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a

lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not

away, reserved in heaven for you,

Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation

ready to be revealed in the last time.

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye

are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold

that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto

praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him

not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

1:10

Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched

diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:

1:11

Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which

was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings

of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

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1:12

Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us

they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by

them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost

sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

1:13

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the

end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of

Jesus Christ;

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As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the

former lusts in your ignorance:

1:15

But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner

of conversation;

1:16

Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

1:17

And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons

judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your

sojourning here in fear:

1:18

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible

things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by

tradition from your fathers;

1:19

But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without

blemish and without spot:

1:20

Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world,

but was manifest in these last times for you,

1:21

Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead,

and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

1:22

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the

Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one

another with a pure heart fervently:

1:23

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by

the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

1:24

For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of

grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

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But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word

which by the gospel is preached unto you.

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CHAPTER 2

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and

envies, all evil speakings,

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may

grow thereby:

If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men,

but chosen of God, and precious,

Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy

priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by

Jesus Christ.

Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion

a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him

shall not be confounded.

Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them

which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the

same is made the head of the corner,

And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even to them

which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they

were appointed.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation,

a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him

who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

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Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of

God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

2:11

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain

from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

2:12

Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas

they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good

works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of

visitation.

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Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake:

whether it be to the king, as supreme;

2:14

Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the

punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

2:15

For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to

silence the ignorance of foolish men:

2:16

As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but

as the servants of God.

2:17

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

2:18

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the

good and gentle, but also to the froward.

2:19

For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God

endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

2:20

For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye

shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye

take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

2:21

For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for

us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

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Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

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Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he

threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth

righteously:

2:24

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that

we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose

stripes ye were healed.

2:25

For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the

Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

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Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if

any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won

by the conversation of the wives;

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While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.

Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the

hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not

corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is

in the sight of God of great price.

For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who

trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their

own husbands:

Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord: whose daughters

ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any

amazement.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge,

giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being

heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not

hindered.

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another,

love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise

blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should

inherit a blessing.

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For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his

tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

3:11

Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

3:12

For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are

open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them

that do evil.

3:13

And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which

is good?

3:14

But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be

not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

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3:15

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to

give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope

that is in you with meekness and fear:

3:16

Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as

of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good

conversation in Christ.

3:17

For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well

doing, than for evil doing.

3:18

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust,

that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but

quickened by the Spirit:

3:19

By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

3:20

Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of

God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing,

wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

3:21

The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not

the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good

conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

3:22

Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels

and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

CHAPTER 4

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm

yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered

in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the

lusts of men, but to the will of God.

For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the

will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts,

excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the

same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

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Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and

the dead.

For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are

dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but

live according to God in the spirit.

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and

watch unto prayer.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for

charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

4:10

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one

to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

4:11

If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man

minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God

in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be

praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

4:12

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to

try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

4:13

But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings;

that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with

exceeding joy.

4:14

If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the

spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil

spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

4:15

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an

evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.

4:16

Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let

him glorify God on this behalf.

4:17

For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God:

and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey

not the gospel of God?

4:18

And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and

the sinner appear?

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Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit

the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful

Creator.

CHAPTER 5

The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and

a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the

glory that shall be revealed:

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight

thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of

a ready mind;

Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to

the flock.

And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown

of glory that fadeth not away.

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of

you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for

God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that

he may exalt you in due time:

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring

lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions

are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

5:10

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory

by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you

perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

5:11

To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

5:12

By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have

written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace

of God wherein ye stand.

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5:13 The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth

you; and so doth Marcus my son.

5:14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all

that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

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The Second Letter of

PETER

CHAPTER 1

Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that

have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness

of God and our Savior Jesus Christ:

Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of

God, and of Jesus our Lord,

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that

pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that

hath called us to glory and virtue:

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises:

that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having

escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to

virtue knowledge;

And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to

patience godliness;

And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness

charity.

For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye

shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord

Jesus Christ.

But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off,

and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

1:10

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling

and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

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1:11

For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the

everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

1:12

Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in

remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be

established in the present truth.

1:13

Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you

up by putting you in remembrance;

1:14

Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as

our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

1:15

Moreover I will endeavor that ye may be able after my decease to

have these things always in remembrance.

1:16

For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made

known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,

but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

1:17

For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when there

came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my

beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

1:18

And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were

with him in the holy mount.

1:19

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well

that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until

the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

1:20

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any

private interpretation.

1:21

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy

men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

CHAPTER 2

But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there

shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in

damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and

bring upon themselves swift destruction.

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And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom

the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make

merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth

not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down

to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved

unto judgment;

And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a

preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of

the ungodly;

And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes

condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample

unto those that after should live ungodly;

And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the

wicked:

(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing,

vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful

deeds;)

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations,

and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

2:10

But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of

uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they,

selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

2:11

Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not

railing accusation against them before the Lord.

2:12

But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed,

speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly

perish in their own corruption;

2:13

And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count

it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes,

sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast

with you;

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2:14

Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin;

beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous

practices; cursed children:

2:15

Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following

the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of

unrighteousness;

2:16

But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with

man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet.

2:17

These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a

tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

2:18

For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure

through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that

were clean escaped from them who live in error.

2:19

While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants

of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he

brought in bondage.

2:20

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through

the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again

entangeld therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them

than the beginning.

2:21

For it had been better for them not to have known the way of

righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy

commandment delivered unto them.

2:22

But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The

dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed

to her wallowing in the mire.

CHAPTER 3

This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I

stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:

That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before

by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles

of the Lord and Savior:

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Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers,

walking after their own lusts,

And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the

fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the

beginning of the creation.

For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the

heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in

the water:

Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water,

perished:

But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word

are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and

perdition of ungodly men.

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with

the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count

slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any

should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

3:10

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the

which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the

elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works

that are therein shall be burned up.

3:11

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of

persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

3:12

Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God,

wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the

elements shall melt with fervent heat?

3:13

Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens

and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

3:14

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent

that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

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3:15

And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as

our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto

him hath written unto you;

3:16

As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in

which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are

unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures,

unto their own destruction.

3:17

Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware

lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from

your own stedfastness.

3:18

But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior

Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

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The First Letter of

JOHN

CHAPTER 1

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which

we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our

hands have handled, of the Word of life;

(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness,

and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and

was manifested unto us;)

That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye

also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with

the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare

unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness,

we lie, and do not the truth:

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship

one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth

us from all sin.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth

is not in us.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,

and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1:10

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his

word is not in us.

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CHAPTER 2

2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not.

And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus

Christ the righteous:

2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our’s only, but

also for the sins of the whole world.

2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his

commandments.

2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a

liar, and the truth is not in him.

2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God

perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even

as he walked.

2:7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old

commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old

commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

2:8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in

him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now

shineth.

2:9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness

even until now.

2:10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none

occasion of stumbling in him.

2:11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in

darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness

hath blinded his eyes.

2:12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you

for his name’s sake.

2:13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from

the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have

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overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because

ye have known the Father.

2:14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that

is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because

ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have

overcome the wicked one.

2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any

man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the

eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that

doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that

antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists;

whereby we know that it is the last time.

2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had

been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they

went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all

of us.

2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but

because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is

antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that

acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.

2:24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the

beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall

remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

2:26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce

you.

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2:27

But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you,

and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing

teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it

hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

2:28

And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear,

we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his

coming.

2:29

If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth

righteousness is born of him.

CHAPTER 3

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us,

that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world

knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear

what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall

be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even

as he is pure.

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the

transgression of the law.

And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in

him is no sin.

Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not

seen him, neither known him.

Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness

is righteous, even as he is righteous.

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from

the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested,

that he might destroy the works of the devil.

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed

remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

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3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the

devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he

that loveth not his brother.

3:11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we

should love one another.

3:12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother.

And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and

his brother’s righteous.

3:13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we

love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no

murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life

for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

3:17 But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need,

and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth

the love of God in him?

3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in

deed and in truth.

3:19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our

hearts before him.

3:20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and

knoweth all things.

3:21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence

toward God.

3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his

commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name

of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us

commandment.

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3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in

him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit

which he hath given us.

CHAPTER 4

4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they

are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the

world.

4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth

that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in

the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof

ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the

world.

4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because

greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

4:5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the

world heareth them.

4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of

God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the

spirit of error.

4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one

that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that

God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live

through him.

4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and

sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

4:12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God

dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

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4:13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he

hath given us of his Spirit.

4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be

the Savior of the world.

4:15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God

dwelleth in him, and he in God.

4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us.

God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God

in him.

4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the

day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because

fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.

4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he

that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love

God whom he hath not seen?

4:21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth

God love his brother also.

CHAPTER 5

5:1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and

every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is

begotten of him.

5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love

God, and keep his commandments.

5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and

his commandments are not grievous.

5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is

the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that

Jesus is the Son of God?

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5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by

water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that

beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word,

and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the

water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for

this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.

5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he

that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth

not the record that God gave of his Son.

5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and

this life is in his Son.

5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God

hath not life.

5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of

the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and

that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any

thing according to his will, he heareth us:

5:15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that

we have the petitions that we desired of him.

5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he

shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death.

There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

5:17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is

begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth

him not.

5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in

wickedness.

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5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an

understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in

him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God,

and eternal life.

5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

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The Second Letter of

JOHN

1:1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the

truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;

1:2 For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for

ever.

1:3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and

from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

1:4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as

we have received a commandment from the Father.

1:5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new

commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the

beginning, that we love one another.

1:6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the

commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye

should walk in it.

1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not

that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an

antichrist.

1:8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have

wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

1:9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ,

hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath

both the Father and the Son.

1:10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him

not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

1:11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

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1:12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with

paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face,

that our joy may be full.

1:13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.

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The Third Letter of

JOHN

1:1 The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.

1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in

health, even as thy soul prospereth.

1:3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the

truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.

1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

1:5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the

brethren, and to strangers;

1:6 Which have born witness of thy charity before the church: whom if

thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do

well:

1:7 Because that for his name’s sake they went forth, taking nothing of

the Gentiles.

1:8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers

to the truth.

1:9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the

preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

1:10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth,

prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith,

neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them

that would, and casteth them out of the church.

1:11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He

that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen

God.

1:12 Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea,

and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.

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1:13 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write

unto thee:

1:14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face.

Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by

name.

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The Letter of

JUDE

1:1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them

that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus

Christ, and called:

1:2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.

1:3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common

salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you

that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once

delivered unto the saints.

1:4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old

ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of

our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and

our Lord Jesus Christ.

1:5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this,

how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of

Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own

habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness

unto the judgment of the great day.

1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like

manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after

strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance

of eternal fire.

1:8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise

dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he

disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a

railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

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1:10

But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but

what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they

corrupt themselves.

1:11

Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran

greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the

gainsaying of Core.

1:12

These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with

you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without

water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without

fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

1:13

Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering

stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

1:14

And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these,

saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

1:15

To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly

among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly

committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners

have spoken against him.

1:16

These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts;

and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s

persons in admiration because of advantage.

1:17

But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of

the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

1:18

How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time,

who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

1:19

These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the

Spirit.

1:20

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith,

praying in the Holy Ghost,

1:21

Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our

Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

1:22

And of some have compassion, making a difference:

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1:23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even

the garment spotted by the flesh.

1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present

you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

1:25 To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion

and power, both now and ever. Amen.

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(The Apocalypse)

SEVEN CHURCHES, CHAPT 2

7 SEALS, CHAPT 6

4 – GOVERNMENTS – BOW AND ARROW, STEEL, ECONOMICS 1 TO COME DEATH

1 – PLEA FROM SAINTS

YET TO COME
1 – EARTHQUAKE-----------------------------------pole shift?

1 – FIRE-THUNDER 7 ANGELS/TRUMPETS NATURAL DISASTERS

7 ANGELS/TRUMPETS |

FIRE -1/3 TREES, - GRASS |CME

LARGE METEOR IN PACIFIC OCEAN |

1/3 WATER POISIONED BY WORMWOOD |

SMOKE DARKENS SUN/ MOON AOD HERE |

LOCUSTS TORTURE MAN FOR 5 MONTHS

1/3 OF LIGHT GONE, ------------------------------

200MM MAN ARMY KILLS 1/3 OF MAN wars, CHPT 8----\God/human

THE LORD RETURNS, CHAPT 11 RAPTURE /interaction
Two witnesses prophesy for one thousand two /

hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.-/

(11:1-14)

INTERLUDE - STORY OF THE WOMAN, CHAPT 12

144,000, CHAPT 14

7 ANGELS/BOWLS, CHAPT 16 GOD’S WRATH -----MORE NATURAL DISASTERS\

First Bowl: A "foul and loathsome sore" afflicts the followers

of the beast. (16:1-2)

Second Bowl: The sea turns to blood and everything within it dies.

(16:3)

Third Bowl: All fresh water turns to blood. (16:4-7)

Fourth Bowl: The sun scorches the Earth with intense heat. (16:8-9)

Fifth Bowl: There is total darkness and great pain

in the Beast's kingdom. (16:10-11)

Sixth Bowl: Preparations are made for the final battle

at Armageddon between the forces of good and evil. (16:12-16)

Seventh Bowl: A great earthquake – end of GOD’S WRATH---------------/

BABYLON, CHAPT 17

ARMAGEDDON, CHAPT 19

1000 YEARS PEACE, CHAPT 20

NEW HEAVEN NEW EARTH, CHAPT 21

1. The Revelation of Jesus Christ - Christ provides messages to be delivered to the churches in Asia.

1.1. The Revelation of Jesus Christ is communicated to John of Patmos through prophetic visions. (1:1-9)

1.2. John is instructed by the "one like a son of man" to write all that he hears and sees, from the prophetic visions, to Seven churches of Asia. (1:10-13)

1.3. The appearance of the "one like a son of man" is given, and he reveals what the seven stars and seven lampstands represent. (1:14-20) The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

2. Messages for seven churches of Asia

2.1. Ephesus: From this church, those "who overcome are granted to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God." (2:1-7) Praised for not bearing those who are evil, testing those who say they are apostles and are not, and finding them to be liars; hating the deeds of the Nicolaitans; having persevered and possessing patience.Admonished to "do the first works" and to repent for having left their "first love."

2.2. Smyrna: From this church, those who are faithful until death, will be given "the crown of life." Those who overcome shall not be hurt by the second death. (2:8-11) Praised for being "rich" while impoverished and in tribulation.Admonished not to fear the "synagogue of Satan," nor fear a ten-day tribulation of being thrown into prison.

2.3. Pergamum: From this church, those who overcome will be given the hidden manna to eat and a white stone with a secret name on it." (2:12-17). Praised for holding "fast to My name," not denying "My faith" even in the days of Antipas, "My faithful martyr." Admonished to repent for having held the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel; eating things sacrificed to idols, committing sexual immorality, and holding the "doctrine of the Nicolaitans."

2.4. Thyatira: From this church, those who overcome until the end, will be given power over the nations in order to dash them to pieces with the rule of a rod of iron; they will also be given the "morning star." (2:18-29). Praised for their works, love, service, faith, and patience. Admonished to repent for allowing a "prophetess" to promote sexual immorality and to eat things sacrificed to idols.

2.5. Sardis: From this church, those who overcome will be clothed in white garments, and their names will not be blotted out from the Book of Life; their names will also be confessed before the Father and His angels. (3:1-6). Admonished to be watchful and to strengthen since their works haven't been perfect before God.

2.6. Philadelphia: From this church, those who overcome will be made a pillar in the temple of God having the name of God, the name of the city of God, "New Jerusalem," and the Son of God's new name. (3:7-13). Praised for having some strength, keeping "My word," and having not denied "My name”. Admonished to hold fast what they have, that no one may take their crown.

2.7. Laodicea: From this church, those who overcome will be granted the opportunity to sit with the Son of God on His throne. (3:14-22) Admonished to be zealous and repent from being "lukewarm"; they are instructed to buy the "gold refined in the fire," that they may be rich; to buy "white garments," that they may be clothed, so that the shame of their nakedness would not be revealed; to anoint their eyes with eye salve, that they may see.

3. Before the Throne of God

3.1. The Throne of God appears, surrounded by twenty four thrones with Twenty-four elders seated in them. (4:1-5)

3.2. The Four Living Creatures are introduced. (4:6-11) FIRST BEAST –LION, second BEAST – CALF, THIRD BEAST – MAN, FOURTH BEAST – EAGLE

3.3. A scroll, with seven seals, is presented and it is declared that the Lion of the tribe of Judah, from the "Root of David," is the only one worthy to open this scroll. (5:1-5)

3.4. When the "Lamb having seven horns and seven eyes" took the scroll, the creatures of heaven fell down before the Lamb to give him praise, joined by myriads of angels and the creatures of the earth. (5:6-14)

4. Seven Seals are opened - Christ opens the seven seals foretelling of 2 types of governments that have come, the government type we live in today, and the government type to come. A great natural disaster occurs and the 144000 are sealed.

Prophecy #1 World‘s governments and world destruction by heavenly bodies

4.1. First Seal: A white horse appears, whose crowned rider has a bow with which to conquer. (6:1-2)

4.2. Second Seal: A red horse appears, whose rider is granted a "great sword" to take peace from the earth. (6:3-4)

4.3. Third Seal: A black horse appears, whose rider has "a pair of balances in his hand," where a voice then says, "A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and [see] thou hurt not the oil and the wine." (6:5-6)

BEGINNING OF prophecy
- YET TO COME

4.4. Fourth Seal: A pale horse appears, whose rider is Death, and Hades follows him. Death was granted a fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and with the beasts of the earth. (6:7-8)

4.5. Fifth Seal: "Under the altar," appeared the souls of martyrs for the "word of God," who cry out for vengeance. They are given white robes and told to rest until the martyrdom of their brothers is completed. (6:9-11)

4.6. Sixth Seal: (6:12-17)

START OF Destroyer - this starts the physical changes in earth from hevanly bodies – POLE ROTATION/EARTHQUAKE

4.6.1. There occurs a great earthquake where "the sun becomes black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon like blood"

4.6.2. The stars of heaven fall to the earth and the sky recedes like a scroll being rolled up (6:13-14).STARS FROM HEAVEN FALL

4.6.3. Every mountain and island is moved out of place (6:14). GREAT EARTHQUAKE POLE SHIFT?

4.6.4. The people of earth retreat to caves in the mountains (6:15).

4.6.5. The survivors call upon the mountains and the rocks to fall on them, so as to hide them from the "wrath of the Lamb" (6:16).

Interlude: The 144,000 Hebrews are sealed.

4.6.6. 144,000, from the twelve "tribes of Israel," are sealed as servants of God on their foreheads. (7:1-8)

4.6.7. A great multitude stand before the Throne of God, who come out of the Great Tribulation, clothed with robes made "white in the blood of the Lamb" and having palm branches in their hands. (7:9-17)

4.7. Seventh Seal: Introduces the seven trumpets (8:1-5)

4.7.1. "Silence in heaven for about half an hour" (8:1).

4.7.2. Seven angels are each given trumpets (8:2).

4.7.3. An eighth angel takes a "golden censer," filled with fire from the heavenly altar, and throws it to the earth (8:3-5). What follows are "peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake" (8:5).

4.7.4. After the eighth angel has devastated the earth, the seven angels introduced in verse 2 prepare to sound their trumpets (8:6).

5. Seven trumpets are sounded (Seen in Chapters 8, 9, and 12). 200MM man army kill 1/3 of the people. Israel is trodden down. The 144,00 are sent out. The two witnesses prophesy. A world leader rises and tries to destroy Israel but the people are protected in Jordan. A vessel appears in the sky containing aliens. Millions of people are killed.

5.1. First Trumpet: Hail and fire, mingled with blood, are thrown to the earth burning up a third of the trees and ALL grass. (8:6-7) = CME?

5.2. Second Trumpet: Something that resembles a great mountain, burning with fire, falls from the sky and lands in the ocean. It kills a third of the sea creatures and destroys a third of the ships at sea. (8:8-9) PACIFIC

5.3. Third Trumpet: A great star, named Wormwood, falls from heaven and poisons a third of the rivers and springs of water. (8:10-11)

5.4. Fourth Trumpet: A third of the sun, the moon, and the stars are darkened creating complete darkness for a third of the day and the night. (8:12-13)

5.5. Fifth Trumpet: The First Woe (9:1-12)

5.5.1. A "star" falls from the sky (9:1).

5.5.2. This "star" is given "the key to the bottomless pit" (9:1).

5.5.3. The "star" then opens the bottomless pit. When this happens, "smoke [rises] from [the Abyss] like smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky [are] darkened by the smoke from the Abyss" (9:2).

5.5.4. From out of the smoke, locusts who are "given power like that of scorpions of the earth" (9:3), who are commanded not to harm anyone or anything except for people who were not given the "seal of God" on their foreheads (from chapter 7) (9:4).----------------------------HUMAN

5.5.5. The "locusts" are described as having a human appearance (faces and hair) but with lion's teeth, and wearing "breastplates of iron"; the sound of their wings resembles "the thunderings of many horses and chariots rushing into battle" (9:7-9). ----------------------------HUMAN

5.6. Sixth Trumpet: The Second Woe (9:13-21)

5.6.1. The four angels bound to the great river Euphrates are released to prepare two hundred million horsemen. ----------------------------HUMAN

5.6.2. These armies kill a third of mankind by use of three plagues: fire, smoke, and brimstone.

5.6.2.1.1. Interlude: The little scroll. (10:1-11)

5.6.3. An angel appears, with one foot on the sea and one foot on the land, having an opened little book in his hand.

5.6.4. Upon the cry of the angel, seven thunders utter mysteries and secrets that are not to be written down by John.

5.6.5. John is instructed to eat the little scroll that happens to be sweet in his mouth, but bitter in his stomach, and to prophesy.

5.6.6. John is given a measuring rod to measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there.

5.6.7. Outside the temple, at the court of the holy city, it is treaded by the nations for forty-two months. ----------------------------HUMAN

Prophecy #2 two witneses, rule of the beast

5.6.8. Two witnesses prophesy for one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. (11:1-14) ----------------------------HUMAN

5.7. Seventh Trumpet: The Third Woe that leads into the Seven bowls (11:15-19)

RAPTURE

1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 (HCSB)— For we say this to you by a revelation from the Lord:, We who are still alive at the Lord’s coming will certainly have no advantage over those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the archangel’s voice, and with the trumpet of God and the dead in Christ will rise first . Then we who are still alive will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so we will always be with the Lord .

Rev10:7

But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall

begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

1 Corinthians 15:51-52 (HCSB)—Listen! I am telling you a mystery: We will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible and we will be changed.

5.7.1. The temple of God opens in heaven, where the ark of His covenant can be seen. There are lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail. The Seven Spiritual Figures (Events leading into the Second Woe) THE LORD RETURNS
Prophecy #3 ANOTHER PROPHECY SEQUENCE

Interlude: Israel through the years

5.7.2. A woman "clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars" is in labor with a male child. (12:1-2)

5.7.3. A great, fiery red, seven-headed dragon drags a third of the stars of heaven with his tail, and throws them to the earth. (12:3-4). The dragon waits for the birth of

5.7.4. The child. However, when the child is born, it is caught up to God's throne while the woman flees into the wilderness for one thousand two hundred and sixty days. (12:5-6). War breaks out in heaven between Michael and the Dragon, identified as the Devil, Satan.(12:9) After a great fight, the Dragon and his angels are cast out of heaven for good, followed by praises of victory for God's kingdom. (12:7-12). The Dragon engages to persecute the Woman, but she is given aid to evade him. Her evasiveness enrages the Dragon, prompting him to wage war against the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. (12:13-17)

Prophecy #4 the beast ----------------------------HUMAN

5.7.5. A seven-headed leopard-like beast emerges from the sea, having one mortally wounded head that is then healed. By the Dragon, he is granted power and authority for forty-two months. (13:1-5)

5.7.6. The Beast of the sea blasphemes God's name, wages war against the Saints, and overcomes them. (13:6-10)

5.7.7. Another beast appears, but from the earth, having two horns like a lamb and speaking like a dragon. He directs people to make an image of the beast, breathing life into it, and forcing all people to bear "the mark of the Beast," "666" or in one source "616." (Rev 13:11-18). Events leading into the Third Woe:

Prophecy #5 144,000 sent, killing of millions

5.7.8. The Lamb stands on Mount Zion with the 144,000 "firstfruits" who are redeemed from earth. (14:1-5)

5.7.9. The proclamations of three angels. (14:6-13)

5.7.10. One like the Son of Man reaps the earth. (14:14-16)

5.7.11. A second angel reaps "the vine of the earth" and throws it into "the great winepress of the wrath of God... and blood came out of the winepress... up to one thousand six hundred furlongs." (14:17-20)

Prophecy #6,seven plagues

5.7.12. The temple of the tabernacle, in heaven, is opened. (15:1-5)

5.7.13. Seven angels are given a golden bowl, from the Four Living Creatures, that contains the wrath of God. (15:6-8)

6. Seven bowls are poured onto Earth: Seven natural disasters and preparation for man to fight aliens are made. Wrath of God

6.1. First Bowl: A "foul and loathsome sore" afflicts the followers of the beast. (16:1-2)

6.2. Second Bowl: The sea turns to blood and everything within it dies. (16:3)

6.3. Third Bowl: All fresh water turns to blood. (16:4-7)

6.4. Fourth Bowl: The sun scorches the Earth with intense heat. (16:8-9)SUN SCORCHES EARTH cme?

6.5. Fifth Bowl: There is total darkness and great pain in the Beast's kingdom. (16:10-11)

6.6. Sixth Bowl: Preparations are made for the final battle at Armageddon between the forces of good and evil. (16:12-16)

6.7. Seventh Bowl: A great earthquake: "every island fled away and the mountains were not found." (16:17-21)GREAT EARTHQUAKE

Prophecy #7 – description of the beast, Destruction of Babylon

7. Aftermath of Babylon the Great - NY city is nuked by the ten kings. ----------------------------HUMAN

7.1. The great harlot who sits on many waters: Babylon the Great. (17:1-18)

7.2. Babylon is destroyed. (18:1-8)

7.3. The people of the earth mourn Babylon's destruction. (18:9-19)

7.4. The permanence of Babylon's destruction. (18:20-24)

7.5. A great multitude praises God. (19:1-6)

7.6. The marriage supper of the Lamb. (19:7-10)

Prophecy #8 defeat of the beast – man loses the battle

8. The Judgement of the Beast, Devil and Dead (19:11-20:15)
The beast and the false prophet are cast into the lake of fire. (19:11-21)

Prophecy #9 Christ’s rule

9. Satan is imprisoned in the bottomless pit for a thousand years. (20:1-3)

9.1. The resurrected martyrs live and reign with Christ for a thousand years. (20:4-6)

9.2. After the Thousand Years

9.2.1. Satan is released and makes war against the people of God, but is defeated. (20:7-9)

9.2.2. Satan is cast into the lake of burning sulfur. (20:10) HELL OR 3^RD D

Prophecy #10 - SECOND RESURECTION AND FINAL JUDGEMENT ; DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND

10. The Last Judgment: the wicked, along with death and Hades, are cast into the lake of fire. (20:11-15) HELL OR 3^RD D

Prophecy #11 - SPACE SHIP? 1500 MILES CUBED The New Heaven and Earth, and New Jerusalem We are reestablished on a new planet? ----------------------------HUMAN

11. A new heaven and new earth replace the old. There is no more suffering or death. (21:1-8)

11.1. God comes to dwell with humanity in the New Jerusalem. (21:2-8)

11.2. Description of the New Jerusalem. (21:9-27)

11.3. The river and tree of life appear for the healing of the nations. The curse is ended. (22:1-5)

12. Conclusion
Christ's reassurance that his coming is imminent. Final admonitions. (22:6-21)

CHAPTER 1

The Revelation of Jesus Christ

The Revelation of Jesus Christ is communicated to John of Patmos through prophetic visions. (1:1-9)
John is instructed by the "one like a son of man" to write all that he hears and sees, from the prophetic visions, to Seven churches of Asia. (1:10-13)
The appearance of the "one like a son of man" is given, and he reveals what the seven stars and seven lampstands represent. (1:14-20)

1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew THIS SECTION IS AN INTRODUCTION AND INSTRUCTION.

unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he THE PROPHECY STARTS LATER.

sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

1:2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus

Christ, and of all things that he saw.

1:3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this

prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the

time is at hand.

1:4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you,

and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to

come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;

1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first

begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto

him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

1:6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to Per the other prophecies a consistent theme

him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. is presented as using the believers at

1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and the first resurrection to serve with Christ as

they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail priest and kings. Christ will come as he left

because of him. Even so, Amen. “in clouds” a space ship? In other scripture Christ

1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the will rule with a rod of iron and now everyone

Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the wails because of him. What does he do?

Almighty.

1:9

I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation,

the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle

that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony

of Jesus Christ.

1:10

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great

voice, as of a trumpet,

1:11

Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What

thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches

which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto

Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto

Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

1:12

And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being

turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;

1:13

And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of

man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the

paps with a golden girdle.

1:14

His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and

his eyes were as a flame of fire;

1:15

And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and

his voice as the sound of many waters.

1:16

And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went

a sharp two edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun

shineth in his strength.

1:17

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right

hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

1:18

I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for

evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

1:19

Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are,

and the things which shall be hereafter;

1:20

The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right

hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the

angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou

sawest are the seven churches.

Chapter 2

Messages for seven churches of Asia

Ephesus: From this church, those "who overcome are granted to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God." (2:1-7)

Praised for not bearing those who are evil, testing those who say they are apostles and are not, and finding them to be liars; hating the deeds of the Nicolaitans; having persevered and possessing patience.
Admonished to "do the first works" and to repent for having left their "first love."

Smyrna: From this church, those who are faithful until death, will be given "the crown of life." Those who overcome shall not be hurt by the second death. (2:8-11)

Praised for being "rich" while impoverished and in tribulation.
Admonished not to fear the "synagogue of Satan," nor fear a ten-day tribulation of being thrown into prison.

Pergamum: From this church, those who overcome will be given the hidden manna to eat and a white stone with a secret name on it." (2:12-17)

Praised for holding "fast to My name," not denying "My faith" even in the days of Antipas, "My faithful martyr."
Admonished to repent for having held the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel; eating things sacrificed to idols, committing sexual immorality, and holding the "doctrine of the Nicolaitans."

Thyatira: From this church, those who overcome until the end, will be given power over the nations in order to dash them to pieces with the rule of a rod of iron; they will also be given the "morning star." (2:18-29)

Praised for their works, love, service, faith, and patience.
Admonished to repent for allowing a "prophetess" to promote sexual immorality and to eat things sacrificed to idols.

2:1

Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith

he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the

midst of the seven golden candlesticks;

2:2

I know thy works, and thy labor, and thy patience, and how thou

canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which

say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

2:3

And hast born, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast

labored, and hast not fainted.

2:4

Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left

thy first love.

2:5

Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and

do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will

remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

2:6

But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes,

which I also hate.

2:7

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the Many have tried to tie these churches to

churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of specific groups throughout history. Christ
life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. instructed John to physically send a

2:8 letter to each of the seven churches. This is

And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things physically all it is. However, ……..

saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; If the shoe fits…..

2:9

I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich)

and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and

are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

2:10

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil

shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye

shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I

will give thee a crown of life.

2:11

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the

churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

2:12

And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things

saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;

2:13

I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s

seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my

faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr,

who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

2:14

But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them

that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a

stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed

unto idols, and to commit fornication.

2:15

So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes,

which thing I hate.

2:16

Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against This is for our benefit and instruction

them with the sword of my mouth.

2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the

churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden

manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new

name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

2:18

And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things

saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire,

and his feet are like fine brass;

2:19

I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy

patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.

2:20

Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou

sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, This is prophecy.

to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to It is similar to the woman on the beast

eat things sacrificed unto idols.

2:21

And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented

not.

2:22

Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery

with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.

2:23

And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall

know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will

give unto every one of you according to your works.

2:24

But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have

not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan,

as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.

2:25

But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.

2:26

And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to Christ is referred to in other places this way

him will I give power over the nations:

2:27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter ROD OF IRON

shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

2:28

And I will give him the morning star. Christ is referred to in other places this way

2:29

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the

churches.

CHAPTER 3

5. Sardis: From this church, those who overcome will be clothed in white garments, and their names will not be blotted out from the Book of Life; their names will also be confessed before the Father and His angels. (3:1-6)

Admonished to be watchful and to strengthen since their works haven't been perfect before God.

6. Philadelphia: From this church, those who overcome will be made a pillar in the temple of God having the name of God, the name of the city of God, "New Jerusalem," and the Son of God's new name. (3:7-13)

Praised for having some strength, keeping "My word," and having not denied "My name."
Admonished to hold fast what they have, that no one may take their crown.

7. Laodicea: From this church, those who overcome will be granted the opportunity to sit with the Son of God on His throne. (3:14-22)

Admonished to be zealous and repent from being "lukewarm"; they are instructed to buy the "gold refined in the fire," that they may be rich; to buy "white garments," that they may be clothed, so that the shame of their nakedness would not be revealed; to anoint their eyes with eye salve, that they may see.

3:1

And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith

he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know

thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

3:2

Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready

to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

3:3

Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold

fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on

thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come

upon thee.

3:4

Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their

garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are

worthy.

3:5

He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and

I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will BOOK OF LIFE

confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

3:6

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the

churches.

3:7

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things

saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David,

he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man

openeth;

3:8

I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and

no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my

word, and hast not denied my name.

3:9

Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say

they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to

come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved

thee.

3:10

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep

thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the

world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

3:11

Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man

take thy crown.

3:12

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God,

and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of

my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new A SPACE SHIP FROM GOD

Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I

will write upon him my new name.

3:13

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the

churches.

3:14

And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These

things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning

of the creation of God;

3:15

I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou

wert cold or hot.

3:16

So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will

spue thee out of my mouth.

3:17

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have

need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and

miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

3:18

I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest

be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that

the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes

with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and

repent.

3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice,

and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him,

and he with me.

3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, in, not on throne

even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his

throne.

3:22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the

churches.

CHAPTER 4

Before the Throne of God

The Throne of God appears, surrounded by twenty four thrones with Twenty-four elders seated in them. (4:1-5)
The Four Living Creatures are introduced. (4:6-11)

4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and BEGINNING OF prophecy

the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking GOD, 24 ELDERS AND FOUR BEASTS ON THE

with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things THRONE

which must be hereafter.

4:2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set

in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

4:3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone:

and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto

an emerald.

4:4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon

the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white

raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

4:5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and

voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the

throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. ?

4:6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and
in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four

beasts full of eyes before and behind.

4:7 EZEKIEL REFERECE

And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, FIRST BEAST –LION

and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was SECOND BEAST - CALF

like a flying eagle. THIRD BEAST - MAN

4:8 FOURTH BEAST - EAGLE

And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and

they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night,

saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is,

and is to come.

4:9

And when those beasts give glory and honor and thanks to him that

sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,

4:10

The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the

throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their

crowns before the throne, saying,

4:11

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power:

for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and

were created.

CHAPTER 5

A scroll, with seven seals, is presented and it is declared that the Lion of the tribe of Judah, from the "Root of David," is the only one worthy to open this scroll. (5:1-5)
When the "Lamb having seven horns and seven eyes" took the scroll, the creatures of heaven fell down before the Lamb to give him praise, joined by myriads of angels and the creatures of the earth. (5:6-14)

5:1

And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book

written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

5:2

And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is

worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

5:3

And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was

able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

5:4

And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and

to read the book, neither to look thereon.

5:5

And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of CHRIST TO OPEN THE BOOK WITH SEVEN SEALS of the book

the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the

book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

5:6

And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four

beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been

slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven AGAIN, THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD

Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

5:7

And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that

sat upon the throne.

5:8

And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and

twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them

harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of

saints.

5:9

And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the

book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast

redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, THE 24 ELDERS WERE NOT ALL JEWS

and people, and nation;

5:10

And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall

reign on the earth.

5:11

And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the

throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was 100 MILLION+ ANGELS

ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

5:12

Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to

receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor,

and glory, and blessing.

5:13

And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under

the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I

saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him that

sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

5:14

And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders

fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

CHAPTER 6

Seven Seals are opened

First Seal: A white horse appears, whose crowned rider has a bow with which to conquer. (6:1-2)
Second Seal: A red horse appears, whose rider is granted a "great sword" to take peace from the earth. (6:3-4)
Third Seal: A black horse appears, whose rider has "a pair of balances in his hand," where a voice then says, "A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and [see] thou hurt not the oil and the wine." (6:5-6)
Fourth Seal: A pale horse appears, whose rider is Death, and Hades follows him. Death was granted a fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and with the beasts of the earth. (6:7-8)
Fifth Seal: "Under the altar," appeared the souls of martyrs for the "word of God," who cry out for vengeance. They are given white robes and told to rest until the martyrdom of their brothers is completed. (6:9-11)
Sixth Seal: (6:12-17)

There occurs a great earthquake where "the sun becomes black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon like blood" (6:12).
The stars of heaven fall to the earth and the sky recedes like a scroll being rolled up (6:13-14).
Every mountain and island is moved out of place (6:14).
The people of earth retreat to caves in the mountains (6:15).
The survivors call upon the mountains and the rocks to fall on them, so as to hide them from the "wrath of the Lamb" (6:16).

Prophecy #1 world destruction by hevanly bodies

6:1

And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as OPENING OF THE FIRST SEAL

it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come

and see.

6:2

And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a WHITE HORSE, BOW, CROWN - CONQUERING

bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth (BEAST-? LION ONLY BEAST NOT USED)

conquering, and to conquer.

6:3

And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast OPENING OF THE SECOND SEAL

say, Come and see.

6:4

And there went out another horse that was red: and power was RED HORSE, TAKE PEACE FROM EARTH WITH A GREAT

given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that SWORD (SECOND BEAST-CALF)

they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great

sword.

6:5

And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, OPENING OF THE THIRD SEAL

Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat

on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

6:6

And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure BLACK HORSE,BALANCES (COMMERCE)

of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; (THIRD BEAST – MAN)

and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

6:7

And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the OPENING OF THE FOURTH SEAL

fourth beast say, Come and see. PALE HORSE, DEATH, HELL, KILL ON 1/4 OF EARTH

6:8

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him (FOURTH BEAST – EAGLE)

was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto

them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with

hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

6:9

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the OPENING OF THE FIFTH SEAL

souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the THE SOUL ADDRESSED AS AN ENTITY NOT AS A PERSON

testimony which they held: TOLD TO WAIT TILL OTHERS ARE KILLED

6:10

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy

and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that

dwell on the earth?

6:11

And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was

said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until

their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as

they were, should be fulfilled.

6:12 where we are now

this starts the physical changes in earth from heavenly bodies

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was OPENING OF THE SIXTH SEAL

a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, EARTHQUAKE

and the moon became as blood; RED MOON

6:13

And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth METORITE SHOWER

her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

6:14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and STARS DISAPPEAR

every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and MEN HIDE IN MOUNTAINS

the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and

every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains.

6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from

the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the

Lamb:

6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to

stand?

CHAPTER 7

Interlude for timing: The 144,000 Hebrews are sealed.

144,000, from the twelve "tribes of Israel," are sealed as servants of God on their foreheads. (7:1-8)
A great multitude stand before the Throne of God, who come out of the Great Tribulation, clothed with robes made "white in the blood of the Lamb" and having palm branches in their hands. (7:9-17)

7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four

corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the

wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. HOLDING THE WINDS BACK UNTIL

7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of GOD’S 144,000 ARE SEALED

the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to 12,000 FROM EACH OF THE 12 TRIBES

whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we

have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were

sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of

the children of Israel.

7:5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of

Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were

sealed twelve thousand.

7:6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of

Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses

were sealed twelve thousand.

7:7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of

Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were

sealed twelve thousand.

7:8

Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe

of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin

were sealed twelve thousand.

7:9

After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could PEOPLE SAVED BUT DIED DURING TRIBULATION?

number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, (NOT ALL JEWS) PRAISE GOD

stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white THIS IS EITHER OUT OF SEQUENCE OR A DIFFERENT GROUP.

robes, and palms in their hands; THE TRIBULATION HAS NOT OCCURRED YET.

7:10 THE TRIBULATION STARTS AFTER THE STOPPING OF THE SACRIFICE

And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which BY THE ANTICHRIST.

sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

7:11

And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the

elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces,

and worshipped God,

7:12

Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving,

and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and

ever. Amen.

7:13

And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these

which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?

7:14

And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These

are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their

robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

7:15

Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and

night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell

among them.

7:16

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall

the sun light on them, nor any heat.

7:17

For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them,

and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall

wipe away all tears from their eyes.

CHAPTER 8

Seventh Seal: Introduces the seven trumpets (8:1-5)

"Silence in heaven for about half an hour" (8:1).
Seven angels are each given trumpets (8:2).
An eighth angel takes a "golden censer," filled with fire from the heavenly altar, and throws it to the earth (8:3-5). What follows are "peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake" (8:5).
After the eighth angel has devastated the earth, the seven angels introduced in verse 2 prepare to sound their trumpets (8:6).

Seven trumpets are sounded (Seen in Chapters 8, 9, and 12).

First Trumpet: Hail and fire, mingled with blood, are thrown to the earth burning up a third of the trees and green grass. (8:6-7)
Second Trumpet: Something that resembles a great mountain, burning with fire, falls from the sky and lands in the ocean. It kills a third of the sea creatures and destroys a third of the ships at sea. (8:8-9)
Third Trumpet: A great star, named Wormwood, falls from heaven and poisons a third of the rivers and springs of water. (8:10-11)
Fourth Trumpet: A third of the sun, the moon, and the stars are darkened creating complete darkness for a third of the day and the night. (8:12-13)

8:1

And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in OPENING OF THE SEVENTH SEAL

heaven about the space of half an hour.

8: 2

And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them

were given seven trumpets.

8:3

And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden

censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should

offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which

was before the throne.

8:4

And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the

saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.

8:5

And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and A LARGE METORITE STRIKES IN PACIFIC

cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and

lightnings, and an earthquake.

8:6

And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared SEVEN TRUMPETS

themselves to sound.

8:7

The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled A1 – HAIL, FIRE AND RED RAIN = CME

with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of 1/3 OF THE TREES AND ALL GRASS BURNED

trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

8:8

And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain A2-A MOUNTAIN-SIZE METORITE STRIKES THE

burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea OCEAN TURNING 1/3 OF THE OCEAN RED AND

became blood; KILLING 1/3 OF THE ANIMALS AND THOSE IN

8:9 SHIPS.

And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had

life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

8:10

And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, A3-WORMWOOD, A METEORITE POISONS 1/3 OF

burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the THE RIVERS AND KILLS MANY

rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;

8:11

And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of

the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters,

because they were made bitter.

8:12

And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was A4-1/3 OF THE SUN, MOON, STARS BLOCKED

smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the

stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone

not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

8:13

And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of

heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters

of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the

three angels, which are yet to sound!

CHAPTER 9

Fifth Trumpet: The First Woe (9:1-12)

A "star" falls from the sky (9:1).
This "star" is given "the key to the bottomless pit" (9:1).
The "star" then opens the bottomless pit. When this happens, "smoke [rises] from [the Abyss] like smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky [are] darkened by the smoke from the Abyss" (9:2).
From out of the smoke, locusts who are "given power like that of scorpions of the earth" (9:3), who are commanded not to harm anyone or anything except for people who were not given the "seal of God" on their foreheads (from chapter 7) (9:4).
The "locusts" are described as having a human appearance (faces and hair) but with lion's teeth, and wearing "breastplates of iron"; the sound of their wings resembles "the thunderings of many horses and chariots rushing into battle" (9:7-9).

Sixth Trumpet: The Second Woe (9:13-21)

The four angels bound to the great river Euphrates are released to prepare two hundred million horsemen.
These armies kill a third of mankind by use of three plagues: fire, smoke, and brimstone.

WOE 1

9:1

And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto A5- METEORITE STRIKES CREATING LIGHT-

the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. BLOCKING SMOKE AND THE ANIMALS COME OUT

9:2 OF THE EARTH AND ATTACK THOSE WITHOUT

And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of ` GOD’S SEAL. NOT KILL BUT HURT FOR 5 MONTHS

the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air

were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

9:3

And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto

them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

9:4

And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of

the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those

men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

9:5

And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that

they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as

the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

9:6

And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and

shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

9:7

And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto

battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their

faces were as the faces of men.

9:8

And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the

teeth of lions.

9:9

And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the

sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses

running to battle.

9:10

And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in

their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

9:11

And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the

bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but

in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

9:12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter. END OF DESTROYER PASSAGE START OF AFTERMATH

9:13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four

horns of the golden altar which is before God,

9:14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four

angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. WOE 2

9:15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, A6-FOUR ANGELS TO KILL 1/3 OF MANKIND

and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of TOOK 1 YEAR MONTH DAY HOUR TO PREPARE

men.

9:16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred 200 MILLION MAN ARMY

thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.

9:17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them,

having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the

heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their HORSES WITH HEADS OF LIONS AND TAILS

mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. THAT HURT;ISSUING FIRE,SMOKE

9:18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by AND BRIMSTONE OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS

the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.

9:19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails

were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do

hurt.

9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet

repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not

worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone,

and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:

9:21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor

of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

CHAPTER 10

Interlude: The little scroll. (10:1-11)

An angel appears, with one foot on the sea and one foot on the land, having an opened little book in his hand.
Upon the cry of the angel, seven thunders utter mysteries and secrets that are not to be written down by John.
John is instructed to eat the little scroll that happens to be sweet in his mouth, but bitter in his stomach, and to prophesy.

10:1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed ANOTHER ANGEL WITH SEVEN THUNDERS AND

with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as A BOOK

it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

10:2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot

upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,

10:3

And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he

had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.

10:4

And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about

to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up

those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. SEVEN THUNDERS NOT REVEALED

10:5

And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth

lifted up his hand to heaven,

10:6

And swear by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created

heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things

that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that

there should be time no longer: TIME SHOULD BE NO LONGER???

10:7

But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall

begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath THE MYSTERY OF GOD FINISHED – 1 Corrinthians 15:50

declared to his servants the prophets.

10:8

And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and

said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the

angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

10:9

And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little

book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make

thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

10:10

And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and

it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it,

my belly was bitter.

10:11

And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many

peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.

CHAPTER 11 Prophecy #2 two witneses, rule of the beast

BACK TO 360 DAYS/YEAR?

John is given a measuring rod to measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there.
Outside the temple, at the court of the holy city, it is treaded by the nations for forty-two months.
Two witnesses prophesy for one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. (11:1-14)
Seventh Trumpet: The Third Woe that leads into the Seven bowls (11:15-19)
The temple of God opens in heaven, where the ark of His covenant can be seen. There are lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail.

11:1

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood,

saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and

them that worship therein.

11: 2

But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it

not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they JERUSALEM TRAMPLED BY GENTILES FOR 42 MONTHS

tread under foot forty and two months. 3.5 YEARS = 1277.5 DAYS IN 365 DAY YEARS OR 1260 IN 360 DAY YEARS

11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall 2 WITNESSES PROPHESY 1260 DAYS 3.5 360DAY YEARS

prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in

sackcloth.

11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing

before the God of the earth.

11:5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, WITNESSES

and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he PROTECTED BY FIRE FROM MOUTH

must in this manner be killed. STOP RAIN

11:6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of WATER TO BLOOD

their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, PLAGUES

and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that

ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them,

and shall overcome them, and kill them. KILLED BY BEAST FROM PIT

11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which LAY IN JERUSALEM 3.5 DAYS AND RESURECTED

spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was

crucified.

11:9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall

see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer

their dead bodies to be put in graves.

11:10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and

make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two

prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.

11:11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered

into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon

them which saw them.

11:12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come LEAVE AS CHRIST DID

up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their

enemies beheld them.

11:13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part

of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven

thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the EARTHQUAKE IN JERUSALEM KILLING 7,000

God of heaven.

11:14

The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.

11:15 WOE 3

And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in SEVENTH TRUMPET - hail

heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the

kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever RAPTURE

and ever.

11:16

And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their

seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

11:17

Saying, We give thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which art,

and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy

great power, and hast reigned.

11:18

And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of

the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give

reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them

that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them

which destroy the earth.

11:19

And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen

in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, SPACE SHIP OPENED – EARTHQUAKE AND HAIL

and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

CHAPTER 12

The Seven Spiritual Figures^[53] (Events leading into the Second Woe)

A woman "clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars" is in labor with a male child. (12:1-2)
A great, fiery red, seven-headed dragon drags a third of the stars of heaven with his tail, and throws them to the earth. (12:3-4). The dragon waits for the birth of
The child. However, when the child is born, it is caught up to God's throne while the woman flees into the wilderness for one thousand two hundred and sixty days. (12:5-6). War breaks out in heaven between Michael and the Dragon, identified as the Devil, Satan.(12:9) After a great fight, the Dragon and his angels are cast out of heaven for good, followed by praises of victory for God's kingdom. (12:7-12). The Dragon engages to persecute the Woman, but she is given aid to evade him. Her evasiveness enrages the Dragon, prompting him to wage war against the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. (12:13-17)

12:1 ANOTHER PROPHECY SEQUENCE prophecy #3

interlude: Israel through the years

And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed

with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a This is the constellation virgo

crown of twelve stars: September 11, 3 BC

12:2

And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be CHRIST BORN

delivered.

12:3

And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great SAME AS THE BEAST IN REV 13

red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns

upon his heads.

12:4

And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast

them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which

was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was

born.

12:5

And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with CHRIST DIED & resurected

a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his

throne.

12:6

And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place START OF TRIBULATION Israel revived and

prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two 3.5 YEARS OR 3.5X360=1260DAYS in the sight of God

hundred and threescore days. |

12:7 /|\

And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against alien wars |

the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, dragon ->satan |

12:8 |

And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in |

heaven. |

12:9 |

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the |

Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out |

into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. |

12:10 |

And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, |

and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his |

Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused |-360 DAY YEAR

them before our God day and night. | AFTER DESTROYER ?????

12:11 |

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the |

word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the |

death. |

12:12 |

Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to |
the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come SATAN’S WRATH STARTS |

down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he |

hath but a short time. |

12:13 |

And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he |

persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. |

12:14 |

And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she USA HELPS WOMAN? |

might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished \/

for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. JEWS AND CHRISTIANS TO BE SAVED FOR 3.5 YEARS

12:15

And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the

woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, AN ARMY CHASING THE WOMAN IS STOPPED BY NATURAL

and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his CAUSES

mouth.

12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war

with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of

God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

prophecy #4 the beast

CHAPTER 13

A seven-headed leopard-like beast emerges from the sea, having one mortally wounded head that is then healed. By the Dragon, he is granted power and authority for forty-two months. (13:1-5)
The Beast of the sea blasphemes God's name, wages war against the Saints, and overcomes them. (13:6-10)
Another beast appears, but from the earth, having two horns like a lamb and speaking like a dragon. He directs people to make an image of the beast, breathing life into it, and forcing all people to bear "the mark of the Beast," "666" or in one source "616." (Rev 13:11-18). Events leading into the Third Woe:

13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out A LEADING GOVERNMENT EMERGES

of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns

ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet GERMANY, RUSSIA,UK SAME AS DAN 7

were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and CHINA GIVES POWER TO UN?

the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his ONE OF THE LEADERS IS MORTALLY WOUNDED BUT

deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the MIRACULUSLY HEALED

beast.

13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast:

and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast?

who is able to make war with him?

13:5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and

blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and THE BEAST CONTINUES 3.5 YEARS

two months.

13:6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme

his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. THE BEAST FIGHTS THE CHURCH AND CONQUERS THE

13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to WORLD

overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and

tongues, and nations.

13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names

are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the

foundation of the world.

13:9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.

13:10

He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth

with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience

and the faith of the saints.

13:11

And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had THE BEAST HAS A SIDEKICK – IRAN/IRAQ SEE DAN8:3

two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

13:12

And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and

causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first

beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

13:13

And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down LASER CANNON FOR CROWD CONTROL

from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

13:14

And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those

miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying ANTICHRIST RECOVERS FROM FATAL WOUND

to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to

the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

13:15

And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the CREATED AN IMAGE OF THE BEAST

image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as

would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and BARCODE SSN?

bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

13:17

And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or

the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

13:18

Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number

of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six

hundred threescore and six.

See also - The Antichrist and a Cup of Tea by Tim Cohen^, Available at www.ProphecyHouse.com

Also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMNPriSh_lw Note: Prince Henry will probably not be the King of England but is a better candidate for Antichrist than Prince Charles

FROM TIM MCHYDE, KNOW THE FUTURE

.The Antichrist From England

If the by far leading candidate for literally fitting the prophecies of the Antichrist was a top leader in England today, then that would certainly support the theory of the Antichrist arising in England. What if this man was directly associated with a literal picture of the wingless lion standing on his feet like a man? Prince Charles of Wales is such a man. Here is his partial Antichrist resume:

1. His official name “Prince Charles of Wales” adds up to 666 in English using the ancient Hebrew gematria when adapted by using a natural one-to-one sequential mapping of the Hebrew alphabet values to the English alphabet (A/aleph = 1, B/bet = 2, C/gimel = 3, J/yod = 10, K/kaf = 20, etc.)

2. His official Hebrew name in newspapers transliterated as Nasich Charles Mem Wales also adds up to 666 using the ancient Hebrew gematria.

Table 2: English Gematria

Hebrew	Value		English	Hebrew	Value	English
aleph א		1	A	לlamed	30	L
bet ב		2	B	מmem	40	M
gimel ג		3	C	נnun	50	N
dalet ד		4	D	סsamech	60	O
heh ה		5	E	עayin	70	P
vav ו		6	F	פpeh	80	Q
zayin ז		7	G	צtzadee	90	R
khet ח		8	H	קqof	100	S
tet ט		9	I	רresh	200	T
yod י		10	J	שshin	300	U
kaf כ		20	K	תtaw	400	V
					0	WXYZ

Table 3: “Prince Charles Of Wales” = 666

PRINCE	CHARLES	OF	WALES
70 + 90 + 9 + 50 + 3 + 5	3 + 8 + 1 + 90 + 30 + 5 + 100	60 + 6	0 + 1 + 30 + 5 + 100
227	237	66	136
	666

1. His official heraldic achievement pictures a wingless lion-like beast standing on two feet like a man, as Daniel 7 describes.

2. Closer examination reveals that this beast only has a lion head and mouth while the rest of it matches the bear feet and leopard body of the beast of Revelation 13.

Additional info:

Each of Prince Henry’s names add to 666 in both English and Hebrew.

At this time in 2018, Prince Charles is approximately 70 years old and his mother, Queen Elizabeth, is 92. If the date of the 70^th week is 2023, either Charles or his son Henry could be the Antichrist. However, if it is the latter date of 2065, Henry will be ~80.

CHAPTER 14

The Lamb stands on Mount Zion with the 144,000 "firstfruits" who are redeemed from earth. (14:1-5)

The proclamations of three angels. (14:6-13)
One like the Son of Man reaps the earth. (14:14-16)
A second angel reaps "the vine of the earth" and throws it into "the great winepress of the wrath of God... and blood came out of the winepress... up to one thousand six hundred furlongs." (14:17-20)

prophecy #5 144,00 sent

14:1

And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with CHRIST ON A MOUNTAIN NEAR JERUSALEM WITH THE

him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name 144,000

written in their foreheads.

14:2

And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and

as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers

harping with their harps:

14:3

And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before

the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song

but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed THE 144,000 REDEEMED

from the earth.

14:4

These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are

virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he

goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits

unto God and to the Lamb.

14:5

And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault

before the throne of God.

14:6

And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the

everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and

to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

14:7

Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the

hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven,

and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

14:8

And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is BABYLON IS FALLEN TWICE

fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the

wine of the wrath of her fornication.

14:9

And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any MARK OF THE BEAST

man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his

forehead, or in his hand,

14:10

The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is

poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he DO NOT RECEIVE THE MARK OF THE BEAST

shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the

holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

14:11

And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and

they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his

image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

14:12

Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the

commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are

the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the

Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do

follow them.

14:14

And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat

like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in (RAPTURE?)???????????????

his hand a sharp sickle.

14:15

And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice

to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the

time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

14:16

And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and This is describing aliens from a vessel in the sky

the earth was reaped. killing ~ 500 million people

14:17

And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he

also having a sharp sickle.

14:18

And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over

fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle,

saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the

vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.

14:19

And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the

vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath

of God.

14:20

And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came

out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a

thousand and six hundred furlongs. 1,056,002.112 FEET 200 MILES – APPROXIMATELY .5 BILLION PEOPLE

CHAPTER 15

Seven angels are given a golden bowl, from the Four Living Creatures, that contains the wrath of God. (15:6-8)

ANOTHER PROPHECY SEQUENCE prophecy #6,seven plagues

15:1

And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven THIS SHOULD BE AN ASTROLOGICAL SIGN

angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the seven last plagues

wrath of God. THESE ARE THE WRATH OF GOD OR CAUSED BY GOD

15:2

And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that Aliens are victorious

had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over

his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of IS THE SEA OF GLASS MOLTEN SAND?

glass, having the harps of God.

15:3

And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song

of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord

God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.

15:4

Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou

only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee;

for thy judgments are made manifest.

15:5

And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of space ship opened

the testimony in heaven was opened:

15:6

And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven

plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts

girded with golden girdles.

15:7

And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden

vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.

15:8

And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and

from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till

the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

CHAPTER 16

Seven bowls are poured onto Earth:

First Bowl: A "foul and loathsome sore" afflicts the followers of the beast. (16:1-2)
Second Bowl: The sea turns to blood and everything within it dies. (16:3)
Third Bowl: All fresh water turns to blood. (16:4-7)
Fourth Bowl: The sun scorches the Earth with intense heat. (16:8-9)
Fifth Bowl: There is total darkness and great pain in the Beast's kingdom. (16:10-11)
Sixth Bowl: Preparations are made for the final battle at Armageddon between the forces of good and evil. (16:12-16)
Seventh Bowl: A great earthquake: "every island fled away and the mountains were not found." (16:17-21)

16:1

And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven

angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God

upon the earth.

16:2

And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and The plagues of Egypt?

there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the

mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. Plague 1 –a sore on the people with the mark of

16:3 the beast or those who worshiped him

And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it

became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the Plague 2 – sea turns red and creatures die

sea.

16: 4

And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and Plague 3 – rivers turn red

fountains of waters; and they became blood.

16:5

And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O

Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged

thus.

16:6

For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast

given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

16:7

And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God

Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

16:8

And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power Plague 4 – increase earth temperature

was given unto him to scorch men with fire.

16:9

And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name

of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented

not to give him glory.

16:10

And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; Plague 5 – turns dark?

and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their

tongues for pain,

16:11

And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their

sores, and repented not of their deeds.

16:12

And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Plague 6 – Euphrates dries up

Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the

kings of the east might be prepared.

16:13

And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of

the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth

16:14

For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth three unclean spirits working miracles

unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them drawing mankind to battle

to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

16:15

Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth

his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

16:16

And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew gathered for battle of Armageddon

tongue Armageddon.

16:17

And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there

Plague 7 – earthquake hail –

came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne,

saying, It is done.

16:18

And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was

a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth,

so mighty an earthquake, and so great.

16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the FALL OF BABYLON/NY

nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to

give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

16:20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

16:21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone

about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of

the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. END OF THE TRIBULATION
of the false prophet.

CHAPTER 17

Aftermath of Babylon the Great

The great harlot who sits on many waters: Babylon the Great. (17:1-18)

17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials,

and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto

thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many BABYLON, THE CITY WHICH RULES THE KINGS

waters: OF THE EARTH

17:2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and

the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of

her fornication.

17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a

woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of

blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and

decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden

cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her

fornication:

17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written,

MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF

HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

17:6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and Babylon killed many saints?

with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I

wondered with great admiration.

17:7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell

thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her,

which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of

the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on

the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book

of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the

beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

17:9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are BABYLON RULES SEVEN COUNTRIES

Prophecy #7 – description of the beast,

Destruction of Babylon

seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other THE SIXTH KING IS IN CHARGE, 5 FALLEN, 1 TO

is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short COME. THE BEAST, EIGHTH KING, WILL TAKE OVER

space.

17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of The beast is one of the 7 kings

the seven, and goeth into perdition.

17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have

received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour 10 powerful men (42 years or 15 days?)

with the beast.

17:13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto aligned with the beast

the beast.

17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome Earth vs aliens, aliens win

them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are

with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the

whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and

tongues.

17:16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall TEN POWERFUL MEN WHO HATE BABYLON (the

hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat ruling city)

her flesh, and burn her with fire.

17:17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and

give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be

fulfilled.

17:18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which WOMAN IS BABYLON, CITY WHICH REIGNS OVER THE

reigneth over the kings of the earth. KINGS OF THE EARTH

CHAPTER 18

Babylon is destroyed. (18:1-8)
The people of the earth mourn Babylon's destruction. (18:9-19)
The permanence of Babylon's destruction. (18:20-24)

18:1

And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, BABYLON – US? New York City

having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

18:2

And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the

great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and

the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and

hateful bird.

18:3

For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her

fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication

with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the

abundance of her delicacies.

18:4

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, GOD CALLS HIS PEOPLE OUT OF BABYLON

my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive

not of her plagues.

18:5

For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered

her iniquities.

18:6

Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double

according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her

double.

18:7

How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much

torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen,

and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

18:8

Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning,

and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is BABYLON DESTROYED BY FIRE

the Lord God who judgeth her.

18:9

And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and

lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her,

when they shall see the smoke of her burning,

18:10

Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that BABYLON DESTROYED IN ONE HOUR –nuked?

great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy

judgment come.

18:11

And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for

no man buyeth their merchandise any more:

18:12

The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of

pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all

thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner

vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

18:13

And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and

wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and

horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.

18:14

And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and

all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee,

and thou shalt find them no more at all.

18:15

The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall

stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,

18:16

And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen,

and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones,

and pearls!

18:17

For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every BABYLON DESTROYED IN ONE HOUR

shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many

as trade by sea, stood afar off,

18:18

And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What

city is like unto this great city!

18:19

And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing,

saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that

had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is BABYLON DESTROYED IN ONE HOUR

she made desolate.

18:20

Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets;

for God hath avenged you on her.

18:21

And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast

it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city

Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

18:22

And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and

trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman,

of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the

sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;

18:23

And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the

voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at

all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for

by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

18:24

And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of

all that were slain upon the earth.

CHAPTER 19

The Marriage Supper of the Lamb

A great multitude praises God. (19:1-6)
The marriage supper of the Lamb. (19:7-10)

The Judgement of the Beast, Devil and Dead (19:11-20:15)

The beast and the false prophet are cast into the lake of fire. (19:11-21)

19:1

And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in

heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and

power, unto the Lord our God:

19:2

For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the

great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and

hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

19:3

And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and

ever.

19:4

And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and

worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

19:5

And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye

his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.

19:6

And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the

voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings,

saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

19:7

Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of

the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

19:8

And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen,

clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

19:9

And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called

unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me,

These are the true sayings of God.

19:10

And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See

thou do it not: I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that

have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of

Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

Prophecy #8 defeat of the beast

19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that God’s war on earth, Christ leading

sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he

doth judge and make war.

19:12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many

crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he

himself.

19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is

called The Word of God. LOGOS

19:14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white

horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should

smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he

treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty

God.

19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING

OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

19:17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud

voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come

and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;

19:18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and

the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that

sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small

and great.

19:19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, EARTH VS ALIEN ATTACK

gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,

and against his army.

19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that

wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had

received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his

image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with defeat of the beast

brimstone.

19:21

And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon

the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the

fowls were filled with their flesh.

CHAPTER 20

Prophecy #9 Crist’s rule and end of Earth

Satan is imprisoned in the bottomless pit for a thousand years. (20:1-3)

The resurrected martyrs live and reign with Christ for a thousand years. (20:4-6)
After the Thousand Years

Satan is released and makes war against the people of God, but is defeated. (20:7-9)
Satan is cast into the lake of burning sulfur. (20:10)
The Last Judgment: the wicked, along with death and Hades, are cast into the lake of fire. (20:11-15)

20:1

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the

bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

20:2

And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the

Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

20:3

And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a satan bound 1000 years and cast into the pit

seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the

thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed

a little season.

20:4

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was Christ on the throne

given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded

for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had the witnesses reign with CHRIST A THOUSAND YEARS

not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received

his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and

reigned with Christ a thousand years.

20:5

But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

FIRST RESURECTION NOTE: THIS VERSE DOES NOT APPEAR IN THE CODEX SINAITICUS

20:6

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on

such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of
God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand

ACCORDING TO EDGAR CAYCE – HE IS AMONG THIS GROUP.HE IS REINCARNATED IN IN ~2100AD WHERE THEY ARE NEBRASKA AND TRAVELS TO NEW YORK AT AGE 8 STILL REBUILDING FROM THE WAR. NOTE:THIS RESURECTION IS DEPICTED BY CAYCE AS BEING REBORN AND COGNIZANT OF PREVIOUS LIVES.

20:7

And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out SATAN LOOSED AFTER THE 1000 YEARS

of his prison,

20:8

And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four

quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to

battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

20:9

And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the

camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down ARMIES DESTROYED BY FIRE

from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and

brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be

tormented day and night for ever and ever.

20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose

face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no

place for them.

20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the

books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the

book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which

were written in the books, according to their works.

20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell

delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged

prophecy #10 - SECOND RESURECTION AND FINAL JUDGEMENT ; DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND

every man according to their works.

20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the

second death.

20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast

into the lake of fire.

CHAPTER 21 prophecy #11 - SPACE SHIP/planet? 1500 MILES CUBED

The New Heaven and Earth, and New Jerusalem

A new heaven and new earth replace the old. There is no more suffering or death. (21:1-8)
God comes to dwell with humanity in the New Jerusalem. (21:2-8)
Description of the New Jerusalem. (21:9-27)
Full 4^th density established

21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and

the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from

God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the

tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and

they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and

be their God.

21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall

be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be

any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things

new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and

faithful.

21:6

And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the

beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the

fountain of the water of life freely.

21:7

He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God,

and he shall be my son.

21:8

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and

murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all

liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and

brimstone: which is the second death.

21:9

And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the

seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me,

saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.

21:10

And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, A SPACE SHIP FROM GOD

and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out

of heaven from God,

21:11

Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most

precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

21:12

And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the

gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the

names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

21:13

On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three

gates; and on the west three gates.

21:14

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the

names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

21:15

And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city,

and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

21:16

And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the

breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand 1,500 MILES CUBE (THE BORG?)

furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

21:17

And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four 312 FEET (WIDE? HIGH? THICK?) WALL

cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

21:18

And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was

pure gold, like unto clear glass.

21:19

And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all

manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the

second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;

21:20

The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the

eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the

eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

21:21

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of

one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were

transparent glass.

21:22

And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the

Lamb are the temple of it.

21:23

And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine

in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light SELF LIGHTING

thereof.

21:24

And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of

it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it.

21:25

And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be

no night there.

21:26

And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.

21:27

And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth,

neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they

which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

CHAPTER 22

The river and tree of life appear for the healing of the nations. The curse is ended. (22:1-5)

Conclusion

Christ's reassurance that his coming is imminent. Final admonitions. (22:6-21)

22:1

And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, river

proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

22:2

In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was tree of life

there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and

yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for

the healing of the nations.

22:3

And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the

Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

22:4

And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

22:5

And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither no night

light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall

reign for ever and ever.

22:6

And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the

Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his

servants the things which must shortly be done.

22:7

Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of

the prophecy of this book.

22:8

And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had

heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel

which shewed me these things.

22:9

Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy

fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which

keep the sayings of this book: worship God.

22:10

And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this

book: for the time is at hand.

22:11

He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let

him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still:

and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

22:12

And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give

every man according as his work shall be.

22:13

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the

last.

22:14

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have

right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the

city.

22:15

For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and

murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

22:16

I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the

churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright

and morning star.

22:17

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth

say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will,

let him take the water of life freely.

22:18

For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the

prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God

shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

22:19

And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this

prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and

out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this

book.

22:20

He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly.

Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

22:21

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

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